Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge.
Copy QuoteA nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
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