1. Ali b. Ibrahim from Harun b. Muslim from Mas’adah b. Ziyad ¹ from Abu Abdillah (as) who said that Amir al-Mu’mineen (as) said: ’Be aware of marrying the people of al-Zanj, for they are a distorted creature.'

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from ‘Isma’il ibn Muhammad al-Makkiy from Ali ibn al-Husayn from ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthman from al- Husayn ibn Khalid from those whom he has mentioned from abu Rabi’ al-Shamiy who has said the following: “Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), once said to me, ‘You must not buy anyone from al-Sudan, but if you must buy, then buy from al-Nawbah; they are of those about whom Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, “Of those who have said, ‘We are helpers’, We took a covenant from them; then they forgot the share of what they were reminded.” (5:14) However, they will remember that share and they, a group of them, will come out with the rise of al-Qa’im with divine authority from us. You must not marry anyone of the Kurds; they are a species of Jinn from which the cover is removed.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Musa ibn Ja’far from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id from Muhammad al-Hashimiy from Ahmad ibn Yusuf from Ali ibn Dawud al-ffaddad from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who said, ‘You must not marry al-Zanj and al-Khazar; they have such wombs that indicate disloyalty.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Of Indians, al-Sind and al-Qand - meaning al-Qandahar - a hybrid does not exist among them.’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.