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Fasting during the month of Ramadan is specifically mentioned in four verses of the Qur'an: . O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint.
Observed by: Muslims: Type: Islamic: Celebrations: Community iftars and prayers: Observances: Fasting ()Almsgiving (zakat, specifically zakat ul-Fitr, and sadaqah)Commemorating the Night of Power (Lailat ul-Qadr)
Sawm: Nizaris and Musta'lis believe in both a metaphorical and literal meaning of fasting. Hajj: For Ismailis, this means visiting the imām or his representative and that this is the greatest and most spiritual of all pilgrimages. The Mustaali maintain also the practice of going to Mecca.
A musta'min man is allowed to marry a dhimmi woman and take her back to his homeland; however, musta'min women do not have the same right. [5] The musta'min are subject to civil and criminal law in the territory [ 4 ] and may not do or say anything that could be construed as harming the interests of Islam. [ 6 ]
Musta'li Isma'ilism (Arabic: المستعلية, romanized: al-Mustaʿliyya) is a branch of Isma'ilism named for their acceptance of al-Musta'li as the legitimate ninth Fatimid caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir Billah (r. 1036–1094/1095).
Mozarabic church of Santiago de Peñalba c. 1960. The Mozarabs [a] (from Arabic: مُسْتَعْرَب, romanized: musta‘rab, lit. 'Arabized'), or more precisely Andalusi Christians, [1]: 166 were the Christians of al-Andalus, or the territories of Iberia under Muslim rule from 711 to 1492.
Ghusl (Arabic: غسل ġusl, IPA:) is an Arabic term that means the full-body ritual purification which is mandatory before the performance of various Islamic activities and prayers.
Al-Musta'li died on 17 Safar 495 AH (11 or 12 December 1101, [7] [8] amid rumours that he had been poisoned by al-Afdal. [40] He left three infant sons, of whom the eldest, the not quite five years old al-Mansur, was swiftly proclaimed caliph with the regnal name al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah.