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The Relics of Muhammad are a series of objects venerated in Islam that are associated with Muhammad. Islam has had a long history of relic veneration, especially of veneration of relics attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad . [ 1 ]
The Dharmarajika Stupa (Punjabi, Urdu: دھرم راجک اسٹوپا), also referred to as the Great Stupa of Taxila, is a Buddhist stupa near Taxila, Pakistan.It was built over the relics of the Buddha by Ashoka, the Emperor of Magadha, in the 3rd century BCE.
Takht-i-Bahi (Pashto/Urdu: تختِ باہی, lit. 'throne of the water spring'), is an Indo-Parthian archaeological site of an ancient Buddhist monastery in Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The site is considered among the most important relics of Buddhism in all of what was once Gandhara. [1]
Al-Qadib (Arabic: القَضيب, meaning "rod, staff") is a thin-bladed sword which was a sword of defense or companionship for the traveller but not used to battle. Written on the side of the sword in silver is the inscription: “ There is no god but Allah (God), Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (God) – Muhammad Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Abd Al ...
The Indian Islamic scholar Muhammad Hamidullah summed up the meaning of the Black Stone: [T]he Prophet has named the (Black Stone) the "right hand of God" (yamin-Allah), and for purpose. In fact one poses there one's hand to conclude the pact, and God obtains there our pact of allegiance and submission.
Relics are an important aspect of some forms of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, shamanism, and many other religions. Relic derives from the Latin reliquiae, meaning "remains", and a form of the Latin verb relinquere, to "leave behind, or abandon". A reliquary is a shrine that houses one or more religious relics.
The alleged seal of Muhammad, muqwaki (circular) design The Seal of Muhammad (Turkish: Muhammed'in mührü, Arabic: ختم الرسول, romanized: KḪatm ar-Rasūl) [a] is one of the alleged relics of Muhammad kept in the Topkapı Palace by the Ottoman sultans as part of the Sacred Relics collection.
The Cloak of Muhammad (Kherqa) is a relic hidden inside Khirqa Sharif in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is a cloak believed to have been worn by the Islamic prophet Muhammad during the Night Journey in 621 AD. [1] The cloak itself is locked away inside the mosque and is rarely seen. It has been guarded by the same family for over 250 years. [2]