Re: Salafis: why would Ibn Taymiyyah say this, despite the prophet (SAW) last sermon?
As-Salam 'Aliekum,
Just to add to the argument here, unlike racial theory - Islamically speaking - an Arab is the one who speaks Arabic;
Mohammed صلى الله عليه و سلم said about the Arabs "...O people! The Lord is One and the Father [Adam] is one. Arabness (al-`arabiyyah) is not, in any of you, inherited from father or mother but it is only the language that is spoken (innama hiya al-lisan). So, whoever speaks Arabic then he is an Arab..." - Kanz Al-'Ummal
I hope this helps
As-Salam 'Aliekum,
Just to add to the argument here, unlike racial theory - Islamically speaking - an Arab is the one who speaks Arabic;
Mohammed صلى الله عليه و سلم said about the Arabs "...O people! The Lord is One and the Father [Adam] is one. Arabness (al-`arabiyyah) is not, in any of you, inherited from father or mother but it is only the language that is spoken (innama hiya al-lisan). So, whoever speaks Arabic then he is an Arab..." - Kanz Al-'Ummal
I hope this helps
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