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...rd the Ka'bah; when his handlers turned him toward Yemen or Syria he moved readily, but toward the Ka'bah he sat and would no...
...or a trading journey to Gaza and the Bilad al-Sham (Greater Syria) shortly after his marriage to Aminah — some narrations pla...
...d from her that illuminated the distant palaces of Busra in Syria. Classical historians record that fourteen pillars of the P...
...ars old, he traveled north with a Meccan trading caravan to Syria (Bilad al-Sham) — accompanying his uncle and guardian Abu T...
...nt Munabbih with a business proposition: would he travel to Syria with her trade goods, representing her interests in the nor...
...t's character through his conduct of her trading caravan to Syria and through her servant Maysarah's detailed report. The mah...
...ceived intelligence about a Qurayshi caravan returning from Syria — 1,000 camels loaded with trade goods, led by Abu Sufyan. ...
The Battle of Mutah — fought in Jumada al-Ula 8 AH at the Syrian frontier — was the first direct military confrontation bet...
...nce that the Byzantine Empire was assembling an army at the Syrian frontier to strike the Muslim community. The timing could ...
...stive. Tribes came from Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, the Najd, the Syrian frontier, and every region of Arabia. Some came as a forma...
...Usamah ibn Zayd ibn Haritha to command an expedition to the Syrian frontier near Mu'tah, the site of his father Zayd's martyr...
...alih) in northwestern Arabia, between the Hejaz and Greater Syria. The Thamud succeeded the 'Ad in inhabiting the land, and l...
... the message of tawhid in the land of Canaan (Palestine and Syria). He fathered Yaqub (Jacob), whose twelve sons became the p...
...e broader historical record both point to them traveling to Syria, Palestine, and regions further east and west. Their messag...
...e communities — known by various names and scattered across Syria, Arabia, Ethiopia, and the edges of the Byzantine world — a...
... their faith and where it had originated, they told him: in Syria (Sham). This was the first directional pointer on a journey...
When a Syrian-bound caravan finally passed through his region, Salman al...
...in of righteous Christian scholars from city to city across Syria and its surrounding regions, Salman al-Farisi رضي الله عنه ...
...adith and seerah literature. He had traveled from Persia to Syria. He had served one bishop after another across decades. He ...
...th from Medina and routed Tulayha's forces. Tulayha fled to Syria and later accepted Islam, becoming a Muslim warrior. This v...
... of Ajnadayn was one of the first major Muslim victories in Syria-Palestine, fought between a unified Muslim army and a large...
...g rulings on the status of its inhabitants. The conquest of Syria's greatest city announced Muslim power throughout the Levan...
...t permanently. Upon hearing the news, Emperor Heraclius bid Syria farewell: 'Peace be upon you, O Syria — what a wonderful co...
... judicial system, and oversaw the conquest of Persia, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.
...n and commanded by Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, the governor of Syria. A fleet assembled from Syrian ports crossed to Cyprus, whi...
...nd Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan on the banks of the Euphrates in Syria over several months of skirmishing and one major engagement...
...h by the people of Iraq. However, Muawiyah marched with the Syrian army and the two forces faced each other at Maskin on the ...
...e military might of Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan — who had ruled Syria as governor since the time of Umar — and with his own force...
...us: Greek, which had served as the bureaucratic language of Syria and Egypt, was replaced by Arabic in government corresponde...
...is patronage. His court in Rusafa (Sergiopolis) in northern Syria was a center of Arab literary culture. However, the structu...
...Marwan's forces were routed, and he fled westward — through Syria, into Egypt, and south into the Egyptian province. He was t...
...basids seized power, he spent years as a fugitive, crossing Syria into Egypt and then traversing North Africa while Abbasid a...
... dislodge the Muslim armies that had been spreading through Syria. The Muslim force numbered approximately 25,000 to 40,000 a...
... between the forces of the Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and the Syrian governor Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, who refused to give alle...
...atolia to crusader passage, allowing them to proceed toward Syria. The fragmented state of the Muslim world — with Seljuks, F...
...who had spent years patiently unifying the Muslim states of Syria and Egypt, lured the crusader army out of its fortresses in...
... treaty — and then faced a large coalition of Crusaders and Syrian Ayyubid princes who opposed Egyptian dominance. The battle...
... fall ended the Crusader political project in Palestine and Syria definitively. The Mamluks systematically demolished the cit...
...ining Crusaders and consolidate Mamluk power over Egypt and Syria.
...ous engagement that ended the Mamluk Sultanate's control of Syria, Palestine, and ultimately Egypt. Sultan Selim I, fresh fro...
...alid ibn al-Walid, after his extraordinary march across the Syrian desert, joined the Muslim forces in Palestine in time for ...
...ve centre, marked a turning point in the Muslim conquest of Syria. Following the victory at Ajnadayn, Muslim forces moved nor...
...Baybars continued his campaign to push Mongol forces out of Syria. The engagement near Ain Tab was part of a series of battle...
... / 634 CE. Following the transfer of Khalid ibn al-Walid to Syria, the Muslims sent Abu Ubayd ibn Masud al-Thaqafi to command...
...fought in 13 AH / 634 CE near Damascus as part of the early Syria campaign. After the Muslim victory at Ajnadayn, the remaini...
Saladin founded the Ayyubid dynasty after deposing the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. The Ayyubids restored Sunni governance and successfully defended Muslim lands
...e Ayyubid sultan. The Mamluk Sultanate would rule Egypt and Syria for over 250 years, stopping the Mongol advance at Ain Jalu...
... killing an estimated one-third of the population in Egypt, Syria, and North Africa.
...j Dabiq near Aleppo. This victory led to Ottoman control of Syria, Egypt, and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The Ottoma...
Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, capturing East Jerusalem and al-Masjid al-Aqsa...
Egypt and Syria attacked Israeli positions during Ramadan. The Egyptian cro...
... leading scholar of the Levant whose madhab was dominant in Syria and al-Andalus before being replaced.
...man courts. He was the foremost Hanafi authority of Greater Syria in his era.
Syrian-Egyptian scholar and publisher of al-Manar journal, contin...
Syrian Hanafi jurist and one of the foremost authorities on Islam...
Syrian scholar, judge, and prolific writer known for his literary...
Syrian Hanafi hadith scholar who produced critical editions of ma...
Albanian-Syrian hadith scholar who produced definitive critical editions o...
Syrian scholar and author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa-Adillatuhu, a c...
Syrian scholar and author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuh, a co...
Leading Syrian Shafi'i scholar and professor at Damascus University, auth...
Syrian hadith scholar based in Medina, renowned for his critical ...
Syrian scholar from a distinguished scholarly family, known for h...
Syrian Shadhili scholar and author of 'Haqa'iq an at-Tasawwuf' (R...
Hanafi scholar from Aleppo, author of 'at-Taqrir wat-Tahbir,' an important commentary on Hanafi usul al-fiqh.
Son of the great Hanafi jurist Ibn Abidin, who continued his father's legacy with supplements and additions to the 'Radd al-Muhtar.'
Syrian Shafi'i scholar and professor at Damascus University, know...
Syrian-Egyptian Islamic reformer, student of Muhammad Abduh, and ...
Syrian hadith scholar of Albanian origin, renowned for his critic...
Syrian Hanafi hadith scholar and editor, known for his critical e...
Syrian scholar from Aleppo, author of works on the attributes of ...
Syrian Shafi'i scholar and professor at Damascus University, co-a...
...e four commanders appointed by Abu Bakr for the conquest of Syria. First Umayyad governor of Damascus, died of plague in 18 A...
...e four commanders appointed by Abu Bakr for the conquest of Syria. He participated in the conquest of Palestine and Jordan. D...
...he Prophet's death but Abu Bakr was chosen. He emigrated to Syria where he died.
...inah, and appointed by Umar as a judge and Quran teacher in Syria and Palestine. He is the narrator of the hadith of the six ...
...d at the Battle of Ajnadayn in 13 AH during the conquest of Syria.
... the battles against Musaylima and the conquest of Iraq and Syria under Khalid ibn al-Walid.
...halid ibn al-Walid and continued after Khalid's transfer to Syria, though was later wounded and died from his wounds.
...nd later served as governor of Yemen and a commander in the Syria campaigns.
A major Tabieen imam of Syria (al-Sham). Born a slave of Nubian or Greek origin, he was f...
...per Mesopotamia) region. He participated in the conquest of Syria under Abu Ubayda and later became governor of the Jazira an...
...ed to Madinah and was martyred at the Battle of Ajnadayn in Syria in 13 AH.
...inted by Umar ibn al-Khattab as governor of Hims (Emesa) in Syria. He was renowned for his extreme piety and refusal to accum...
A Basran-Syrian Tabieen scholar from the Jarmi tribe and one of the major ...
...lar and student of Sufyan al-Thawri's circle, he settled in Syria and is regarded as one of the earliest and most authentic m...
...i. His Nihayat al-Muhtaj is a standard reference in Greater Syria and Egypt.
One of the greatest Islamic scholars of the 20th-21st centuries. Author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa-Adillatuh, the most comprehensive modern encyclopedia of compara
One of the greatest Hanafi jurists of the 20th century. His al-Madkhal al-Fiqhi al-'Amm is the most authoritative modern introduction to Islamic jurisprudence a
One of the greatest usul al-fiqh scholars. His al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam is the most technically rigorous classical work in Islamic jurisprudential theory.
...nd knowledge. Judge of Damascus and teacher of Quran to the Syrians.
Sultan of Egypt and Syria who recaptured Jerusalem in 1187 CE. Known equally for his ...
Ruler of Syria who united the Levant against the Crusaders and paved the w...
Syrian Hanafi scholar and hadith expert known for his biographica...
Syrian Islamic scholar, judge, and writer known for his accessibl...
Syrian scholar and prolific author of al-Fiqh al-Islami wa Adilla...
Syrian Tabi'i scholar who advised the Umayyad caliphs and helped ...
A contemporary Syrian-origin Islamic author based in Saudi Arabia, known for The...
A contemporary Syrian Islamic scholar specialized in tajweed and Quran memorizat...
...rominent contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar (b. 1960 CE) of Syrian origin, founder of Islam Q&A (islamqa.info), one of the mo...
A Syrian-American Islamic economist (b. 1940), senior researcher at...
A Syrian-Jaziran scholar who served as a senior official under Umar...
The leading scholar and jurist of Greater Syria in his era. A trusted advisor of the Umayyad caliphs, he pl...
...extensively to learn from the Companions before settling in Syria, becoming the leading authority on fiqh and hadith in that ...
Syrian Tabi'i narrator from Damascus who transmitted from major c...
Syrian Tabi'i jurist and hadith narrator from Damascus, known as ...
Syrian scholar from Damascus, student of Ata ibn Abi Rabah and ma...
Syrian tabi'i and prolific hadith narrator, student of numerous c...
Syrian tabi'i scholar and trusted advisor to Caliph Umar ibn Abd ...
Syrian tabi'i scholar and governor of Damascus, a distinguished s...
Syrian Jaziran narrator of the late tabi'un period who transmitte...
Syrian tabi'i scholar who met many companions of the Prophet and ...
Syrian Tabi'i narrator known as a student of Ka'b al-Ahbar and tr...
The son of Imad al-Din Zangi who united Muslim Syria and Egypt, setting the stage for Salahuddin's liberation of...
The warrior-slave dynasty that defended the Muslim world against Mongols and Crusaders and preserved Islamic civilization.
The Syrian scholar who died at 45 but left enduring works including R...