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Sunnah: Encyclopedia - Sunnah
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Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sunnah - Legality Of Sunnah
The Sunnah, therefore, is the second source of Islamic law after the Qur'an, and is incorporated in many books of hadith.
The prophetic e...
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Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Sunnah - Sunnah And Hadith
The Sunnah is the way or deeds of Muhammad in Sunni Islam, and the way or deeds of Muhammad and the twelve Imams in Shi'a Islam, while Ha...
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Ahlus Sunnah Wal-jamaa'h: Encyclopedia - Ahlus Sunnah Wal-jamaa'h
Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa'h: ( Arabic, أهل السنة والجماعة )This Arabic phrase means "the adherents to the Sunnah and the com...
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Married Life In The Qur'an And The Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Married Life In The Qur'an And The Sunnah - Sunnah
In a hadith from Tirmidhi, Narrated Amr ibn al-Ahwas al-Jushami, he heard Muhammad say in his farewell address on the eve of his Last Pil...
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Sira: Encyclopedia - Sira
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Salah: Encyclopedia - Salah
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Curses In Islam: Encyclopedia - Curses In Islam
In Islam, one can pray for God to curse someone. This is done with the arabic word "La'nat". "La'nat" means deprivation, and can be used ...
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United Submitters International: Encyclopedia - United Submitters International
The United Submitters International is a minor Islamic group, founded by Rashad Khalifa. It is regarded by most Muslims as heretical. The...
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Exorcism: Encyclopedia - Exorcism
Exorcism is the practice of evicting demons or other evil spiritual entities which are supposed to have possessed (taken control of) a pe...
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An-nas: Encyclopedia - An-nas
Surat an-Nas (Arabic: سورة الناس ) (Mankind) is the 114th and last sura of the Qur'an. It is a brief 6-verse invocation, asking ...
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Al-falaq: Encyclopedia - Al-falaq
Surat Al-Falaq (Arabic: سورة الفلق ) (Dawn, Daybreak) is the 113th Sura of the Qur'an. It is a brief 5-verse invocation, asking ...
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Islamic Fundamentalism: Encyclopedia - Islamic Fundamentalism
Islamic fundamentalism is primarily used in the Western world to describe Islamist groups. However, usage of the term is often expanded t...
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Urf: Encyclopedia - Urf
Urf العرف is an Arabic Islamic term referring to the custom, or 'knowledge', of a given society, leading to change in the fiqh فق...
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Umar: Encyclopedia - Umar
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Married Life In The Qur'an And The Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Married Life In The Qur'an And The Sunnah - Introduction
In some cultures, the basis of a marriage is widely believed to be love. Although love is important within Islamic marriage, it is not th...
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Hadith Of Qur'an And Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith Of Qur'an And Sunnah - Sunni View
Sunni deem it as Sahih.
al-Shafi'i said in Al-Risalah, Eng. trans., p. 111:
"I have heard the most knowledgeable people about the Qur'an...
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Hadith Of Qur'an And Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith Of Qur'an And Sunnah - Shi'a View
Shi'a marvel that Sunnis deem this Ahahd hadith as sahih, while at the same time claiming that the mutawatir Hadith of the two weighty th...
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Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Sunnah Prayers
Sunnah, unlike Fard, are voluntary prayers performed by musalleehs for extra reward. The Sunnah salah (as with all other Sunnahs) origina...
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Married Life In The Qur'an And The Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - Married Life In The Qur'an And The Sunnah - Quran
(Koran 30:21) And among God's signs is this: He created for you mates from amongst yourselves (males as mates for females and vice vers...
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The First Four Sunni Caliphs And The Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - The First Four Sunni Caliphs And The Sunnah - Umar
The first four Sunni Caliphs and the Sunnah - Sunni view.
Denied that tayammum could constitute ghusl, although the Qur'an (4:43, 5:6)...
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The First Four Sunni Caliphs And The Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - The First Four Sunni Caliphs And The Sunnah - Uthman
The first four Sunni Caliphs and the Sunnah - Sunni view.
The first four Sunni Caliphs and the Sunnah - Shia view.
Annulled the two ...
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The First Four Sunni Caliphs And The Sunnah: Encyclopedia Ii - The First Four Sunni Caliphs And The Sunnah - Abu Bakr
The first four Sunni Caliphs and the Sunnah - Sunni view.
The first four Sunni Caliphs and the Sunnah - Shia view.
Abrogated Ali's l...
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List Of Islamic Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Islamic Texts - Sunnah/hadith
List of Islamic texts - Hadith Traditions of The Prophet.
The Siha-e-Sitta
al-Bukhari (d. 870) included 7275 hadiths
Muslim b. al-...
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Curses In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Curses In Islam - Quran & Sunnah
There are in the Qur'an several verses where God deprived human populations from Gods blessings (cursed) because of their sins:
Sura 33....
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Absolutist Rejection Of Hadith And Sunnah
Quran Alone Muslims reject the alleged hadith and sunnah of the prophet Mohammad in accordance with the Quran's teaching that the sole du...
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Absolutist Rejection Of Hadith And Sunnah
Qur'an Alone Muslims reject the alleged hadith and sunnah of the prophet Muhammad in accordance with the Qur'an's teaching that the sole ...
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Mut'ah Of Hajj: Encyclopedia Ii - Mut'ah Of Hajj - Controversy
During Umars reign as Sunni Caliph, he re-introduced the prohibition. Conflict arose between Ali and the other Sunni Caliphs regarding th...
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Absolutist Rejection Of Hadith And Sunnah
Quran Alone Muslims reject the alleged hadith and sunnah of the prophet Muhammad in accordance with the Quran's teaching that the sole du...
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Islamic Fundamentalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Fundamentalism - As A Way Of Reading One's Religious Texts
Muslims believe that the Qur'an was dictated by Allah, through the Arch-Angel Jibril, to Muhammad and that the current text of the Qur'an...
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Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Nafil Prayers
"Nafl" (supererogatory) prayers are numerous which one can offer, as many as he likes, any time except for odious timings .
Salah - Taha...
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Curses In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Curses In Islam - Practice
While some Shia have been cursing due to tabarra, it has sometimes been met with distaste by Sunnis; they do not believe there are any re...
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Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Five Daily Fard Prayers
Muslims are commanded to perform salah fives times a day; these prayers are Fard (obligatory) on every Muslim above the age of puberty, w...
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Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Wajib Prayers
Salah - Witr.
Witr salah is performed after the salah of Isha'a. It may contain any odd number of raka'at from one to eleven according ...
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Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Ritual Ablution
Prayer can only be conducted after a Muslim has performed wudu (ritual ablution). In wudu, Sunni Muslims wash their hands, teeth, faces, ...
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Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - The Prayer Session
The prayer starts with the intention to pray (Niyyah), and by reciting the first surah of the Qur'an (Al-Fatiha, "the Opening"), followed...
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Salah: Encyclopedia Ii - Salah - Prayer In A Congregation
Muslims are suggested to perform the compulsory Salah in congregation (jama'ah), behind an Imam. Jama'ah prayer is considered better and ...
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List Of Islamic Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Islamic Texts - Fiqh/sharia Jurispudence/religious Law
List of Islamic texts - Sunni.
Usl al-Fiqh
Aqidah al-Tahawiyya
List of Islamic texts - Shia.
Usool-e-kafi
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Exorcism: Encyclopedia Ii - Exorcism - Exorcism In Christianity
Exorcism - Roman Catholicism.
Solemn exorcisms, according to the Canon Law of the church, can only be exercised by an ordained priest (...
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List Of Islamic Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Islamic Texts - Qur'an
List of Islamic texts - Text.
Surahs
Ayah
List of Islamic texts - Commentary/Exegesis.
Tafsir ibn Kathir (by Ibn Kathir)
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Exorcism: Encyclopedia Ii - Exorcism - Exorcism In Islam
Posession by evil spirits (Jinn) or the Devil (Shaitan) and exorcism is said to have been a part of Islam since its beginning.
It is beli...
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Exorcism: Encyclopedia Ii - Exorcism - History
The concept of possession by evil spirits and the practice of exorcism are very ancient and widespread, and may originate in prehistoric ...
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Qur'an Only Islam In History
The Qur'an alone movement is not a recent phenomenon. In fact, the anti-hadith movement is as old as Hadith itself, e.g. the Mutazilites ...
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Qur'an Only Islam In History
The Quran alone movement is not a recent phenomenon. In fact, the anti-hadith movement is as old as Hadith itself, e.g. the Mutazilites a...
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List Of Notable Muslim Reports: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Muslim Reports - By Denomination
List of notable Muslim reports - Authenticated by both Shi'a and Sunnis.
Hadith of the pond of Khumm - Shi'a and Sunni Mutawatir
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Mut'ah Of Hajj: Encyclopedia Ii - Mut'ah Of Hajj - History
This relaxation was seen as one of the greatest sins in the pre Islamic days of Arabia, but Muhammad decreed the prohibitions of relaxati...
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Islamic Fundamentalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Fundamentalism - As A Social And Political Movement
As with adherents of other fundamentalist movements, Islamic fundamentalists hold that the problems of the world stem from secular influe...
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Groups Of Qur'an-alone Muslims
Qur'an alone - Rashad Khalifa and the Submitters.
The term is closely associated with the late Rashad Khalifa, a Muslim immigrant to th...
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List Of Notable Muslim Reports: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Notable Muslim Reports - By Category
List of notable Muslim reports - Ahl al-Bayt.
Hadith of the Cloak - Shi'a and Sunni Sahih
Hadith of Mubahela - Shi'a and Sunni Sahih
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Groups Of Qur'an-alone Muslims
Qur'an alone - Rashad Khalifa and the Submitters.
The term is closely associated with the late Rashad Khalifa, a Muslim immigrant to th...
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Exorcism: Encyclopedia Ii - Exorcism - Exorcism In Other Religions
In Hinduism the possession of the body by spirits is often accorded a more holy status as it is believed that Goddess Kali or her various...
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Shi'a View Of Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a View Of Umar - Legacy
Even though he evidently was mistaken on several occasions, which is clearly seen by the evidence, he has still set precedence in Sunni j...
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Qur'an Only Islam In History
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Islamic Fundamentalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Fundamentalism - Conflicts With The Secular Democratic State
Islamic fundamentalism and especially Islamism is becoming more and more in conflict with the secular, democratic state, based upon the w...
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Qur'an Alone: Encyclopedia Ii - Qur'an Alone - Groups Of Qur'an-alone Muslims
Qur'an alone - Rashad Khalifa and the Submitters.
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Shiites:
Spiritual Theosophical
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Shiites (Pers.). A sect of Mussulmen who place the prophet Ali higher than Mohammed, rejecting Sunnah or tradition.
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Shafi'i: Encyclopedia Ii - Shafi'i - History
As a member of the school of Medina, ash-Shafi'i worked to combine the pragmatism of the Medina school with the contemporary pressures by...
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Islamic Fundamentalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Fundamentalism - Conflicts With The Secular, Democratic State
Islamic fundamentalism and especially Islamism is becoming more and more in conflict with the secular, democratic state, based upon the w...
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Islamic Fundamentalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Fundamentalism - As A Way Of Reading One's Religious Texts
Muslims believe that the Qur'an was dictated by Allah, through the Arch-Angel Jibril, to Muhammad and that the current text of the Qur'an...
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Islamic Fundamentalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Fundamentalism - Conflicts With The Secular Democratic State
Islamic fundamentalism and especially Islamism is becoming more and more in conflict with the secular, democratic state, based upon the w...
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Islamic View Of Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic View Of Marriage - Nikah
Nikah is the first, and most common form of marriage for Muslims; described in the Quran in sura 4:4.
Rules:
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Islamic View Of Marriage: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic View Of Marriage - Divorce
Islamic view of marriage - Talaq.
The main way to end a Nikah is Talaq, a divorce. In Sunni traditions, it is said that "divorce shakes...
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Triple Talaq: Encyclopedia Ii - Triple Talaq - Different Islamic Views On Triple Talaq
Some Sunnis prefer a similar method of divorce, which simply staggers the Talaq statements, instead of delivering them all at once. Each ...
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Triple Talaq: Encyclopedia Ii - Triple Talaq - Rules
Triple talaq is made by saying "talaq, talaq, talaq" when the wife is in the state of purity (tuhr). No fault needs to be found with the ...
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Abdullah Ibn Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Abdullah Ibn Umar - Muaviya
When Muawiya claimed caliph status, Ibn Umar immediately gave him his allegiance.
Ibn Umar called that year the year of the company (jama...
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Maliki: Encyclopedia Ii - Maliki - Less Reliance On Hadith
The Maliki school derives from the work of Imam Malik. It differs from the three other schools of law most notably in the sources it uses...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Non-muslim View Of Umar
Non-Muslim scholars generally treat Umar as a pivotal figure in the history of Islam, since it was under his aegis that the Muslims expan...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Death
`Umar died in 644, the victim of an assassin's dagger. `Umar's killer (Abū Lū`lū`ah) was a Persian slave who is said to held a persona...
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Combative Jihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Combative Jihad - Offensive Jihad
Offensive jihad is the waging of wars of aggression and conquest against non-Muslims in order to bring their territories under Islamic ru...
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Combative Jihad: Encyclopedia Ii - Combative Jihad - Offensive Jihad
Offensive jihad is the waging of wars of aggression and conquest against non-Muslims in order to bring their territories under Islamic ru...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - The Sunni View Of `umar
Most Sunnis consider him a strong, wise, humble and competent ruler, the second rightly-guided Caliph. They consider him a sincere Muslim...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - His Early Life
`Umar was born in Mecca. He is said to have belonged to a middle class family. He was literate, which was uncommon in those times, and he...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - His Conversion To Islam
When Muhammad first declared his message of Islam, `Umar resolved to defend the traditional religion of the Quraish (regarded by Muslims ...
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Ahl Al-sunna Wa Al-jama'ah: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahl Al-sunna Wa Al-jama'ah - Shia View
Shi'a are of the opinion that Sunnism by itself as a group did not exist during Muhammad's lifetime, and that this title has been used fo...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - `umar In Medina
`Umar was part of the first emigration (Hijrah) to Yathrib (renamed Medīnat an-Nabī, or simply Medina shortly thereafter) in 622 C.E. H...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - The Death Of Muhammad
Muhammad died in Medina in 632 CE. `Umar is said to have threatened to kill anybody who said that Muhammad had died. He was calmed when A...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Early Life
`Umar was born in Mecca. He is said to have belonged to a middle class family. He was literate, which was uncommon in those times, and he...
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Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam - Schools Denominations
There are a number of Islamic religious denominations, each of which has significant theological and legal differences from each other bu...
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Ibn Taymiya: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibn Taymiya - Teachings Of Ibn Taymiya
Ibn Taymiya believed that the first three generations of Islam -- the prophet Muhammad, his Companions, and the children and grandchildre...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Conversion To Islam
When Muhammad first declared his message of Islam, `Umar resolved to defend the traditional religion of the Quraish (regarded by Muslims ...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Life In Medina
`Umar was part of the first emigration (Hijrah) to Yathrib (renamed Medīnat an-Nabī, or simply Medina shortly thereafter) in 622 C.E. H...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Death
`Umar died in 644, the victim of an assassin's dagger. `Umar's killer (Abū Lū`lū`ah) was a Persian slave who is said to held a persona...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Sunni View
Most Sunnis remember Umar as a strong leader, an excellent jurist, a progressive statesman, and the second of the rightly-guided Caliphs....
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Non-muslim View
Non-Muslim scholars generally treat Umar as a pivotal figure in the history of Islam, since it was under his aegis that the Muslims expan...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - `umar's Caliphate
During `Umar's reign, the Islamic empire grew at an unprecedented rate, taking Mesopotamia and parts of Persia from the Sāsānids (effec...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - The Death Of Muhammad
Muhammad died in Medina in 632 CE. `Umar is said to have threatened to kill anybody who said that Muhammad had died. He was calmed when A...
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Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Umar - Reign As Caliph
During `Umar's reign, the Islamic empire grew at an unprecedented rate, taking Mesopotamia and parts of Persia from the Sāsānids (effec...
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Monasticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monasticism - Islamic Monasticism
Although Islam denounces monasticism and celibacy, today one may encounter some Muslim traditions with innovative practices that have abs...
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The Nation Of Gods And Earths: Encyclopedia Ii - The Nation Of Gods And Earths - Five Percent Nation Philosophies Versus Mainstream Religion
While the Nation of Gods and Earths uses many terms that are similar to those used by traditional Muslims (such as Allahu Akbar, etc) and...
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Tanzeem-e-islami: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanzeem-e-islami - Objective
The obligations of a Muslim as ordained by the Qur'an and Sunnah, can be understood as having four levels:
1) a Muslim is required to dev...
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Qatar: Encyclopedia Ii - Qatar - Culture
Main article: Culture of Qatar
Qatar explicitly uses Wahhabi law as the basis of its government, and the vast majority of its citizens fo...
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Shafi'i: Encyclopedia Ii - Shafi'i - Principles
The Shafi`i school of jurisprudence assigns authority to four sources of jurisprudence, also known as the usul al-fiqh. The usul al-fiqh ...
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Taba'een: Encyclopedia Ii - Taba'een - Sunni View
The sunnis define a Taba'ee as a Muslim who: 1) Saw at least one of the companions (sahaba) of the Prophet Muhammed. 2) Was rightly guide...
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Shi'a View Of Umar: Encyclopedia Ii - Shi'a View Of Umar - Death
Ali continues on:
"Nevertheless, I remained patient despite length of period and stiffness of trial, till when he [Umar] went his way [o...
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Hadith: Encyclopedia Ii - Hadith - How Are Hadith Collections Viewed?
The overwhelming majority of Muslims consider hadiths to be essential supplements to and clarifications of the Qur'an, Islam's holy book....
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Twelvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Twelvers - Theology
Twelvers - Religious law the Sharia.
The Jafari derive their Sharia, or religious law, from the Qur'an and the Sunnah. The difference b...
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Uprightness Of All Sahaba Sunni Doctrine: Encyclopedia Ii - Uprightness Of All Sahaba Sunni Doctrine - Definition
By uprightness can be meant "Sidq", "truthfullness" is meant, and several individual are also specificaly called "al-Siddiq" by Sunnis, m...
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Balti People: Encyclopedia Ii - Balti People - Religion
History of Islam in Baltistan starts with arrival of Ameer Kabeer Syed Ali Hamadani (A legendary Sufi Saint of the Muslim History) from I...
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Ja'far Al-sadiq: Encyclopedia Ii - Ja'far Al-sadiq - Scholarly Attainments
As a child, Ja'far studied under his grandfather, Ali ibn Husayn. After his grandfather's death, he studied under and accompanied his fat...
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Islamic Dream Interpretation: Meaning Of Dreams In Islam Ii
Meaning of Dreams in Islam
Dreams are
broken into three parts according to the Sunnah:
Ru'yaa -
good visions (dreams)
Hulum - ...
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