178 results for “egypt”
...s thrown into fire; Musa faced the entire imperial power of Egypt. The pattern was always the same — the messenger is opposed...
...e Prophet ﷺ sent letters to the kings of Persia, Byzantium, Egypt, Abyssinia, and other powers during this period. Thousands ...
...ow Parviz of Persia, the Negus of Abyssinia, al-Muqawqis of Egypt, and the Ghassanid king. The responses varied enormously. H...
...l-Qibtiyya, the Coptic woman sent to him by the Muqawqis of Egypt. He was born in Dhul-Hijjah 8 AH — the year of the Conquest...
...his sight through Yusuf's shirt. The family was reunited in Egypt, and Yusuf fulfilled his dream of his parents and brothers ...
... reunion with his family as the second most powerful man in Egypt. Yusuf was gifted with extraordinary beauty and was grante...
...ding his years in Madyan in preparation before returning to Egypt for his prophetic mission. This connection makes Shuaib the...
...re. Musa was born during the reign of Fir'awn (Pharaoh) in Egypt, at a time when the Banu Isra'il (Children of Israel) were ...
...polis was the decisive engagement in the Muslim conquest of Egypt. Amr ibn al-As had led a Muslim force of roughly 4,000 into...
...at (near modern Cairo) as the new administrative capital of Egypt rather than Alexandria, a decision that shaped the country'...
...oversaw the conquest of Persia, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.
...fan was besieged in his home in Medina by rebel groups from Egypt, Kufa, and Basra, who accused his administration of nepotis...
...ed to assassinate Muawiyah in Damascus and Amr ibn al-As in Egypt — both failed. Ali survived two days before dying from the ...
... which had served as the bureaucratic language of Syria and Egypt, was replaced by Arabic in government correspondence and of...
...eral decades, beginning with Amr ibn al-As's subjugation of Egypt in 20 AH and culminating in the complete pacification of th...
...ces were routed, and he fled westward — through Syria, into Egypt, and south into the Egyptian province. He was tracked down ...
...ed power, he spent years as a fugitive, crossing Syria into Egypt and then traversing North Africa while Abbasid agents pursu...
..., was defeated at the Battle of the Zab and later killed in Egypt, ending Umayyad rule in the east. The Abbasids ushered in a...
...Mongol destruction of Baghdad, the Mamluk Sultan Baybars of Egypt invited a surviving member of the Abbasid family to Cairo, ...
...the Fatimid dynasty — a Shia Ismaili dynasty that conquered Egypt and sought to spread their heterodox creed. The original al...
The conquest of Alexandria completed the Muslim takeover of Egypt, one of the wealthiest provinces of the Byzantine Empire an...
...Umayyad army. Marwan II fled westward through Palestine and Egypt, where he was eventually killed in a church in Egypt. The A...
...ent years patiently unifying the Muslim states of Syria and Egypt, lured the crusader army out of its fortresses in the heigh...
...tates, comparable in scale to Hattin. The Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, al-Salih Ayyub, had allied with displaced Khwarazmian Turk...
...scus (1260), and were poised to sweep through Palestine and Egypt. The Mamluk Sultan Qutuz, who had taken power specifically ...
...luk Sultanate's control of Syria, Palestine, and ultimately Egypt. Sultan Selim I, fresh from his victory at Chaldiran agains...
...s was the decisive engagement that broke Byzantine power in Egypt and opened the way to Alexandria and full Muslim control of...
...tory. He conquered the Sassanid Empire, took the Levant and Egypt from Byzantines, established the Islamic calendar, created ...
Amr ibn al-As led the Muslim conquest of Egypt, defeating the Byzantine garrison. He founded Fustat (Old C...
...isalah (the first systematic work on usul al-fiqh), died in Egypt. His school synthesized the approaches of the Medinan and I...
...aliphate, was established in North Africa before conquering Egypt and founding Cairo in 969 CE. Despite being Shia, the Fatim...
The Fatimid general Jawhar al-Siqilli conquered Egypt and founded the city of al-Qahirah (Cairo) as the new capit...
...the Ayyubid dynasty after deposing the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. The Ayyubids restored Sunni governance and successfully de...
The Fifth Crusade targeted Egypt. Crusaders captured Damietta but were eventually defeated. ...
The Mamluks, former slave-soldiers, seized power in Egypt following the death of the Ayyubid sultan. The Mamluk Sulta...
...estine. This was the first decisive Mongol defeat and saved Egypt, the Hijaz, and North Africa from destruction.
...ubi, the Maliki jurist and Quran commentator, died in Upper Egypt. His Tafsir al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran is one of the most im...
...t Shafi'i-Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and Chief Judge of Egypt, died in Cairo.
... world, killing an estimated one-third of the population in Egypt, Syria, and North Africa.
... near Aleppo. This victory led to Ottoman control of Syria, Egypt, and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The Ottoman sulta...
Ottoman Sultan Selim I conquered Egypt, ending the Mamluk Sultanate and gaining control over the M...
Napoleon's invasion demonstrated European military superiority and was a shock to the Muslim world. Though the French were expelled within three years, the even
Muhammad Ali Pasha, the founder of modern Egypt, modernized Egypt's army, education system, and economy. Hi...
Muhammad Abduh, the Grand Mufti of Egypt and pioneer of Islamic modernism, died in Cairo. With his t...
Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Ismailia, Egypt. It became the most influential Islamic movement of the 20t...
Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, capturing East Jerusalem and al-Masjid ...
Egypt and Syria attacked Israeli positions during Ramadan. The Eg...
Conqueror of Egypt and a shrewd political and military leader.
The leading scholar of Egypt in his time, said by some to be more knowledgeable than Mal...
The greatest scholar of Egypt in his era, whom ash-Shafi'i considered more knowledgeable ...
Chief judge of Egypt and a prominent Shafii scholar.
Egyptian Maliki scholar and the third master of the Shadhili Sufi...
Egyptian grammarian and author of Qatr an-Nada and Mughni al-Labi...
A leading Shafi'i jurist of Egypt who served as chief judge and was recognized as one of the ...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of al-Mukhtasar (Mukhtasar Khal...
Shaykh al-Islam of Egypt and a leading Shafi'i authority. Authored commentaries on m...
Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and author of Tuhfat al-Muhtaj, one of th...
Known as the 'Little Shafi'i' (ash-Shafi'i as-Saghir) for his authority in the school. Author of Nihayat al-Muhtaj, one of the two most authoritative late Shafi
Egyptian Hanafi jurist, author of al-Bahr ar-Raiq and al-Ashbah w...
Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and mufassir. Author of Mughni al-Muhtaj,...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of ash-Sharh al-Kabir, a major ...
Egyptian Maliki jurist and author of the Hashiyat ad-Dusuqi, a su...
Egyptian Islamic reformer and Grand Mufti of Egypt who advocated ...
Syrian-Egyptian scholar and publisher of al-Manar journal, continued the...
Egyptian hadith scholar who produced critical editions of Musnad ...
Egyptian scholar who founded the Ansar as-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah...
Egyptian teacher and founder of the Muslim Brotherhood movement.
Egyptian author of Fi Zilal al-Quran, an influential literary and...
Egyptian-Qatari scholar and chairman of the International Union o...
Egyptian Sufi scholar and prolific author known for 'al-Tabaqat a...
Former Grand Mufti of Egypt, Shafi'i jurist and Azhari scholar known for his traditiona...
Grand Imam of al-Azhar since 2010, one of the most influential Sunni Muslim leaders in the world.
Shadhili Sufi master and author of 'al-Hikam' (Aphorisms), one of the most celebrated texts of Islamic spirituality.
Early Egyptian Sufi known for articulating the concept of ma'rifah (gno...
Egyptian hadith master and author of 'at-Targhib wat-Tarhib,' a c...
Egyptian Maliki jurist, author of the 'Mukhtasar,' the most autho...
Andalusian-Egyptian grammarian and mufassir, author of 'al-Bahr al-Muhit,' a...
Prolific Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and hadith scholar, one of the most produ...
Egyptian hadith scholar, author of 'Majma az-Zawa'id,' a comprehe...
Egyptian Islamic activist and author, founder of the Muslim Women...
Author of 'Lisan al-Arab,' the most comprehensive classical dictionary of the Arabic language.
Grand Imam of al-Azhar and author of widely studied commentaries on Shafi'i fiqh and Ash'ari theology.
Egyptian Shafi'i jurist and father of Shams ad-Din ar-Ramli, both...
Egyptian Hanafi jurist, author of 'al-Ashbah wan-Naza'ir,' a mast...
Egyptian scholar and author of 'Fayd al-Qadir,' the most extensiv...
Egyptian Maliki scholar and author of 'Jawharat at-Tawhid,' a fam...
First Maliki Grand Imam of al-Azhar, author of the most widely studied commentary on Khalil's Mukhtasar.
Egyptian Hanbali jurist and author of 'Kashshaf al-Qina' and 'Sha...
Egyptian Islamic scholar and thinker, author of numerous influent...
Syrian-Egyptian Islamic reformer, student of Muhammad Abduh, and author ...
Egyptian scholar and historian, author of popular works on Islami...
Chief judge of Egypt and author of 'Tadhkirat as-Sami wal-Mutakallim,' a classic...
Egyptian poet and author of 'Qasidah al-Burdah' (The Poem of the ...
Egyptian Azhari scholar and author of 'Fath al-Mun'im,' a modern ...
Egyptian Islamic scholar and author of popular, accessible books ...
The Pharaoh of Egypt who enslaved the Israelites and was drowned by Allah after ...
Wife of Pharaoh who believed in Allah, protected baby Musa, and was martyred for her faith. One of the four greatest women in Islam.
The wife of the Egyptian minister al-Aziz who tried to seduce Prophet Yusuf AS an...
The mother of Prophet Musa AS who received divine revelation to place him in the river, and was reunited with him as his own wet nurse.
The sister of Musa AS who followed his basket on the Nile and orchestrated his return to their mother.
...f Prophet Musa AS, whose family sheltered Musa when he fled Egypt.
...Yusuf AS, son of Yaqub and Rachel, who was kept by Yusuf in Egypt as part of the plan to reunite their father's family.
The Coptic woman gifted to the Prophet ﷺ from Egypt, mother of his son Ibrahim, and one of his consorts.
The ruler of Egypt who received the Prophet's letter, responded respectfully, ...
The Egyptian minister who purchased Yusuf AS from the slave traders a...
...as head of Ali ibn Abi Talib's police force and governor of Egypt. Known for extraordinary generosity.
...ith, and an accomplished horseman. He served as governor of Egypt under Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan. He transmitted many hadith a...
...nder in the conquest of North Africa and became governor of Egypt.
An Egyptian companion and a major general of the Umayyad caliphate. ...
The most prolific scholar in Islamic history (849-911 AH), authoring over 500 works across virtually every Islamic discipline. His tafsir al-Jalalayn (co-author
Umayyad governor of Egypt for approximately 20 years (65-86 AH) under his brother Abd...
An Egyptian Maliki scholar (d. 709 AH) whose Kitab al-Hikam (Book of...
Chief student of Imam al-Shafi'i and transmitter of the Shafi'i school, author of the foundational Shafi'i text al-Mukhtasar.
... Nihayat al-Muhtaj, the definitive Shafi'i reference in the Egyptian tradition.
Major Shafi'i scholar of Cairo, author of Mughni al-Muhtaj, the most widely taught Shafi'i fiqh commentary.
Major Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and legal theorist, known for al-Tamhid ...
Late 19th-century Egyptian Shafi'i scholar, author of I'anat al-Talibin, the most p...
Shafi'i scholar of 10th-century AH Egypt, wrote marginal notes (hashiya) on Ibn Hajar al-Haytami's T...
Imam Malik's foremost student, principal transmitter of Maliki jurisprudence and co-author of al-Mudawwana.
Leading Maliki jurist and legal theorist of 7th-century AH Egypt, author of al-Dhakhirah and al-Furuq.
Author of Mukhtasar Khalil, the most authoritative and widely-studied Maliki fiqh text, a concise summary of the entire Maliki school.
Egyptian Maliki scholar, author of important commentaries on Mukh...
Andalusian Maliki scholar who settled in Alexandria, author of Siraj al-Muluk and al-Hawadith wa al-Bida'.
Major Egyptian Maliki scholar, known for his glosses (hawashi) on the m...
Leading Maliki scholar of 18th-century Egypt, author of al-Sharh al-Kabir and al-Sharh al-Saghir on Khal...
Great Hanafi scholar and hadith master, author of al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya, the most widely accepted creedal text in Sunni Islam.
Hanafi jurist and major hadith scholar, author of Tabyin al-Haqa'iq and Nasb al-Rayah, an essential reference for hadith evidence in Hanafi fiqh.
Hanafi hadith master, author of Nasb al-Rayah li Ahadith al-Hidayah, the definitive reference for the hadith evidence of the Hanafi school.
Egyptian literary critic turned Islamic thinker, author of Fi Zil...
...ayat al-Muhtaj is a standard reference in Greater Syria and Egypt.
One of the greatest Hanafi jurists of the 15th century. His Fath al-Qadir (commentary on al-Hidayah) is the most analytically rigorous Hanafi legal work.
Compiler of Sunan al-Nasa'i (al-Mujtaba), one of the six canonical hadith collections. Considered by some the strictest hadith critic of his era after al-Bukhar
Rector of al-Azhar University (1958-1963). A leading reformist scholar who worked on pan-Islamic unity and issued the controversial fatwa recognizing Ja'fari (S
Author of al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings extracted from the Quran.
Mamluk-era Egyptian historian whose al-Nujum al-Zahirah chronicles Egypt's h...
Swiss-Egyptian Islamic scholar and academic. Controversial figure who h...
... student of al-Shafi'i who inherited his teaching circle in Egypt. Died in prison for his refusal to accept the Mu'tazilite p...
Most reliable transmitter of Imam al-Shafi'i's works. Without him, the Shafi'i school's texts would be largely lost.
Greatest Arab physician after Ibn Sina. Discovered the pulmonary circulation of blood 300 years before William Harvey.
Sultan of Egypt and Syria who recaptured Jerusalem in 1187 CE. Known equall...
Mamluk Sultan who decisively defeated the Mongols at Ain Jalut and expelled the remaining Crusaders from the Levant.
Greatest historian of Mamluk Egypt. His Khitat is an encyclopedic topographical and historical...
Egyptian Hanafi jurist, author of al-Bahr al-Ra'iq and the legal ...
Egyptian polymath who authored over 500 works spanning all Islami...
Leading hadith scholar of Egypt in the Tabi'een generation.
Primary Egyptian student of Malik whose transmissions form the core of th...
An Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and Azhari jurist (d. 1204 AH / 1790 CE)...
A towering Egyptian scholar (1898-1974 CE), professor at Cairo University an...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for widely read works o...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic author known for Women Around the Messenger, pre...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for Purification of the...
A contemporary American Muslim author and lecturer (b. Egypt, raised USA), known for the bestselling Reclaim Your Heart ...
A prominent Egyptian Islamic author (1920-1996 CE) known for his popular biog...
An Egyptian-American Islamic scholar (1917-2004 CE), first director ...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic author known for his book The Jinn in the Quran ...
A contemporary Egyptian Islamic scholar and author known for accessible works on...
The leading jurist and hadith scholar of Egypt among the Tabi'un, considered the first Egyptian scholar to...
Imam of Egypt and leading jurist of the second century, sometimes describ...
Egyptian tabi'i and student of Ibn Umar and Aisha, who settled in...
...able Medinan jurist and hadith scholar who later settled in Egypt, widely cited by Imam Malik and other Hijazi authorities.
...risprudence, compiled from Imam ash-Shafi'i's dictations in Egypt during his final years. It represents his mature legal meth...
... for Shafi'i jurisprudence, particularly in Southeast Asia, Egypt, and Yemen. Ibn Hajar al-Haytami's Tuhfat al-Muhtaj and ar-...
... is valued for its precision and is a standard reference in Egyptian and Levantine Hanafi scholarship.
... a primary reference in Maliki jurisprudence, especially in Egypt and North Africa. Ad-Dasuqi clarifies difficult passages an...
...e little Shafi'i') provides meticulous legal analysis. When Egyptian Shafi'i scholars cite 'the relied-upon opinion,' they ty...
...pread of the Maliki school across North Africa, al-Andalus, Egypt, and other regions with detailed scholarly profiles.
...'s jurisprudential opinions, compiled from his teachings in Egypt (his 'new' school). It contains his detailed legal reasonin...
... particularly followed in the Hadrami, Southeast Asian, and Egyptian Shafi'i traditions.
...ere he and Ibn Hajar al-Haytami differ, Shafi'i scholars in Egypt and the Hijaz generally follow ar-Ramli.
...i containing his 'new' (jadid) legal opinions formulated in Egypt. It covers the full range of Islamic law with detailed evid...
...y from betrayal by his brothers to becoming the minister of Egypt.
The son of Imad al-Din Zangi who united Muslim Syria and Egypt, setting the stage for Salahuddin's liberation of Jerusalem...
The warrior-slave dynasty that defended the Muslim world against Mongols and Crusaders and preserved Islamic civilization.
The Ismaili Shia dynasty that ruled North Africa and Egypt from 909 to 1171 CE, founding Cairo and al-Azhar.
...ork al-Risalah. Predominant in East Africa, Southeast Asia, Egypt, the Levant, and parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
...an al-Shadhili (1197–1258 CE) in North Africa. Prominent in Egypt, the Maghreb, and parts of the Levant. Known for its relati...
A pan-Islamist political and social movement founded in Egypt in 1928 CE by Hasan al-Banna (1906–1949 CE). One of the mos...