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===Superiority (''fadl'') of the Arabs=== | ===Superiority (''fadl'') of the Arabs=== | ||
====Modern fatwas==== | ====Classical views==== | ||
{{Quote|{{citation|author=Ibn Taymiyyah|title=Iqtida Sirat al-Mustaqim|publisher=al-Maktaba al-Shamila|Chapter=The difference between the Arab and non-Arab races|volume=1|pages=419-461|url=https://app.turath.io/book/11620}}|'''The Arabs are more intelligent than those other than themselves and are more capable in delivery and expression''' . . . verily, what the people of the sunnah are upon is the belief (i’tiqaad) that '''the Arab race is better (afdal) than the Non-Arab race'''. Whether (the Non-Arabs) are Hebrews, Aramaic, Romans, Persians and other than them . . . not simply due to the fact the prophet peace be upon him is from them – even though this is [a point] of superiority – but instead, '''they themselves are superior within themselves''' . . . [for] '''Allah the Most High has designated the Arabs and their language with rulings that are peculiar and unique.'''”}} | |||
==== Modern views ==== | |||
{{Quote|{{citation|author=Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani|chapter=Shaykh al-Albani on Ibn Taymiyyah regarding the superiority of the Arab to non-Arab races|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H8gopHWJgE&ab_channel=%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112221020/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H8gopHWJgE&ab_channel=%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A}}|[In response to a question regarding Ibn Taymiyyah’s statement:] '''Do you think, now, that the African people are like the Europeans in their conciousness and intelligence?''' . . . '''Do you not prefer the European people over the African people?''' . . . [likewise,] Allah almighty knows that the Arabs are . . . fit to bear the call [of Islam] and to understand it . . .}}{{Quote|{{citation|author=Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen|url=http://fatawapedia.com/25083|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112221533/http://fatawapedia.com/25083|chapter=Fatwa 25083: How do we reconcile between the exalted's statement 'Indeed the most noble of you is the most pious' and what was mentioned about the superiority of the Arabs?|publisher=Fatwapedia}}|'''The race of the Arabs is is better than the race of the non-Arabs, no doubt.'''}} | |||
==== Modern fatwas ==== | |||
{{Quote|{{citation|editor=Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid|chapter=Fatwa 182686: Is the Arab Muslim better than the non-Arab Muslim?|date=September 24th, 2017|url=https://islamqa.info/en/answers/182686/is-the-arab-muslim-better-than-the-non-arab-muslim|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118194723/https://islamqa.info/en/answers/182686/is-the-arab-muslim-better-than-the-non-arab-muslim}}|In the answer to question no. 115934, we noted that '''Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah are unanimously agreed that the Arabs are superior to others in terms of descent and lineage, and that regarding the Arabs as superior is in general terms''', and does not apply at the individual level. So a non-Arab who is pious and righteous is better than an Arab who falls short in his duties to Allah, may He be exalted.}}{{Quote|{{citation|publisher=Islam Question & Answer|date=May 27th, 2008|chapter=Fatwa 115934: Superiority of the Arab|editor=Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid|trans_title=فضل العرب|url=https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/115934/%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213022432/https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/115934/%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8}}|'''It is from that which is decided from the sunnah of the prophet that Arabism [''urubah''; lit. “the quality of being Arabian”<ref>[http://ejtaal.net/aa/#hw4=h715,ll=2084,ls=h5,la=h2863,sg=h701,ha=h473,br=h634,pr=h104,aan=h407,mgf=h593,vi=h257,kz=h1608,mr=h420,mn=h911,uqw=h1064,umr=h711,ums=h591,umj=h524,ulq=h1202,uqa=h286,uqq=h237,bdw=h587,amr=h425,asb=h640,auh=h1033,dhq=h365,mht=h591,msb=h159,tla=h70,amj=h516,ens=h28,mis=h1439 Lane’s Lexicon عروبة]</ref> is superior over other races.''' This is because Allah chose Muhammad from the Arabs and made the Quran – which is the eternal message – Arabic. And the Sunnis [lit. “people of the Sunnah”] have agreed upon the superiority of the Arabism over other races and lineages. | {{Quote|{{citation|editor=Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid|chapter=Fatwa 182686: Is the Arab Muslim better than the non-Arab Muslim?|date=September 24th, 2017|url=https://islamqa.info/en/answers/182686/is-the-arab-muslim-better-than-the-non-arab-muslim|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118194723/https://islamqa.info/en/answers/182686/is-the-arab-muslim-better-than-the-non-arab-muslim}}|In the answer to question no. 115934, we noted that '''Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa‘ah are unanimously agreed that the Arabs are superior to others in terms of descent and lineage, and that regarding the Arabs as superior is in general terms''', and does not apply at the individual level. So a non-Arab who is pious and righteous is better than an Arab who falls short in his duties to Allah, may He be exalted.}}{{Quote|{{citation|publisher=Islam Question & Answer|date=May 27th, 2008|chapter=Fatwa 115934: Superiority of the Arab|editor=Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid|trans_title=فضل العرب|url=https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/115934/%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213022432/https://islamqa.info/ar/answers/115934/%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8}}|'''It is from that which is decided from the sunnah of the prophet that Arabism [''urubah''; lit. “the quality of being Arabian”<ref>[http://ejtaal.net/aa/#hw4=h715,ll=2084,ls=h5,la=h2863,sg=h701,ha=h473,br=h634,pr=h104,aan=h407,mgf=h593,vi=h257,kz=h1608,mr=h420,mn=h911,uqw=h1064,umr=h711,ums=h591,umj=h524,ulq=h1202,uqa=h286,uqq=h237,bdw=h587,amr=h425,asb=h640,auh=h1033,dhq=h365,mht=h591,msb=h159,tla=h70,amj=h516,ens=h28,mis=h1439 Lane’s Lexicon عروبة]</ref> is superior over other races.''' This is because Allah chose Muhammad from the Arabs and made the Quran – which is the eternal message – Arabic. And the Sunnis [lit. “people of the Sunnah”] have agreed upon the superiority of the Arabism over other races and lineages. | ||