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[5] In the 9th century, the Persian mathematician and geographer, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, employed spherical trigonometry and map projection methods in order to convert polar coordinates to a different coordinate system centred on a specific point on the sphere, in this the Qibla, the direction to Mecca. [6]
The launching of IslamQA.info in 1996 by Muhammad Saalih Al-Munajjid marked the beginning of an attempt to answer questions according to the Sunni interpretation of the Quran and Hadith. [2] The website states that "All questions and answers on this site have been prepared, approved, revised, edited, amended or annotated by Shaykh Muhammad ...
Answers to Non-Muslims' Common Questions about Islam. India: Islami Kitab Ghar, 2012. Said, Edward. Covering Islam: how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-75890-7. Starr, S. Frederick. Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. London: Routledge, 2015. Aly, Waleed. People Like Us.
[9] [10] [n 1] This injunction is to be applied regardless of parents' religious identity, that is, a Muslim person is to respect and serve their parents whether they be Muslim or non-Muslim. [11] Hadith literature provides plenty of instances where Muhammad has commanded his companions to be good and kind to their parents and to serve them in ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Islam. Beliefs Part ... [5] [6] [7] ... 6 Adam/Aadam [11] Adam: 1
Nizari Ismā'īlīs donate 10% to 12.5% of their monthly net income (after taxes, basic living necessities and debt repayment) to the Imām, an amount which includes zakat and khums. Part of this money is typically paid to organizations run by the Aga Khan Development Network, one of the biggest welfare networks in the world.
A fifteenth-century copy of the Arabic text. The Masāʾil was probably written in the tenth century. [14] Although ʿAbdallāh was a historical Jewish convert to Islam from the time of Muḥammad, the Masāʾil is an apocryphal work, a late development of the ʿAbdallāh legend, "amplified dramatically" and not an authentic record of actual discussions. [15]
[18] [19] [20] Al-Munajjid has stated that slavery necessarily came about because of jihad against the kuffar (non-believers) and the need to determine what to do with those who have been taken prisoner and thus become property, noting that "In principle, slavery is not something that is desirable" as Islam encourages the freeing of slaves for ...