Racism in Islam - Race is Not an Indicator

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Daily Hadith <dailyhadith@adaptivesolutionsinc.com> wrote:

Race Not an Indicator
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "An Arab is no better than a non-Arab. In return, a non-Arab is no better than an Arab. A red-raced man is not better than a black one except in piety. Mankind are all Adam's children and Adam was created out of clay." [Bukhari]

In the time of the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) the term "red-raced" referred to those who had white skin. The fairer "ruddy people" included the Levantines, Persians, Turks, North Caucasians, South Caucasians and Europeans.

This hadith informs us that race is Allah's creation and no indicator of Allah's favour, past or future. The sooner we free ourselves of this delusion the better off we will be insha'Allah.


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The separators before the molar bands

In my last post, I put up some pictures of my BEFORE shots before i started of with the 3 years long procedure to take care of my dental displacement. Here starts the first step.

Step 1: put separators on the two sides of my molars.

As the name 'SEPARATORS' suggests, they will basically be kept in my teeth for few days so that a separation is produced between my molar teeth and the surrounding teeth. After developing the required space around my molars, the separators would be taken off and molar bands would be put into place [check my next blog post for molar bands].

The molar bands are metallic and they are a bit thick. For these molar bands to fit around the molar teeth, some separation between the molar and the surrounding teeth are required.

After putting on the separators (small green rings), my teeth looked like this:

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They might look like small discs which can be slipped into the gap between the teeth. But no my friend. My dentist used some heavy clippers like tool to push these discs into the gap and it was not painless.

BEFORE shots first

So, have you been following my blog where I said "It's not 32... I have 30 of them...."? And the one before that where i said "I still got a baby tooth"?

Hmm........ I feel like the troll faced guy is taunting me.

However, I have decided to go ahead with my orthodontics which, my dentist says, would be a course of about 3 years. So, before I proceed, I wanted to take some photo shots so I can admire my pretty looks before I began the makeover.

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Racism in Islam - The Colour of Skin

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From: Daily Hadith <dailyhadith@adaptivesolutionsinc.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Subject: Today's Hadith from Daily Hadith
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Colour of SkinThe Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “He who has a white mother has no advantage which makes him better than the son of a black mother.” [Ibn al-Mubarak in Al-Birr]

Some disagreement occurred between Abu Dharr and Bilal (radi Allahu anhuma). As a result, Abu Dharr (radi Allahu anhu) said to Bilal (radi Allahu anhu), “You son of a black woman.”

The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) was extremely upset by Abu Dharr’s comment and rebuked him saying, “That is too much, Abu Dharr. He who has a white mother has no advantage which makes him better than the son of a black mother.”

This rebuke had a profound effect on Abu Dharr (radi Allahu anhu), who then put his head on the ground, swearing that he would not raise it until Bilal had put his foot on it.

This hadith tells us that there is no place for racism in Islam. It also shows us the lofty character of the Sahabah: When they would make a mistake they would repent immediately on realizing it and not insist on their sin.

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It's not 32.... I have 30 of them.... Whoa???!!!

As if the contents in my previous post "I still got a baby tooth" were not weird enough for someone's dental health at the age of 23. When I went to consult with my dentist on the next visit, after studying my CBCT scan reports and dental measurements, she told me that two of my canines on the upper jaw are missing.

MISSING!
MISSING!
MISSING!

Missing means, they were never there.
Missing means they didn't even have the foundation in my jaw lines ever.
Missing means if  ALL my teeth were to be matured (including my wisdom teeth and all), even then I would have a total of 30 teeth instead of a total of 32 teeth.

I have always had issues with my teeth since my childhood and I never took care of them very seriously. But what are these that I am hearing now? Still got a baby tooth? 2 canines missing from the foundations?

What?