Sabeans are not ancient. Neither are they dark.
		
		
	 
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:
โTake this black one (man) away from me, and bring forth another to speak to meโ.
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:
โHow can you accept him to be the best amongst you? He should be the least amongst you...โ
Ubadah gave a response that shocked alMuqawqis:
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Are you intimidated by my blackness? Amongst the Sahaba Iโve left behind are a thousand men that are as black as me and even blacker...and if you saw them you would be scared.
Iโm 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 companionsโ.