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History of Islam Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God)) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second-largest religion. ...
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The History of Islam involves the history of the Islamic faith as a religion and as a social institution. ...
| | Beliefs and practices | | Oneness of God
Profession of Faith
Prayer • Fasting
Pilgrimage • Charity This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
TawhÄ«d (also Tawhid or Tauhid or Tawheed; Arabic توØيد) is the Islamic concept of monotheism, derived from Ahad. ...
An example of allÄhu written in simple Arabic calligraphy Allah (Arabic allÄhu الله) is traditionally used by Muslims as the Arabic word for Singular God (not Gods personal name, but the equivalent of the Hebrew word El as opposed to YHWH). Both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars often...
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Salat (also known as salah, solat, solah and several other spellings) (Arabic: صلاة, Quranic Arabic: صلوة) refers to the five daily ritual prayers that Muslims offer to Allah (God). ...
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The Hajj or Haj (Arabic: ) is the Pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah) in Islam. ...
Zakât (or Zakaat or Zakah) (English:tax, alms, tithe) (Arabic: زكاة, Old (Quran) Arabic: زكوة) is the third of the Five Pillars of Islam in Sunni Islam and one of the Branches of Religion in Shia Islam. ...
| | Major figures | | Muhammad
Ali • Abu Bakr
Companions of Muhammad
Household of Muhammad
Prophets of Islam This list is poorly defined, permanently incomplete, or has become unverifiable or an indiscriminate list or repository of loosely associated topics. ...
Muhammad (c. ...
This person is among the Sahaba of Muhammad . ...
Abu Bakr As Siddiq (Arabic ابو بكر الصديق, alternative spellings, Abubakar, Abi Bakr, Abu Bakar) (c. ...
In the Islamic religion, the Sahaba (or Asahaaba,الصØابه; both forms are plural--the singular is Sahaabi, which is Arabic for friend, or companion) are the companions of the Prophet Muhammad. ...
This is an Arabic phrase literally translated as People of the House, or family. ...
The Quran identifies a number of men as prophets of Islam. ...
| | Texts & Laws | | Qur'an • Hadith • Sharia
Jurisprudence • Theology
Biographies of Muhammad // Quran Text Surahs Ayah Commentary/Exegesis Tafsir ibn Kathir (by Ibn Kathir) Tafsir al-Tabari (by Tabari) Al Kordobi Tafseer-e-kabir (by Imam Razi) Tafheem-al-Quran (by Maulana Maududi) Sunnah/Hadith Hadith (Traditions of The Prophet) The Siha-e-Sitta al-Bukhari (d. ...
The Quran (Arabic , literally the recitation; also called or The Noble Quran; also transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ...
Hadith (Arabic: , Arabic pl. ...
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Islamic jurisprudence, (Arabic: Fiqh) (in Arabic and Persian: Ùقه) is made up of the rulings (Fatwa) of Muslim Islamic jurists (Ulema) to direct the lives of the Muslims. ...
Kalam (علم الكلم)is one of the religious sciences of Islam. ...
This article is not about the group of British engineering companies called Sira; see Sira (group of British companies). ...
| | Branches of Islam | | Sunni • Shi'a • Sufi
The religion of Islam has many divisions, sects, schools, traditions, and related faiths. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jamaah. ...
It has been suggested that Misconceptions about the Shia be merged into this article or section. ...
Sufism (Arabic تصو٠taṣawwuf) is a mystic tradition of Islam based on the pursuit of spiritual truth as it is gradually revealed to the heart and mind of the Sufi (one who practices Sufism). ...
| | Sociopolitical aspects | | Islamic studies
Art • Architecture
Science • Philosophy
Cities • Calendar
Religious leaders
Women in Islam
Political Islam • Jihad
Liberal Islam
Muslim holidays
Islamic Studies is the academic discipline which focuses on Islamic issues. ...
Islamic tilework of the Shrine of Hadhrat Masoumah, first built in the late 8th century. ...
Islamic architecture is the entire range of architecture that has evolved within Muslim culture in the course of the history of Islam. ...
Islamic science is science in the context of traditional religious ideas of Islam, including its ethics and philosophy. ...
Islamic philosophy (الÙلسÙØ© الإسلامية) is a longstanding attempt to create harmony between faith, reason or philosophy, and the religious teachings of Islam. ...
// This is a list of cities that various groups regard as holy. ...
The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar (also called Hijri calendar, Arabic التقويم الهجري) is the calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days. ...
Islamic religious leaders are persons who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, perform a prominent role within their community or nation. ...
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Since the 19th century, Muslim progressives have produced a considerable body of liberal thought within Islam (in Arabic: الإسلام الاجتهادي or interpretation-based Islam; also الإسلام التقدمي or progressive Islam). These have in common a religious outlook which depends mainly on ijtihad or re-interpretations of scriptures. ...
Friday is an important day in the life of a Muslim and it is believed that any devotional acts done on this day gain a higher reward. ...
| | See also | | Vocabulary of Islam
Index of articles on Islam The following list consists of concepts that are derived from both Islam and Arab tradition, which are expressed as words in the Arabic language. ...
| The First Islamic civil war, 656–661 CE, followed the assassination of the caliph Uthman ibn Affan, continued during the brief caliphate of Ali ibn Abu Talib, and was ended, on the whole, by Mu'awiya's assumption of the caliphate. This civil war is often called the Fitna, and regretted as the end of the early unity of the Islamic ummah (nation). Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ...
Leave this page if youre under 18!! - Page contains huge lies and hardly has any facts > it will surely misguide you! Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عثمان بن عÙان) (c. ...
Ali ibn Abi Talib (علي بن أبي طالب) (c. ...
Muawiyah I (602 - May 6, 680), early Muslim leader and founder of the great Umayyad Dynasty of caliphs. ...
Fitna is an Arabic word for civil war, disagreement, division within Islam. ...
Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God)) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second-largest religion. ...
Umma (Arabic: ) is an Arabic word meaning community or nation. ...
In 656 CE, the then caliph, or Muslim leader Uthman ibn Affan, was murdered by rebellious Muslim soldiers as he sat reading the Qur'an in his home in Medina, in north-western Arabia. Medina fell into chaos and uproar. Citizens flocked to Ali ibn Abu Talib, the prophet Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, and a respected community leader who had been passed over for the leadership three times since the death of the prophet. Now they urged him to take the caliphate. Initially reluctant due to the circumstances of the caliph's death, he was eventually forced to accept. Events Ali succeeds Uthman as Caliph Battle of Basrah (also known as Battle of the Camel) Oswiu of Northumbria annexes Mercia Births Deaths Uthman ibn Affan, Caliph (murdered) Peada, king of Mercia (murdered) Categories: 656 ...
A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) (sometimes also spelled Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ...
Leave this page if youre under 18!! - Page contains huge lies and hardly has any facts > it will surely misguide you! Uthman ibn Affan (Arabic: عثمان بن عÙان) (c. ...
The Quran (Arabic , literally the recitation; also called or The Noble Quran; also transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ...
This article is about the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia. ...
The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula is a mainly desert peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia and an important part of the greater Middle East. ...
Ali ibn Abi Talib (علي بن أبي طالب) (c. ...
A prophet is a person who is believed to speak through divine inspiration. ...
Muhammad (c. ...
Ali then had to fight against numerous challengers to his rule. He fought and defeated Muhammad's widow Aisha at the Battle of the Camel; he fought Uthman's kinsman Mu'awiya, the governor of Syria, at the Battle of Siffin to a stalemate and then lost a controversial arbitration; and he fought his own mutinous soldiers (the first Kharijites). Large sections of the new empire created in the twenty-four years since Muhammad were lost (due to sereval reasons, unrelated to Ali) and the prophet's followers fled Mecca for Medina. Aisha, Ayesha, Aisha, or Aisha (Arabic عائشة `Äisha, she who lives) was a wife of Muhammad, whom Muslims regard as the final prophet of Islam. ...
In 655 a Muslim force led by Caliph Ali defeated a superior force of rebel Arabs in the Battle of Bassorah (Bassorah = Basra). ...
Muawiyah I (602 - May 6, 680) was the fifth Sunni Caliph and founder of the Umayyad Dynasty of Islamic caliphs. ...
A battle between Ali and Muawiya Is forces. ...
Kharijites or Khawarij(Arabic خوارج, literally those who go out [1]) is a general term embracing a variety of Islamic sects which reject the caliphate of Ali as invalid. ...
This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ...
In 661 CE, Ali was assassinated in the Qibla by a relative of one of the rebel soldiers he had defeated and killed. His last words were "Fuzto wa Rabbil Ka'bah" - meaning "By The Lord of the Ka'bah, I have succeeded".
His son Hasan ibn Ali briefly assumed his cause, but realized that he could not prevail. He came to an agreement with Mu'awiya, of which various accounts are given. He retired to Medina with a state pension, to live as an Imam, not Caliph, while Mu'awiya assumed control of the empire and founded the Umayyad dynasty of Caliphs. Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. ...
The Courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, one of the grandest architectural legacies of the Umayyads. ...
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