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...This supreme act of surrender is commemorated every year by Muslims during Eid al-Adha. Ibrahim and his son Ismail later raise...
...of sa'y (walking between Safa and Marwa) performed by every Muslim during Hajj and Umrah. As Ismail grew, Ibrahim returned pe...
...'s mercy. His name is invoked in Islamic tradition whenever Muslims face hardship — a reminder that the beloved of Allah are t...
...cholars consider it among the most powerful supplications a Muslim can make in distress. Allah answered Yunus, commanding the...
...of the Islamic calendar. In Medina he established the first Muslim community — a model of governance, brotherhood, and justice...
...of Allah. We have believed in Allah and testify that we are Muslims'" (Surah Aal Imran 3:52). The Arabic word for their self-d...
... implies this prophecy was a known element of his teaching. Muslim scholars have historically identified this with what appear...
...opia), in a passage connected to the migration of the early Muslims. When the persecuted Muslims sought refuge with the Negus ...
...aqah's response has been transmitted to every generation of Muslims since: "This is the Namus — the great angel of revelation ...
...faith and sincere service. These scholars were not formally Muslims — they did not know the Quran or the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. B...
... This story became part of the public teaching of the early Muslim community, a testimony to the unbroken chain of divine guid...
...he community around the Prophet ﷺ. His status in the early Muslim community was exceptional. The Muhajirun — those who had ma...
...he death of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Khalid ibn al-Walid led the Muslim force north from Medina and routed Tulayha's forces. Tulayh...
...u Hanifa in central Arabia. Khalid ibn al-Walid commanded a Muslim force against an army of approximately 40,000. The fighting...
...ined Persian and Arab Christian force attempted to stop the Muslim advance into Sasanid-controlled Mesopotamia. Khalid employe...
The Battle of Ajnadayn was one of the first major Muslim victories in Syria-Palestine, fought between a unified Musl...
The Battle of the Bridge was a rare Muslim defeat during the Iraqi campaigns. Abu Ubayd al-Thaqafi com...
The Battle of al-Buwayb was the Muslim answer to the defeat at the Bridge, fought under al-Muthann...
The siege of Damascus lasted several months as Muslim forces under Khalid ibn al-Walid and Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarr...
...ive Byzantine army of 100,000–150,000 soldiers to drive the Muslims back. The Muslim force numbered around 25,000–40,000 under...
... Persian power in Iraq and opened all of Mesopotamia to the Muslims. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas commanded a Muslim army of approximat...
...al and one of the greatest cities of the ancient world. The Muslim army crossed the Tigris and entered the city largely unoppo...
...e the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, praying outside so that Muslims would not later claim the church as a mosque. He then visi...
...rouped in the foothills east of the Tigris to block further Muslim advances into Persia. Hashim ibn Utba led the Muslim force....
.... It rapidly became one of the most important cities in the Muslim world — a centre of Islamic learning, the seat of Ali ibn A...
The Battle of Heliopolis was the decisive engagement in the Muslim conquest of Egypt. Amr ibn al-As had led a Muslim force of ...
The Battle of Nihawand, called by Muslim historians 'the Victory of Victories' (Fath al-Futuh), was ...
... the next caliph. Umar's decade of rule had transformed the Muslim world: he established the Hijri calendar, the diwan (state ...
The conquest of Cyprus was the first major Muslim naval operation in the Mediterranean, ordered by Uthman ibn...
The Battle of the Masts was the first great Muslim naval battle and one of the most significant sea battles in...
...fferences in Quranic recitation were causing disputes among Muslim soldiers from different regions. Uthman convened a committe...
...e — during which he refused offers of armed rescue to avoid Muslim bloodshed — rebels broke into his house while he was readin...
...he Battle of the Camel was the first armed conflict between Muslim factions, fought near Basra. Aisha (the mother of the belie...
...ree of whom died by assassination. Ali is regarded by Sunni Muslims as the last of the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs and one of ...
...d each other at Maskin on the Tigris. Hasan, seeking to end Muslim bloodshed, negotiated a treaty with Muawiyah under which he...
...ses of support evaporated before his arrival. His emissary, Muslim ibn Aqil, was captured and executed by Ibn Ziyad, governor ...
... a sophisticated intelligence network. Under his rule, Arab Muslim armies pushed deep into Central Asia in the east and contin...
... small group of family members and companions. His emissary Muslim ibn Aqil had been killed, and Kufan support had dissolved u...
...pulations under a single administrative culture and enabled Muslim Arabs to access government positions previously dominated b...
The Muslim conquest of North Africa was a prolonged campaign spanning ...
The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 92 AH stands as one of...
... no organized resistance capable of stopping the subsequent Muslim advance. The political structure of the Visigothic kingdom,...
... striking departure from Umayyad norms and is remembered by Muslim historians as a brief but luminous revival of the spirit of...
...olicy, provincial administration, the treatment of non-Arab Muslims, and relations with non-Muslim populations. His fiscal ref...
...Caucasus, and the continued discrimination against non-Arab Muslims — despite the reforms of Umar II — fueled revolutionary se...
...-Ghafiqi, and the Frankish forces under Charles Martel. The Muslim force had crossed the Pyrenees in a raiding expedition of c...
...overnance. The overt uprising was launched in 129 AH by Abu Muslim al-Khurasani, a figure of obscure origin who proved to be o...
...osed taxes on converts and refused to treat mawali as equal Muslims deepened resentment. Governors like Nasr ibn Sayyar (who w...
... in Kufa. The uprising, rooted in discontent among non-Arab Muslims and pious critics of Umayyad moral laxity, drew on the Pro...
...holars, merchants, physicians, and artisans from across the Muslim lands and beyond. For centuries, Baghdad stood as a symbol ...
...rotector of the caliphate. The Seljuks were committed Sunni Muslims who actively promoted Ahl us-Sunnah theology and sponsored...
...amic literature and had a profound and lasting influence on Muslim religious life across the world.
...e centuries. Scholars, librarians, physicians, and ordinary Muslims perished by the thousands. The psychological trauma was im...
...ared some of his philosophical positions contrary to Islam. Muslim tradition honors his medical contributions while maintainin...
...China, and the Byzantine Mediterranean. The Abbasid era saw Muslim sailors among the world's most accomplished navigators, con...
...dr was the first major armed engagement between the nascent Muslim community of Medina and the Quraysh of Mecca. On 17 Ramadan...
...eturned with an army of approximately 3,000 to confront the Muslim force of around 700. The Muslims initially gained the upper...
...24,000 fighters. On the suggestion of Salman al-Farisi, the Muslims dug a trench along the northern exposed approach to Medina...
...ad conspired with the Quraysh and other enemies against the Muslims. The Prophet ﷺ led approximately 1,400 to 1,600 Muslims ag...
The Battle of Mu'tah was the first major Muslim engagement against the Byzantine Empire, fought in what is ...
... Treaty of Hudaybiyyah by attacking a tribe allied with the Muslims, the Prophet ﷺ mobilised an army of approximately 10,000 a...
...zin and Thaqif tribal confederacy mobilised to confront the Muslim army before it could consolidate control of the Hejaz. Desp...
...ot engage; several border chieftains made treaties with the Muslims. Though no battle occurred, Tabuk demonstrated Muslim capa...
...fronted Tulayha at Buzakha. Despite initial resistance, the Muslim force prevailed decisively. Remarkably, Tulayha himself lat...
...ylima ibn Habib, mockingly called al-Kadhdhab (the Liar) by Muslims, had claimed prophethood in the Yamama region and commande...
...e 'River of Blood,' was one of the early engagements in the Muslim conquest of Iraq against the Sasanid Persian Empire. Khalid...
...n dominance in Mesopotamia. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas commanded a Muslim force of approximately 30,000 against the main Sasanid army...
..., variously estimated at 80,000 to 150,000, to dislodge the Muslim armies that had been spreading through Syria. The Muslim fo...
The peaceful surrender of Jerusalem to the Muslims stands as one of the most remarkable episodes of religious...
...ly 100,000 to 150,000, in a last-ditch attempt to repel the Muslim advance. The Muslim army of approximately 30,000 under Nu'm...
The conquest of Alexandria completed the Muslim takeover of Egypt, one of the wealthiest provinces of the B...
...tle of the Camel was the first major armed conflict between Muslims, occurring during the First Fitna (civil strife) following...
...y a Kharijite. Ahl us-Sunnah regards all parties as sincere Muslims in error on a political question, and refrains from cursin...
...uawiyah, whose public conduct he considered unbecoming of a Muslim ruler. After receiving tens of thousands of pledges of supp...
...en years old at the time, brought the Indus Valley into the Muslim world. The campaign was triggered by attacks on Muslim merc...
...to consolidate and extend the conquest. Within three years, Muslim forces controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula. The famous...
...a (Plain of the Martyrs), halted the northward expansion of Muslim forces into the Frankish heartland. Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiq...
...ptured during the battle transmitted that technology to the Muslim world and eventually Europe, accelerating the production of...
...ad governance, particularly the marginalisation of non-Arab Muslims. The last Umayyad caliph, Marwan II — a capable military c...
...g them to proceed toward Syria. The fragmented state of the Muslim world — with Seljuks, Fatimids, and local emirs in competit...
...wers to Bohemond's men. The crusaders massacred much of the Muslim and some of the Christian population. In an ironic reversal...
...y who had taken refuge in a synagogue were burnt alive. The Muslim population who had not been allowed to surrender was killed...
The Battle of the Field of Blood was a decisive Muslim victory over the Crusader Principality of Antioch. Roger of...
...usalem. Saladin, who had spent years patiently unifying the Muslim states of Syria and Egypt, lured the crusader army out of i...
...belin initially threatened to destroy the city and kill its Muslim population if not given terms. Saladin negotiated a surrend...
...d with the Treaty of Jaffa in 1192, which left Jerusalem in Muslim hands but allowed Christian pilgrims access to the holy sit...
...gyptian dominance. The battle near Gaza was a comprehensive Muslim victory: the Crusader force of approximately 1,000 knights ...
...ve response ever materialised. The Holy Land remained under Muslim governance.
...d that the Mongols were not invincible and that disciplined Muslim cavalry could defeat them. Baybars subsequently assassinate...
...s bold move, taken despite the wounds and exhaustion of the Muslim force, was intended to demonstrate that the setback at Uhud...
... took place, the encounter was a propaganda victory for the Muslims: the Quraysh who had promised to come back had retreated w...
The Battle of Buwayb was a significant Muslim victory in Iraq during the early conquest period, avenging ...
The Battle of Ajnadayn was the first major Muslim engagement against a large Byzantine army in Palestine and ...
...antine administrative centre, marked a turning point in the Muslim conquest of Syria. Following the victory at Ajnadayn, Musli...
...ne power in Egypt and opened the way to Alexandria and full Muslim control of the country. Amr ibn al-As had entered Egypt in ...
...48). It marked the beginning of the irreversible decline of Muslim power in Iberia.
...Fall of Granada marked the end of nearly eight centuries of Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula. The Nasrid Emirate of Gr...
...ts Hospitaller's use of Rhodes as a base for piracy against Muslim shipping and pilgrims. The Knights Hospitaller had held Rho...
... largest economy in the world and presided over the largest Muslim population of any polity in history.
...hieved a decisive victory that opened the Gangetic plain to Muslim rule and led eventually to the establishment of the Delhi S...
...il (Battle of the Chains) was the opening engagement of the Muslim conquest of Iraq in 12 AH / 633 CE, commanded by Khalid ibn...
The Battle of the Bridge was one of the few Muslim military defeats during the early conquests, fought in 13 A...
...ear Damascus as part of the early Syria campaign. After the Muslim victory at Ajnadayn, the remaining Byzantine forces regroup...
... Damascus. Byzantine forces flooded the plain to hinder the Muslim cavalry, but Abu Ubayda's forces waded through the marshes ...
...e of the Persian fortifications lasting several months, the Muslims broke through and inflicted a crushing defeat, killing the...
...azdegerd III fled northward with the imperial treasury. The Muslims crossed the Tigris River on horseback — a miraculous cross...
...tes, modern Derbent) in 22 AH / 643 CE was the northernmost Muslim military expedition of the Rashidun era, pushing into the C...
...Battle of the Masts') in 34 AH / 655 CE was the first major Muslim naval victory in the Mediterranean, effectively destroying ...
The decisive battle between the Muslim army under Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and the Sassanid Persian arm...
...to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, fearing future Muslims would convert it into a mosque.
Amr ibn al-As led the Muslim conquest of Egypt, defeating the Byzantine garrison. He fou...
...ered Armenia and parts of North Africa, and built the first Muslim navy. His greatest legacy was the standardization of the Qu...
...ic mission reportedly reached China, establishing the first Muslim contact with the Chinese empire. Over the following centuri...
...le of Siffin, and the emergence of the Khawarij divided the Muslim community. Ali was assassinated by the Kharijite Ibn Muljam...
... war (fitnah) in Islam and had lasting consequences for the Muslim community.
...Within seven years, most of the Iberian Peninsula was under Muslim rule. Al-Andalus became one of the most advanced civilizati...
The Frankish army under Charles Martel defeated the Muslim forces of Abd ar-Rahman al-Ghafiqi near Tours, France. This...
... expansion westward and secured Central Asia as part of the Muslim world. Chinese prisoners introduced papermaking technology ...
...st Imam), his school became the most widely followed in the Muslim world, predominant in Turkey, Central Asia, South Asia, and...
... into Arabic, preserving and advancing classical knowledge. Muslim scholars made original contributions to algebra, optics, me...
Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj completed his Sahih, considered the second mo...
Muslim traders from Arabia and Persia established settlements alon...
...ter of Sunni scholarship, training scholars from across the Muslim world for over a millennium.
...en 1001 and 1025 CE. These campaigns significantly expanded Muslim political influence in South Asia, brought enormous wealth ...
...dicine, mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and literature. Muslim scholars translated and preserved Greek works, made origina...
... decisive victory opened Anatolia to Turkish settlement and Muslim expansion.
...captured Jerusalem after a month-long siege, massacring its Muslim and Jewish inhabitants. The Crusader states were establishe...
...er armies captured Jerusalem after a siege, massacring many Muslim and Jewish inhabitants. The fall of Jerusalem shocked the M...
...yyubids restored Sunni governance and successfully defended Muslim lands against the Crusades.
...sader armies at the Horns of Hattin near Lake Tiberias. The Muslim victory destroyed the main Crusader fighting force and led ...
... pilgrims access to Jerusalem while the city remained under Muslim control.
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) of Cordoba, the last great Muslim philosopher of al-Andalus, died in Marrakesh. His commentar...
Ismail al-Jazari, the pioneering Muslim engineer, died. His Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices de...
...r, and Merv, killing millions and devastating Central Asian Muslim civilization.
...amluks against Hulagu and refused further campaigns against Muslim lands.
... Hadith collection, Riyadh as-Saliheen, commentary on Sahih Muslim, and Shafi'i fiqh manuals remain among the most studied Isl...
Muslim traders and scholars gradually brought Islam to the Malay A...
Mansa Musa, the Muslim emperor of the Mali Empire, undertook his famous pilgrimage...
Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi, one of the greatest Muslim historians and hadith scholars, died in Damascus. His Siyar...
The Black Death devastated the Muslim world, killing an estimated one-third of the population in ...
Timur (Tamerlane) launched devastating campaigns across the Muslim world, sacking Delhi, Baghdad, and defeating the Ottoman Su...
The Ottoman victory at the Battle of Kosovo established Muslim rule in the Balkans. Over the following centuries, Islam sp...
Admiral Zheng He, a Chinese Muslim, led seven major maritime expeditions across the Indian Oce...
...ing spread from Ethiopia through Yemen and into the broader Muslim world. Sufi mystics were among the first to use coffee for ...
The last Muslim kingdom in Spain, Granada, surrendered to Ferdinand and Isa...
...ic and philosophical texts into Latin, particularly through Muslim Spain and Sicily. Works of al-Khwarizmi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rush...
...t, ending the Mamluk Sultanate and gaining control over the Muslim holy cities.
Enslaved African Muslims brought Islam to the Americas during the transatlantic sla...
...utionized the dissemination of Islamic knowledge across the Muslim world.
...trated European military superiority and was a shock to the Muslim world. Though the French were expelled within three years, ...
...against Russian imperial expansion in the Caucasus, uniting Muslim peoples under a Sharia-based state.
...College in Aligarh, promoting modern education among Indian Muslims.
...l reforms at al-Azhar influenced Islamic thought across the Muslim world.
.... The Sykes-Picot Agreement and subsequent mandates divided Muslim lands between Britain and France, creating artificial borde...
...ing the last caliph Abdulmejid II into exile. This left the Muslim world without a central religious-political authority for t...
Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Ismailia, Egypt. It became the most influent...
...ry in Urdu and Persian inspired the movement for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia. His philosophical works, combining ...
...ual father of Pakistan, died in Lahore. His poetry inspired Muslims across South Asia.
...s partitioned into India and Pakistan, creating the largest Muslim-majority nation by population at the time. The partition ca...
...one of the most significant decolonization struggles in the Muslim world.
...rom Britain. Malaysia later developed into a model of how a Muslim-majority country could combine Islamic governance with econ...
... al-Aqsa. The loss of Jerusalem was a profound shock to the Muslim world.
Following the arson attack on al-Aqsa Mosque, Muslim leaders founded the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OI...
...olitical event, it had profound implications for the entire Muslim world, reigniting debates about Islamic governance, the rol...
... a decade-long resistance by Afghan mujahideen supported by Muslim volunteers from across the world. The Soviet withdrawal in ...
...heir companion as the Mahdi. The two-week siege shocked the Muslim world.
...ruggle for Palestinian rights remains a central concern for Muslims worldwide, particularly regarding the status of al-Aqsa Mo...
During the Bosnian War, over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were massacred at Srebrenica. This was the wor...
...tarian regimes and reshaping the political landscape of the Muslim world.
...e Myanmar military launched a campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority, described by the UN as bearing hallmarks of genoc...
...major Islamic revival movements: Hasan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood (1928), Mawdudi founded Jamaat-e-Islami (1941),...
...Quran recitation, and Islamic education reached billions of Muslims.