The Prophet's ﷺ Lost Ring, Mansa Musa & The African Muslims Who Discovered America (Before Columbus)

Sh Mustafa Briggs is an Islamic historian, author, and specialist in Arabic and Islamic texts. He converted to Islam at 13 and went on to study across West Africa, Mauritania, Morocco, and Al-Azhar University in Cairo. Today he's a leading voice for uncovering the hidden, forgotten, and erased stories of Islamic history, having delivered over 100 lectures across 50+ universities worldwide and authored two books - Beyond Bilal and Islam and the Making of the Modern World.In this episode, he breaks down the lost ring of the Prophet ﷺ and the fitna that followed, the Black poets and scholars who shaped Islamic civilization, and the theory that Muslims discovered America 200 years before Columbus ever set sail.-------------------Follow Mustafa Briggshttps://www.instagram.com/mustafabriggs/https://mustafabriggs.com/-------------------0:00 Introduction2:07 How Mustafa uncovers hidden Islamic history4:23 The lost ring of the Prophet ﷺ6:44 Why anti-Blackness exists in Muslim history12:44 The scholars who defended Black Muslims14:01 The Black Sahaba you've never heard of15:36 Ubada bin Samit and the opening of Palestine17:53 Why race matters in Islamic history23:28 Crows of the Arabs: the Black poets of Arabia26:24 Antara & Abla: the Romeo and Juliet of Arabia29:43 Did Muslims discover America before Columbus?33:33 The 2,000 ships that vanished36:51 Mustafa's journey to Islam at 1340:19 Studying across West Africa, Mauritania & Cairo44:14 What's next for Mustafa Briggs