If any of you guys are wondering whether the description of Mohamed in the hadith is reliable, check out the sunni inspired description of Ali; Fat, Black and Bald! Any political motivations?
Also remember that a 'White' Arab usually is nowhere near as 'White' as a European so even though the hadith says he was a 'White Man' doesn't make him a Northern European.
Just something to take into account guys.
CousCous
An-Nahl
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And lo! in the cattle there is a lesson for you. We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies, from betwixt the refuse and the blood, pure milk palatable to the drinkers. (66)
And of the fruits of the date-palm, and grapes, whence ye derive strong drink and (also) good nourishment. Lo! therein is indeed a portent for people who have sense. (67)
Grapes, whence ye derive strong drink and good nourishment?
AN-Nisa`
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O ye who believe! Draw not near unto prayer when ye are drunken, till ye know that which ye utter, nor when ye are polluted, save when journeying upon the road, till ye have bathed.
And if ye be ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have touched women, and ye find not water, then go to high clean soil and rub your faces and your hands (therewith). Lo! Allah is Benign, Forgiving. (43)
Don't pray drunk
Al-Baqarah
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They question thee about strong drink and games of chance. Say In both is great sin, and (some) utility for men; but the sin of them is greater than their usefulness. And they ask thee what they ought to spend.
Say that which is superfluous. Thus Allah maketh plain to you (His) revelations, that haply ye may reflect. (219)
Good and bad
Al-Maedah
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O ye who believe! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining arrows are only an infamy of Satan's handiwork. Leave it aside in order that ye may succeed. (90)
Satan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance, and to turn you from remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done? (91)
Satan's Handiwork
Now a gradual move from a neutral stance to being forbidden is one thing, but from good nourishment to Satan's handiwork?
What are your thoughts?