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Abu Shuja’ Sherawayh ibn Shahradar: Firdaws al-Akhbar

(The News of Paradise) (d1115) (Hamadhan)

 

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Taken from: Africanism; Blacks in the Medieval Arab Imaginary by Nader Kadhem 2023

 

 

 

On the authority of Ibn Abbas, the Messenger said: (Shia Hadith)

 

Beware of the Zanj, for they are the shortest in age and the least in provision. And be with the companion, he means the Romans, for they are the longest-lived people and the most abundant, so enjoy their long lives and share with them their provision.