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The Battle of the Camel was the first armed conflict between Muslim factions, fought near Basra. Aisha (the mother of the believers), Talha ibn Ubaydullah, and
...s struck with a poison-coated sword by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam al-Muradi, a Khawarij avenger for Nahrawan, while leading t...
...eat factions of Muslims.' This year became known as 'Aam al-Jama'ah — the Year of Unity. The transfer of power to Muawiyah ...
... Muawiyah's succession. This agreement, known as the 'Am al-Jama'ah (Year of Unity) by Sunni historians, effectively ended ...
...(232–247 AH) ended the Mihna and restored Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah to its rightful place as the official creed of the cali...
The Battle of the Camel was the first major armed conflict between Muslims, occurring during the First Fitna (civil strife) following the assassination of Uthma
...lim community. Ali was assassinated by the Kharijite Ibn Muljam while praying Fajr in Kufa's mosque.
...by the poisoned sword of the Kharijite Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muljam while leading Fajr prayer at the mosque of Kufa. He died tw...
...t and Quran commentator, died in Upper Egypt. His Tafsir al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran is one of the most important legal comme...
...ab al-Hanbali, a major hadith expert, died in Damascus. His Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam is an expanded commentary on Nawawi's Fo...
...o-authored with al-Mahalli), al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran, and Jami as-Saghir remain essential references today.
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, the influential Islamic reformer and p...
...oneer of Islamic modernism, died in Cairo. With his teacher Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani and his student Rashid Rida, Abduh soug...
...anna founded the Muslim Brotherhood (1928), Mawdudi founded Jamaat-e-Islami (1941), and various movements sought to restore...
Compiler of Jami at-Tirmidhi, notable for including fiqh discussions and ha...
Compiler of Jami at-Tirmidhi, notable for including scholarly evaluations a...
Compiler of three major hadith encyclopedias: al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and al-Mu'jam as-Saghir. Trav...
Author of al-Jami li-Ahkam al-Quran, a major tafsir focused on legal rulings...
Chief judge of Egypt and a prominent Shafii scholar.
A major Hanbali scholar, author of Jami al-Ulum wal-Hikam (commentary on the 40+2 hadith of Nawawi...
Pan-Islamic political activist and Islamic modernist who traveled across the Muslim world calling for Muslim unity against European colonialism. Teacher of Muha
Author of Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi, a major commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi.
...wadhi, the most comprehensive and widely used commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi. An Indian scholar of the Ahl al-Hadith tradit...
Indian scholar and founder of the Tablighi Jama'at, one of the largest Islamic grassroots movements in the...
Author of Tafhim al-Quran and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, a major Islamic revivalist thinker.
...al-Qadir,' the most extensive commentary on as-Suyuti's 'al-Jami as-Saghir' hadith collection.
...f 'Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi,' the most comprehensive commentary on Jami at-Tirmidhi.
Chief judge of Egypt and author of 'Tadhkirat as-Sami wal-Mutakallim,' a classic text on the etiquette of learning and teaching.
Wife of Abu Lahab and sister of Abu Sufyan, condemned in Surah al-Masad (111:4) as a 'carrier of firewood' for her active role in persecuting the Prophet ﷺ.
Canadian-Jamaican Islamic scholar, prolific author of over 50 books in E...
The full brother of Prophet 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.
An Ansari elder of the Banu Salimah clan who was lame but insisted on fighting at Uhud despite the Prophet's offer to excuse him, declaring he wished to walk wi
...co-authored with al-Mahalli), al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran, al-Jami al-Saghir, and Tadrib al-Rawi remain standard textbooks in...
Hanafi hadith master, author of Nasb al-Rayah li Ahadith al-Hidayah, the definitive reference for the hadith evidence of the Hanafi school.
Prolific hadith compiler known for his three Mu'jam collections covering thousands of companions' narrations.
The greatest Islamic geographer. His Mu'jam al-Buldan (Dictionary of Countries) is the most comprehensi...
Compiler of Jami' al-Tirmidhi (Sunan al-Tirmidhi), one of the six canonical...
Author of al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Quran (Tafsir al-Qurtubi), the most comprehen...
Pakistani Islamic thinker and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami; controversial modernist-Islamist ideologue.
An Egyptian Shafi'i scholar and Azhari jurist (d. 1204 AH / 1790 CE), best known for his encyclopedic hashiyah on Tafsir al-Jalalayn titled al-Futuhat al-Ilahiy
A senior leader of the Tablighi Jamaat (1917-1965 CE) and author of the multi-volume Hayat al-S...
...st important early compilers of hadith and the author of al-Jami', an early systematic hadith collection.
By Imam at-Tirmidhi. Notable for grading each hadith and mentioning scholarly differences.
By Imam at-Tabari. The earliest complete tafsir that has survived intact and the foundation of all subsequent Quran commentary. At-Tabari compiled interpretatio
By Imam al-Qurtubi. A comprehensive tafsir with a strong emphasis on extracting legal rulings (ahkam) from the Quran. Al-Qurtubi, a Maliki scholar, presents opi
... Hanafi jurist, summarized the beliefs of Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah in a concise text that scholars of all four schools hav...
...sources. The author presents the creed of Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah as understood by the early generations, providing a sys...
...osity, and worship. The work is widely read in the Tablighi Jama'at movement and in Islamic schools worldwide.
By Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali. An extensive commentary on an-Nawawi's Forty Hadith plus eight additional hadith, totaling fifty narrations. Ibn Rajab expands each had
By Imam at-Tabarani. The largest of at-Tabarani's three mu'jam collections, organizing hadith by the names of the companio...
By Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. A work on the etiquettes and ethics of hadith narrators and students of hadith. Al-Khatib covers the manners of seeking knowledge, the
...haba as a model for modern Muslims. Widely read in Tablighi Jamaat circles and Islamic study groups worldwide.
By Sulayman al-Jamal. A gloss (hashiyah) on Tafsir al-Jalalayn, providing addi...
... the content of al-Quduri's Mukhtasar with al-Shaybani's al-Jami al-Saghir into a single concise Hanafi legal primer.
By al-Mubarakpuri. A comprehensive commentary on Jami' al-Tirmidhi by the Indian hadith scholar al-Mubarakpuri. ...
By Jamal al-Din al-Zayla'i. A groundbreaking work of hadith verifi...
By Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi. The most comprehensive work on hadith na...
...al-Qasim at-Tabarani. The largest of at-Tabarani's three mu'jam (dictionary-style hadith) collections, organized alphabetic...
...sim at-Tabarani. The middle-sized of at-Tabarani's three mu'jam collections, organized by the names of his own teachers. It...
By Taj ad-Din as-Subki. A concise and authoritative summary of usul al-fiqh that became the most studied text in the field within the Shafi'i tradition. As-Subk
...al-Ula al-Mubarakfuri. The most comprehensive commentary on Jami' at-Tirmidhi.
The concessions Allah grants travelers in shortening and combining prayers, with the conditions and scholarly opinions.
...peace be upon him), including honey, black seed, cupping (hijama), and balanced diet.
The mainstream body of Muslims who follow the Quran, the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, and the understanding of the Companions. Identified by the Prophet ﷺ as the sa
...He is primarily remembered today for his monumental Tafsir (Jami al-Bayan) and his world history (Tarikh al-Rusul wal-Muluk...
A grassroots Islamic missionary movement founded in Mewat, India in 1927 CE by Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi (1885–1944 CE). Emphasizes personal da'wah and revival t
A major Islamist political movement founded in British India in 1941 CE by Sayyid Abul Ala Mawdudi (1903–1979 CE). Currently active in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ind