will steal when hungry, when full, promiscuous,
Sahih Muslim.
As the last two hadiths show, the statements about his white
color are not absolute but a relative ones. He was not
white as chalk, nor did he look like a Scandinavian.
It means that among the people of Arabia, he was discernably
of fairer complexion than most people around him. Otherwise,
the above referenced hadiths where he is distinguished from
his companions as "the white man" would not make any sense.
Muhammad was not a white Caucasian but a Semite of relatively
fair complexion, an Arab, and not a black African man.
Black skin and Judgment Day:
On the Day when (some) faces will be whitened and (some)
faces will be blackened; and as for those whose faces have
been blackened, it will be said unto them: Disbelieved ye
after your (profession of) belief? Then taste the punishment
for that ye disbelieved. (
al-A`raf+7:66
Al-Imran 3:106
And on the Day of Resurrection thou (Muhammad) seest those
who lied concerning Allah with their faces blackened. Is not
the home of the scorners in hell? (
Az-Zumar 39:60)
Muslims try to understand these verses usually as being
metaphorical without racist connotations.
Black skin and Creation:
"Abu Darda reported that the Holy Prophet said: Allah created
Adam when he created him (sic). Then He stroke (sic) his right
shoulder and took out a white race as if they were seeds, and
He stroke (sic) his left shoulder and took out a black race as
if they were coals. Then He said to those who were in his
right side: Towards paradise and I don't care. He said to those
who were on his left shoulder: Towards Hell and I don't care.
- Ahmad" (Mishkat ul-Masabih, translated by Karim, v. iii, p. 117)
The Nation of Islam teaches
that white people are devils. Their members might want to ponder
this statement by Muhammad:
... The apostle said, "Whoever wants to see Satan
let him take a look at Nabtal b. al-Harith!" He was
a sturdy black man with long flowing hair,
inflamed eyes, and dark ruddy cheeks. He used to
come and talk to the apostle and listen to him and
then carry what he had said to the hypocrites. It
was he who said: "Muhammad is all ears: if anyone
tells him anything he believes it." God sent down
concerning him: "And of them are those who annoy
the prophet and say he is all ears, Say: Good ears
for you. He believes in God and trusts the believers
and is a mercy for those of you who believe; and
those who annoy the apostle of God for them there
is a painful punishment." (Sura 9:61) (Ibn Ishaq,
Sirat Rasulallah, translated as, The Life
of Muhammad by A. Guillaume, page 243)
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