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Yatim (Arabic: يتيم, with the meaning "orphan" both in its Malay, Hindi (as "yateem") and Arabic language areas of distribution) is an Indonesian, [1] Malaysian [1] and Arabic [1] family name. [2] Notable people with the surname include: Rais Yatim (born 1942), Malaysian politician
In Islam, Taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة, romanized: taqiyyah, lit. 'prudence') [1] [2] is the practice of dissimulation and secrecy of religious belief and practice, primarily in Shia Islam.
Orphans by Thomas Kennington, oil on canvas, 1885. An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless".
Prayer in Cairo, painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1865. Imam (/ ɪ ˈ m ɑː m /, Arabic: إمام, imām; pl.: أئمة, a'immah) is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque.
There are two main holidays in Islam that are celebrated by Muslims worldwide: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.The timing of both holidays are set by the lunar Islamic calendar, which is based upon the cycle of the moon, and so is different from the more common, European, solar-based Gregorian calendar.
Folio from the Blue Quran with the fragment of the chapter Al-Baqara. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha. Left-side of a Double-page Opening of the Qur'an from Terengganu with beginning of the chapter Al-Baqara.
The Hanafi school [a] or Hanafism is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.It developed from the teachings of the jurist and theologian Abu Hanifa (c. 699–767 CE), who systemised the use of reasoning ().
Muslims (Arabic: المسلمون, romanized: al-Muslimūn, lit. 'submitters [to God]') [28] are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.