61 results for “reform”

History 17 results
Prophet · Pre-Islamic Prophets Prophet Shuaib (peace be upon him)

...ir due and do not cause corruption upon the earth after its reformation.'" Shuaib's people responded with contempt. They mock...

History · Between Isa and Muhammad ﷺ The True Message of Isa AS: Pure Tawhid

...itude to Allah, sincere internal worship, and radical moral reform. The Quran records his mission: "And [Isa will be] a messen...

History · Umayyad Dynasty Abd al-Malik's Administrative Reforms and Islamic Coinage

...iphate after the suppression of Ibn al-Zubayr in 73 AH. His reforms are among the most consequential in early Islamic governan...

History · Umayyad Dynasty Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Appointed Governor of Iraq

...ncrease cultivable land in lower Iraq, improved irrigation, reformed revenue collection, and established the new garrison city...

History · Umayyad Dynasty Umar II's Reforms and the Revival of Justice

...99–101 AH) was distinguished by an extraordinary program of reform that touched fiscal policy, provincial administration, the ...

History · Umayyad Dynasty Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik's Long Reign

...inued discrimination against non-Arab Muslims — despite the reforms of Umar II — fueled revolutionary sentiment in Khurasan. W...

History · Mamluk Sultanate Imprisonment and Legacy of Ibn Taymiyyah

...pite persecution, his works on theology, jurisprudence, and reform profoundly influenced later Islamic thought. His student Ib...

History · Mamluk Sultanate Death of Ibn Taymiyyah

...in Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, the influential Hanbali scholar and reformer, died in prison in Damascus. His funeral was attended by ...

History · Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire at Its Peak under Suleiman

..., from Algeria to Iraq. Suleiman was renowned for his legal reforms (earning the title 'the Lawgiver'), his patronage of the a...

History · Ottoman Empire Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's Reform Movement

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab allied with Muhammad ibn Saud to establish the First Saudi State. His call to return to pure Tawhid and eliminate innovations and tom

History · Ottoman Empire Shah Waliullah and Islamic Revival in India

... madhabs, bridged hadith and fiqh scholarship, and inspired reform movements. His intellectual legacy shaped the Deoband and B...

History · Ottoman Empire Death of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi

...18th century, died. His intellectual legacy shaped numerous reform movements in South Asia.

History · Ottoman Empire Death of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the reformist scholar of Najd, died. His call to return to pure monoth...

History · Ottoman Empire Uthman dan Fodio and the Sokoto Caliphate

...ate in West Africa, the largest state on the continent. His reformist movement against syncretistic practices profoundly shape...

History · Ottoman Empire Ottoman Tanzimat Reforms

The Ottoman Tanzimat reforms attempted to modernize the empire through legal, education...

History · Ottoman Empire Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Pan-Islamism

Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, the influential Islamic reformer and political activist, died in Istanbul. He promoted Pan...

History · Ottoman Empire Muhammad Abduh and the Islamic Reform Movement

...ern thought. Their journal al-Manar and Abduh's educational reforms at al-Azhar influenced Islamic thought across the Muslim w...

People 30 results
tabii Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz

The fifth Rightly-Guided Caliph, an Umayyad ruler who restored justice and is counted among the Tabiin.

medieval Ibn Taymiyyah

...olars in Islamic history, a Hanbali jurist, theologian, and reformer.

ottoman Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab

Hanbali reformer who called for purifying tawhid, author of Kitab at-Tawhi...

ottoman Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

A Hanbali scholar from Najd who led a revival movement emphasizing tawhid (monotheism) and opposing practices he deemed polytheistic. Author of Kitab at-Tawhid.

modern Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani

...alism. Teacher of Muhammad Abduh and a catalyst for Islamic reform movements.

modern Muhammad Abduh

Egyptian Islamic reformer and Grand Mufti of Egypt who advocated for modernizing Is...

modern Muhammad Rashid Rida

...an scholar and publisher of al-Manar journal, continued the reform movement of Muhammad Abduh.

modern Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi

...ements in the world. Emphasized door-to-door dawah and self-reformation through traveling in the path of Allah.

modern Ahmad Khatib al-Minangkabawi

...i'i school at Masjid al-Haram and mentored major Indonesian reformist scholars.

modern Hamka

Indonesian Islamic scholar, author, and political figure, known for his major Quran commentary 'Tafsir al-Azhar.'

modern Ahmad Bamba

Senegalese Sufi scholar and founder of the Muridiyyah order, known for his pacifist resistance to French colonialism.

modern Uthman dan Fodio

Fulani scholar, reformer, and founder of the Sokoto Caliphate, one of the largest ...

medieval Ahmad Zarruq

Moroccan Maliki jurist and Sufi reformer, author of 'Qawa'id at-Tasawwuf' (Principles of Sufism) a...

medieval Ibn al-Wazir

Yemeni scholar known for advocating return to the Quran and Sunnah, author of 'al-Awasim wal-Qawasim fi adh-Dhabb an Sunnat Abi al-Qasim.'

medieval Ibn Tumart

Berber religious reformer and founder of the Almohad movement in the Maghreb, known...

modern Hasyim Asy'ari

Founder of Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest Islamic organization in the world, and a towering figure in Indonesian Islamic history.

modern Ahmad Dahlan

...izations in Indonesia, and a pioneer of Islamic educational reform.

ottoman al-Amir as-San'ani

Yemeni scholar and author of 'Subul as-Salam,' the famous commentary on Ibn Hajar's 'Bulugh al-Maram' on hadiths of legal rulings.

ottoman Salih al-Fulani

West African Fulani scholar who settled in Medina and authored 'Iqa dh al-Himam,' a work on following evidence over blind imitation.

ottoman Muhammad Hayat as-Sindhi

...ah Dehlawi and Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab, influencing major reform movements.

modern Muhammad al-Ghazali as-Saqqa

...l books on Islamic ethics, Quran interpretation, and social reform.

modern ash-Shawkani

Yemeni scholar and advocate of ijtihad, author of 'Nayl al-Awtar,' a masterful commentary on hadiths of legal rulings, and 'Fath al-Qadir' in tafsir.

modern Muhammad Rashid Rida

Syrian-Egyptian Islamic reformer, student of Muhammad Abduh, and author of 'Tafsir al-Mana...

modern Tahir ibn Ashur

Tunisian Maliki scholar and Grand Mufti, author of 'at-Tahrir wat-Tanwir,' a major modern Quran commentary, and pioneering work on maqasid ash-shari'ah.

medieval Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan

...ity and was the father of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, the revered reformer caliph. His long governorship was one of the most stable ...

modern al-Hajj Umar Taal

...mic scholar, jihadist, and ruler; leader of a major Islamic reform movement in 19th-century Senegambia-Sudan.

modern Karamokho Alfa

... of the Imamate of Futa Jallon; led the first major Islamic reform state in West Africa.

modern Usman dan Fodio

The great Islamic reformer of West Africa. He founded the Sokoto Caliphate in northe...

modern Mahmud Shaltut

Rector of al-Azhar University (1958-1963). A leading reformist scholar who worked on pan-Islamic unity and issued the c...

modern Abubakar Gumi

Nigerian Islamic scholar and reformer who advocated for direct Quran-based guidance over tradit...

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