48 results for “scholar”
Clear filter...g and pure Arabic speech, the infant Muhammad was given to Halimah bint Abi Dhu'ayb of Banu Sa'd. She initially hesitated to...
...urified his heart and prepared him for his future mission. Halimah, alarmed by the incident, returned him to his mother Amin...
...then took him to her cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal, a Christian scholar, who confirmed this was the same angel sent to Musa. Khadij...
...to Medina, the Prophet ﷺ stopped at the settlement of Banu Salim ibn Awf in the valley of Ranuna and led the first Jumu'ah (...
...approaching end of the Prophet's mission and life. A Jewish scholar told Umar that had such a verse been revealed to them, they...
Scholars differ on which verse was the last to be revealed. The str...
...Bayt al-Hikmah into a major intellectual center in Baghdad. Scholars translated Greek, Persian, and Indian works into Arabic, p...
...in, it remains the most prestigious center of Sunni Islamic scholarship.
...f Islamic learning. The Sankore Mosque university attracted scholars worldwide. Mansa Musa's legendary Hajj in 1324 brought int...
The Fulani scholar Uthman dan Fodio established the Sokoto Caliphate in West A...
Scholars Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi establis...
...considered the most authentic book after the Quran by Sunni scholars.
...or each narration in one place set a new standard in hadith scholarship.
Imam Malik ibn Anas, the scholar of Medina and founder of the Maliki school, died in the cit...
... the Mu'tazili doctrine that the Quran was created, testing scholars and imprisoning those who refused. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal f...
...d spirituality. He is credited with reviving orthodox Sunni scholarship.
Muslim traders and scholars gradually brought Islam to the Malay Archipelago, establis...
...d across West Africa through trans-Saharan trade routes and scholarly networks. The empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai embrace...
Shah Waliullah ad-Dehlawi, one of the greatest scholars of the Indian subcontinent, passed away in Delhi. He trans...
... Under Sunni rule, it became the preeminent center of Sunni scholarship, training scholars from across the Muslim world for ove...
...and Prophetic medicine made him one of the most widely read scholars in the Sunni tradition. He beautifully combined scholarly ...
...t just 45 years old, having produced an astonishing body of scholarship. His 40 Hadith collection, Riyadh as-Saliheen, commenta...
...5 years to complete and remains the gold standard of hadith scholarship.
... mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and literature. Muslim scholars translated and preserved Greek works, made original contri...
... Despite being Shia, the Fatimids generally tolerated Sunni scholarship and built al-Azhar mosque (later a Sunni institution). ...
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the reformist scholar of Najd, died. His call to return to pure monotheism and re...
Jalal ad-Din as-Suyuti, one of the most prolific scholars in Islamic history, died in Cairo. He authored over 500 wo...
The European Renaissance was significantly fueled by the translation of Arabic scientific and philosophical texts into Latin, particularly through Muslim Spain
Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Hazm, the greatest scholar of the Zahiri (literalist) school, died in exile in souther...
Imam Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir, the renowned Shafi'i scholar and historian, died in Damascus. His Tafsir Ibn Kathir is t...
...Islam to the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. Scholars like Bilali Muhammad of Sapelo Island and Omar ibn Said pr...
...of Ash'ari theology, died in Baghdad. Initially a Mu'tazili scholar, he famously abandoned their rationalist theology and devel...
...l school became the dominant creedal tradition among Hanafi scholars, particularly in Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, an...
...hment of Islam in the Punjab region. Mahmud also patronized scholars including al-Biruni and Ferdowsi.
...aking his work a remarkable early example of cross-cultural scholarship and comparative religion.
... volumes and contains biographical entries for thousands of scholars.
Abu al-Faraj ibn al-Jawzi, the prolific Hanbali scholar and preacher, died in Baghdad. He authored over 300 works s...
Izz al-Din ibn Abd al-Salam, known as the Sultan of the Scholars, died in Cairo. He was renowned for his fearless advocacy ...
...in ibn Daqiq al-Id, the great Shafi'i-Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and Chief Judge of Egypt, died in Cairo.
...l-Dhahabi, one of the greatest Muslim historians and hadith scholars, died in Damascus. His Siyar A'lam al-Nubala is a monument...
Taj al-Din al-Subki, the Shafi'i scholar and Chief Judge of Damascus, died. He authored Tabaqat ash-...
Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, one of the most prolific scholars in Islamic history with over 500 works, died in Cairo. His...
...hah Waliullah of Delhi, one of the most influential Islamic scholars of the 18th century, died. His intellectual legacy shaped ...
Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, the influential Hanbali scholar and reformer, died in prison in Damascus. His funeral was a...
... flock, and an intimate knowledge of the Arabian landscape. Scholars have noted that shepherding prepared all the prophets for ...
...not limited to humans but extended to all of creation. Some scholars note that groups of jinn visited the Prophet on multiple o...
...wn next to him, praying seated while Abu Bakr led standing. Scholars of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah consider this appointment as ...
...as exceptionally intelligent and became one of the greatest scholars of Islam, transmitting over two thousand hadith. The Proph...