Cush
Cushite Arab
Mufti menk was reading a story of Ubaada Ibn Saamit a black Sahabi, it was about when he went to Egypt and met the leader of the Copts and he spoke of the many thousands of black Arabs after the leader's racist comments about Ubaada saying to the army bring me a person of a lighter complexion
When Mufti Menk gets onto the part of how Ubaada was black he begins to improvise and hides that part from everyone
READ THE HADITH BELOW FOR CONTEXT, Notice his pause
Hadith for context:
Ubaidah bin Samit was leader of Al Azd tribes that lived in Madinah and were the Ansars
Ubadah ibn Samit was a Commander in the army going to conquer Egypt for Islam and directly reported to Umar Bin Khattab. When they reached Cairo, they entered thru the Coptic (Christian) domain that was ruled by a man named alMuqawqis.
Al-Muqawqis was unpleased. He could not accept that they were being lead by a black man, so he said:
βTake this black one (man) away from me, and bring forth another to speak to meβ.
The Muslim army replied:
"This man is the best of us in reasoning & knowledge, and the black & the white to us are exactly the same
AlMuqawqis said:
βHow can you accept him to be the best amongst you? He should be the least amongst you...β
Ubadah gave a response that shocked alMuqawqis:
βAre you intimidated by my blackness? Amongst the Sahaba Iβve left behind are a thousand men that are as black as me and even blacker...and if you saw them you would be scared.
Iβm an old man, my youth has left me, but I would not be scared if one hundred of you wanted to fight me! I am not afraid of you and the same is true for all of these companionsβ.
When Mufti Menk gets onto the part of how Ubaada was black he begins to improvise and hides that part from everyone
READ THE HADITH BELOW FOR CONTEXT, Notice his pause
Hadith for context:
Ubaidah bin Samit was leader of Al Azd tribes that lived in Madinah and were the Ansars
Ubadah ibn Samit was a Commander in the army going to conquer Egypt for Islam and directly reported to Umar Bin Khattab. When they reached Cairo, they entered thru the Coptic (Christian) domain that was ruled by a man named alMuqawqis.
Al-Muqawqis was unpleased. He could not accept that they were being lead by a black man, so he said:
βTake this black one (man) away from me, and bring forth another to speak to meβ.
The Muslim army replied:
"This man is the best of us in reasoning & knowledge, and the black & the white to us are exactly the same
AlMuqawqis said:
βHow can you accept him to be the best amongst you? He should be the least amongst you...β
Ubadah gave a response that shocked alMuqawqis:
βAre you intimidated by my blackness? Amongst the Sahaba Iβve left behind are a thousand men that are as black as me and even blacker...and if you saw them you would be scared.
Iβm an old man, my youth has left me, but I would not be scared if one hundred of you wanted to fight me! I am not afraid of you and the same is true for all of these companionsβ.
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