41 results for “wealth”

Seerah 12 results
12 Rabi al-Awwal, 53 BH Birth of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

... loss: his father dead, his mother a widow, the household's wealth minimal. Yet from this beginning of apparent disadvantage e...

28 BH Trade Journey to Syria for Khadijah

...ximately twenty-five years old, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid — a wealthy Meccan businesswoman and twice-widowed merchant — approach...

28 BH Marriage to Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

...hadijah, ranging from twenty-eight to forty-five. She was a wealthy and respected Meccan businesswoman, twice-widowed, who had...

Ramadan, 13 BH Khadijah Becomes the First Believer

... me when people called me a liar. She supported me with her wealth when people withheld from me. Allah provided me children th...

13 BH Period of Secret Dawah

...uwaylid — the Prophet's wife and the first believer — was a wealthy, well-connected woman of the highest social standing. Ali ...

7 BH Boycott of Banu Hashim

...in earshot of Mecca. Khadijah spent much of her accumulated wealth during this period providing for the community — a sacrific...

Ramadan, 4 BH Death of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

...y truthfulness when people called me a liar, she offered me wealth when people deprived me, and Allah gave me children through...

1 BH Mus'ab ibn Umayr Sent to Medina as Teacher

...e his conversion, Musab was one of the most fashionable and wealthy young men in Mecca — known for expensive clothes and fine ...

2 AH Zakat Prescribed as Obligation

... submission to Allah, one with the body in prayer, one with wealth in giving. Zakat is not voluntary charity but an obligator...

17 Ramadan, 2 AH Battle of Badr

...s were martyred. The prisoners were ransomed; those with no wealth were released after teaching ten Muslim children to read an...

2 AH Marriage of Fatimah to Ali ibn Abi Talib

...e Prophet ﷺ on the basis of character and faith rather than wealth, celebrated simply, and built on taqwa (God-consciousness) ...

Rajab, 9 AH Expedition to Tabuk

...ns was extraordinary. Abu Bakr brought his entire household wealth. Umar brought half of his. Uthman ibn Affan equipped a full...

History 11 results
Prophet · Pre-Islamic Prophets Prophet Ayyub (Job, peace be upon him)

...liction. He was a prosperous and blessed man — with family, wealth, and health — and was known for his deep piety, gratitude t...

History · Between Isa and Muhammad ﷺ Salman al-Farisi: Betrayed, Enslaved, and Brought to Medina

...nge for his cattle — essentially giving up all his material wealth to fund the journey that would bring him to the final proph...

History · Umayyad Dynasty Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz Becomes Caliph

...unt and ride a simpler animal. He returned vast estates and wealth accumulated by Umayyad relatives to the public treasury. He...

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Conquest of Alexandria

...exandria completed the Muslim takeover of Egypt, one of the wealthiest provinces of the Byzantine Empire and the breadbasket o...

Battle · Ottoman Empire Battle of Vienna (1683)

The Battle of Vienna in 1683 was the decisive defeat that ended Ottoman expansion into Central Europe and marked the beginning of the long Ottoman strategic ret

Battle · Rashidun Caliphate Battle of Heliopolis (Conquest of Egypt)

...uest of Egypt gave the emerging Muslim state control of the wealthiest grain-producing province of the ancient Mediterranean w...

History · Umayyad Dynasty Caliphate of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz

...ses, stopped the cursing of Ali from pulpits, redistributed wealth, and ordered the first systematic compilation of hadith. Hi...

History · Abbasid Dynasty Ghaznavid Invasions of India

... Muslim political influence in South Asia, brought enormous wealth to Ghazni, and led to the establishment of Islam in the Pun...

History · Mamluk Sultanate Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage to Mecca

...y put the Mali Empire on European maps and demonstrated the wealth of Muslim West Africa.

History · Ottoman Empire Mughal Empire and the Taj Mahal

..., Jahangir, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb, it became one of the wealthiest empires in history. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal, whi...

History · Unknown Timbuktu's Golden Age of Islamic Learning

...dary Hajj in 1324 brought international attention to Mali's wealth and scholarship.

People 11 results
sahabi Abdurrahman ibn Awf

One of the ten promised Paradise, a wealthy companion who gave generously for Islam.

sahabi Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf

... to accept Islam. Abdur-Rahman was renowned for his immense wealth and extraordinary generosity, donating vast sums to support...

tabi_tabii Layth ibn Sa'd

...e knowledgeable than Malik in fiqh. Al-Layth was enormously wealthy and legendarily generous, reportedly spending his entire a...

tabi_tabii Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak

...ak authored some of the earliest hadith compilations, was a wealthy merchant who donated generously, and regularly participate...

jahiliyyah Al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah

Wealthy and influential Qurayshi leader whose arrogant rejection o...

sahabi Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf

One of the ten companions promised Paradise and one of the wealthiest yet most charitable companions.

Pre-Islamic Qarun (Korah)

The immensely wealthy Israelite who was swallowed by the earth after rejecting M...

sahabi Suhayb al-Rumi

...a child by the Byzantines, later freed, and gave up all his wealth to emigrate to Medina.

sahabi Abu Talha al-Ansari

One of the greatest Ansari warriors and the wealthiest man among the Ansar. Famous for shielding the Prophet ﷺ...

sahabi Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari

...as renowned for his extreme piety and refusal to accumulate wealth, returning from his governorship with almost nothing — a st...

tabi_tabii Ibrahim ibn Adham

A prince of Balkh (Khorasan) who renounced his throne and wealth to pursue asceticism and knowledge. A Tabi Tabieen scholar ...

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