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How can we enjoin good and forbid evil and prevent racial discrimination based on the Prophet's Sunnah and the Holy Quran?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Allah the Almighty said: (Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you). This invalidates racial discrimination, which the Islamic came to bury. The evidence for this is abundant, including the Prophet's (peace be upon him) sayings: "All people are the children of Adam, and Adam was created from dust," and "Indeed, Allah does not look at your appearances or your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and your deeds." And his saying to Fatimah: "Save yourself from the Fire, for I have no power to help you against Allah." And his saying to his household: "Do not let people come to me with their deeds while you come to me with your lineages."

It is obligatory to explain these texts with good counsel and wisdom. Preventing those who treat people with racism is done by explaining the words of Allah and His Messenger, and by raising awareness in society about brotherhood, repeating this with sound arguments and a good approach.

Enjoining good and forbidding evil have principles, among them: that the matter being enjoined or forbidden must be a universally agreed-upon prohibition, done with kindness, that it does not lead to a greater evil, that it is not a matter exclusively for the ruler, and that it is done with wisdom and good counsel.

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