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Zinaida bint Muhammad Marzouki, a scholar from the International Islamic University Malaysia, described it as unique in the realm of commentaries. [9] Abdullah Khan, a scholar from Hazara University, praised it as a great work. [10] Yusuf al-Qaradawi has remarked, 'I have seen many commentaries on Sahih Muslim, new and old. In it, Taqi Usmani ...
The representation of living beings in Islamic art is not just a modern phenomenon and examples are found from the earliest periods of Islamic history. Frescos and reliefs of humans and animals adorned palaces of the Umayyad era, as on the famous Mshatta Facade now in Berlin. [11] [12] The ‘Abbasid Palaces at Samarra also contained figurative ...
According to Islam, human beings are allowed to use animals, but only if the rights of the animals are respected. The owner of an animal must do everything to benefit the animal. If the owner fails to perform their duties for the animal, the animal goes to someone else. The duties humans have to animals in Islam are based in the Quran, Sunnah ...
The Al-Azhar University (/ ˈɑːzhɑːr / AHZ-har; Egyptian Arabic: جامعة الأزهر (الشريف), IPA: [ˈɡæmʕet elˈʔɑzhɑɾ eʃʃæˈɾiːf], lit.'University of (the honorable) Al-Azhar') is a public university in Cairo, Egypt. Associated with Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Islamic Cairo, it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university ...
Doctorate in Islamic civilization and languages, doctorate in history of religions. Annemarie Schimmel (7 April 1922 – 26 January 2003) was an influential German Orientalist and scholar who wrote extensively on Islam, especially Sufism. She was a professor at Harvard University from 1967 to 1992.
The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan, where it is also known (in English) as the "screw-horn" or screw-horned goat. [3] The word mārkhor ( مارخور ), meaning "snake-eater", comes from both Pashto and classical Persian languages , referencing the ancient belief that the markhor would actively kill and consume snakes. [ 4 ]
The cat is considered "the quintessential pet" by many Muslims, [1] and is admired for its cleanliness. Unlike many other animals, such as dogs, Islamic Law considers cats ritually pure and that cats possess barakah (blessings). [2][3] and allows cats to freely enter homes and even mosques. Cats are believed to be the most common pet in Muslim ...
The actual name of al-Jahiz was Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Bahr ibn Maḥbūb. His grandfather, Maḥbūb, was a protégé or mawali of ‘Amr ibn Qal‘ al-Kinānī, who was from Arab Banu Kinanah tribe. [n 1] Not much is known about al-Jāḥiẓ's early life, but his family was very poor. Born in Basra early in 160/February 776, he asserted in ...