Race and Tribe in Islam

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Race in scripture

In the Quran

Bedouins

The Arabs of the desert [al-a'araab[1]; the Bedouins] are the worst in Unbelief and hypocrisy, and most fitted to be in ignorance of the command which Allah hath sent down to His Messenger: But Allah is All-knowing, All-Wise.
The desert Arabs [al-a'raab[2]; the Bedouins] say, "We believe." Say, "Ye have no faith; but ye (only) say, 'We have submitted our wills to Allah,' For not yet has Faith entered your hearts. But if ye obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not belittle aught of your deeds: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Jews

In the hadith

Race in Islamic law

Racial Kafa'ah ("equivalence") in marriage

[3]

Racial misidentification

In the Muslim world today

References

  1. See Lane's Lexicon الأعراب and Lane's Lexicon بدوي
  2. See Lane's Lexicon الأعراب and Lane's Lexicon بدوي
  3. E. van Donzel; B. Lewis; Ch. Pellat et al., eds, (1997), "Kafa'a", Encyclopaedia of Islam, 4 IRAN-KHA (New Edition [2nd] ed.), Leiden: E.J. Brill, p. 404, ISBN 90 04 05745 5, 1997