Ramadan 2015 Qur'anic Gems 20 - Islam abolished racism 1400 years ago | Al-Hujurat - Yasir Qadhi

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This Ramadan 2015 reminder lecture by Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi discusses:

-Surat Al-Hujurat, one of the last surahs to be revealed.
-Entire surah is about good manners and social etiquette
-One should avoid backbiting and suspicion
-Allah created us all from one male and female, hence, every single one of us are related to another human being biologically
-By design, Allah made us different in order to get to know one another
-One who has the most dignity and honor is the one with the most spirituality (taqwa)
-In 2015, most of mankind agrees all humans should be treated equally, yet Islam demanded it 1400 years ago
-The prophet Muhammad (pbuh), coming from the most noble lineage and status, came with this radical message that didn't make any sense to his peers (demanding racial equality)
-Entire paragraph of the last sermon is on racial equality: "There is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab, or white over black"
-Hadith states that 4 things from pre-islam (jahiliyah) will remain, 1st is "being proud of ethnicity".
-We must deal with the underlying current of racism in our ummah today
-It is permissible to feel belonging to a culture, but it should not trump the identity of being Muslim first
-And much more..

-Presented: July 11, 2015 @ MIC

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