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HistoryThe Rashidun Caliphate

...ightly-guided caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. The golden age of Islamic governance.

HistoryThe Islamic Golden Age

How Muslims led the world in science, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy from the 8th to 14th centuries.

HistoryThe Islamic Golden Age Under the Abbasids

How the Abbasid Caliphate fostered breakthroughs in science, medicine, philosophy, and mathematics from the 8th to 13th centuries.

ScienceIbn Sina (Avicenna) and the Canon of Medicine

How Ibn Sina's al-Qanun fi al-Tibb became the standard medical textbook in both the Islamic world and Europe for over 500 years.

ScienceMuslim Contributions to Astronomy

From the astrolabe to star catalogs, how Muslim astronomers mapped the heavens and laid the groundwork for modern astronomy.

HistoryBayt al-Hikmah: The House of Wisdom in Baghdad

...rsian, and Indian texts into Arabic, catalyzing the Islamic golden age of learning.

HistoryThe Abbasid Caliphate and the Islamic Golden Age

The Abbasid dynasty that presided over the greatest era of Islamic intellectual, scientific, and cultural achievement.

FinanceZakat on Gold, Silver, and Cash

Detailed rulings on calculating zakat for monetary wealth, including the nisab thresholds and contemporary applications.

ScienceIslamic Contributions to Astronomy

How Muslim astronomers advanced the science of the heavens, from observatories to instruments, motivated by the needs of worship.

ScienceAl-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra

The life and revolutionary contributions of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, whose work gave the world algebra and algorithms.

ScienceIbn al-Haytham: The Father of Modern Optics

The groundbreaking contributions of Ibn al-Haytham to optics, the scientific method, and our understanding of vision and light.

HistoryIslamic Civilization's Contributions to Humanity

A survey of how Muslim scholars advanced human knowledge in science, medicine, mathematics, philosophy, and the arts.

ScienceIslam and Science: A History of Harmony

How the Quran's emphasis on observation and reflection inspired a scientific tradition that shaped astronomy, chemistry, medicine, and mathematics for centuries

ScienceJabir ibn Hayyan: The Father of Chemistry

The pioneering work of Jabir ibn Hayyan in experimental chemistry, his classification of substances, development of distillation, and influence on European alch