You have placed me on par with that black person from Madinah,” he said.

You have placed me on par with that black person from Madinah,” he said. “Sit down! There is none except you, who could have spoken out in this gathering.

You do not possess any kind of superiority over that black person, save for precedence in Islam, piety and reward, and these are issues which bring about superiority in the Hereafter,” Imam ‘Ali (as) cautioned him.[^9] [^1]: Noble Qur’an, Suratul Baqarah (2), Verse 197 [^2]: Al-Kafi , Volume 2, Page 61 [^3]: Tadhkeratul Haqaiq, Page 79 [^4]: Hikayat-ha-e-Shanidani, Volume 2, Page 74; Al-Kafi, Volume 5, Page 496 [^5]: Paighambar Wa Yaran, Volume 1, Page 47; A’yan al-Shi’a, Page 329 –