On racial segregation

All races are equal


(Al-Kafi, vol 8, page 230) 


“I was with al-Rida (as) in his travel to Khorasan. 


So one day, he ordered a plate [of food] - so a group of his followers from blacks and others gathered on it. 


So I said: ‘May I be sacrificed for you [O Imam], wouldn’t it be better if you had segregated a plate for them [blacks]?’ 


So he [the Imam] said: “Our Lord is one, our mother [Eve] is one, our father [Adam] is one, and our recompense [on Day of Judgement] is one”


296 - عدة من أصحابنا، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن عبد الله بن الصلت، عن رجل من أهل بلخ قال : كنت مع الرضا (عليه السلامفي سفرهإلى خراسان فدعا يوما بمائدة له فجمع عليها مواليه من السودان وغير هم فقلتجعلت فداك لو عزلت لهؤلاء مائدة؟ فقالمه إن الرب تباركوتعالى واحد والام واحدة والأب واحد والجزاء بالأعمال.