66 results for “death”
Clear filter...y Fir'awn's own household. After inadvertently causing the death of an Egyptian man during a confrontation, Musa fled to Mad...
...ion of the heart, care for the poor, and the remembrance of death. Its core message was the same as every prophet before him:...
After the death of the last righteous bishop, Salman al-Farisi رضي الله عنه...
...anu Asad tribe who had declared himself a prophet after the death of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Khalid ibn al-Walid led the Muslim f...
The Battle of Yamama was the bloodiest engagement of the Riddah Wars, fought against Musaylima al-Kadhdhab (the Liar), who had claimed prophethood among the Ban
...aring all who disagreed with them to be apostates worthy of death. Ali confronted them, offering them return to the community...
...last words urging his sons toward mercy and moderation. His death ended the era of the Rashidun Caliphs, all four of whom had...
...d by constant internal conflict. The siege of Mecca and the death of Ibn al-Zubayr would not come until 73 AH under Abd al-Ma...
Following the death of Yazid I in 64 AH, the Umayyad dynasty faced its gravest ...
...of a purge of al-Hajjaj's associates following the latter's death. His brief tenure nonetheless laid the foundations for Isla...
...y as a mujaddid — a renewer of the faith — for his era. His death in 101 AH, possibly from poisoning organized by Umayyad rel...
...p to flank the Muslim force. The resulting chaos led to the deaths of around 70 Muslim martyrs, most prominently Hamza ibn Ab...
...ddiq to reunify the Arabian Peninsula after the Prophet's ﷺ death. When news of the Prophet's ﷺ death spread, several false p...
...w to use his skill only for Islam after his conversion. The death of Musaylima broke the resistance, though the victory came ...
...ufyan established the Umayyad dynasty in Damascus after the death of Ali. The Umayyads expanded Islam from Spain to Central A...
Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa, who translated Kalila wa Dimna into Arabic, was executed in Basra. His work established Arabic as a language of sophisticated literary
Imam Abu Hanifa an-Nu'man ibn Thabit, the founder of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, died in Baghdad. Known as al-Imam al-A'zam (the Greatest Imam), his sch
Imam Malik ibn Anas, the scholar of Medina and founder of the Maliki school, died in the city of the Prophet. His al-Muwatta is considered the earliest extant c
Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi'i, who revolutionized Islamic legal theory with his Risalah (the first systematic work on usul al-fiqh), died in Egypt. His sc
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, who endured imprisonment and torture during the Mihna (inquisition over the createdness of the Quran) rather than compromise his beliefs,
Abu Uthman al-Jahiz, the prolific Basran polymath, died. His Kitab al-Hayawan is a pioneering work of zoology containing observations that anticipated evolution
Abu Yusuf al-Kindi, the first major philosopher in the Islamic tradition, died in Baghdad. He integrated Greek philosophy with Islamic theology.
Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, the great polymath, historian, and Quran commentator, died in Baghdad. His Tafsir al-Tabari remains the most comprehens
Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, the founder of Ash'ari theology, died in Baghdad. Initially a Mu'tazili scholar, he famously abandoned their rationalist theology and d
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi, the founder of Maturidi theology, died in Samarkand. His theological school became the dominant creedal tradition among Hanafi scholars,
Abu Nasr al-Farabi, known as the 'Second Teacher' after Aristotle, died in Damascus. He made fundamental contributions to logic, political philosophy, and music
Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, compiler of Kitab al-Aghani (Book of Songs), died. His monumental 24-volume work is an encyclopedic collection of poems, biographical
Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Hazm, the greatest scholar of the Zahiri (literalist) school, died in exile in southern Spain. His encyclopedic works include al-Muhalla (c
Imam al-Haramayn Abu al-Ma'ali al-Juwayni, the leading Ash'ari theologian and Shafi'i jurist, died in Nishapur. He was the teacher of al-Ghazali.
Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali, known as Hujjat al-Islam (Proof of Islam), died in Tus. His Ihya Ulum ad-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences) remains one of t
Ahmad al-Ghazali, the Sufi master and brother of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, died. His Sawanih is a seminal work on divine love in the Sufi tradition.
Ibn Tumart, the founder of the Almohad movement in North Africa, died. His successor Abd al-Mu'min unified the Maghreb and established the Almohad Caliphate.
Abu Marwan ibn Zuhr, the renowned Andalusian physician, died in Seville. His medical text introduced experimental surgery and recommended testing medicines on a
Muhammad al-Idrisi, the celebrated cartographer, died in Sicily. He created the Tabula Rogeriana, the most accurate world map of its era.
Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, the great Hanbali jurist, preacher, and Sufi saint, died in Baghdad. His teachings founded the Qadiriyya, the most widespread Sufi order.
Ibn Asakir, the great historian of Damascus, died. His monumental Tarikh Dimashq runs to 80 volumes and contains biographical entries for thousands of scholars.
Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd, the great Andalusian philosopher, jurist, and physician, died in Marrakech. His commentaries on Aristotle profoundly influenced
Abu al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi, the prolific Hanbali scholar and preacher, died in Baghdad. He authored over 300 works spanning tafsir, hadith, fiqh, history, biogra
Ismail al-Jazari, the pioneering Muslim engineer, died. His Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices described 50 inventions and is considered a precursor to modern
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, the great polymath and author of the massive Quranic commentary Mafatih al-Ghayb, died in Herat.
Muhyi al-Din ibn Arabi, known as al-Shaykh al-Akbar, died in Damascus. His mystical philosophy profoundly influenced Islamic mysticism, philosophy, and poetry.
Ibn al-Baytar, the greatest botanist of the medieval period, died in Damascus. His compendium described over 1,400 plants and drugs.
... former slave-soldiers, seized power in Egypt following the death of the Ayyubid sultan. The Mamluk Sultanate would rule Egyp...
Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam, known as the Sultan of the Scholars, died in Cairo. He was renowned for his fearless advocacy for justice.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Qurtubi, the Maliki jurist and Quran commentator, died in Upper Egypt. His Tafsir al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran is one of the most importan
Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Rumi, the great Persian poet and Sufi mystic, died in Konya. His Masnavi is considered one of the greatest works of mystical literature
Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi died at just 45 years old, having produced an astonishing body of scholarship. His 40 Hadith collection, Riyadh as-Saliheen, com
Ala al-Din ibn al-Nafis, the physician who first described the pulmonary circulation of blood, died in Cairo, three centuries before Harvey's similar discovery.
Taqi al-Din ibn Daqiq al-Id, the great Shafi'i-Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and Chief Judge of Egypt, died in Cairo.
Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, the influential Hanbali scholar and reformer, died in prison in Damascus. His funeral was attended by an estimated 200,000 peop
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi, one of the greatest Muslim historians and hadith scholars, died in Damascus. His Siyar A'lam al-Nubala is a monumental biographical dic
The Black Death devastated the Muslim world, killing an estimated one-third...
Shams ad-Din Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, the most prominent student of Ibn Taymiyyah, died in Damascus. His prolific writings on spirituality (Madarij as-Saliki
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, the student and companion of Ibn Taymiyyah, died in Damascus. His Zad al-Ma'ad is a comprehensive guide to the Prophet's life and pract
Taj al-Din al-Subki, the Shafi'i scholar and Chief Judge of Damascus, died. He authored Tabaqat ash-Shafi'iyyah al-Kubra.
Imam Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir, the renowned Shafi'i scholar and historian, died in Damascus. His Tafsir Ibn Kathir is the most widely read commentary on the
Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, the great Maliki jurist of Granada, died. His al-Muwafaqat is the most important work on the objectives and purposes of Islamic law.
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, a major hadith expert, died in Damascus. His Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam is an expanded commentary on Nawawi's Forty Hadith.
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Khaldun, the father of sociology and historiography, died in Cairo. His Muqaddimah introduced the concept of asabiyyah (social cohesion), anal
Ibn al-Jazari, the greatest authority on Quranic recitation, died in Shiraz. His an-Nashr fil-Qira'at al-Ashr is the definitive work on the ten canonical readin
Imam Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, known as Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith (Commander of the Faithful in Hadith), died in Cairo. His Fath al-Bari, the mos
Jalal ad-Din as-Suyuti, one of the most prolific scholars in Islamic history, died in Cairo. He authored over 500 works on hadith, tafsir, fiqh, Arabic language
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, one of the most prolific scholars in Islamic history with over 500 works, died in Cairo. His al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran is the most compr
Shah Waliullah of Delhi, one of the most influential Islamic scholars of the 18th century, died. His intellectual legacy shaped numerous reform movements in Sou
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the reformist scholar of Najd, died. His call to return to pure monotheism and reject practices he considered innovations shaped the
Muhammad Iqbal, the poet-philosopher considered the spiritual father of Pakistan, died in Lahore. His poetry inspired Muslims across South Asia.