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Shahid (Arabic: شهيد, romanized: Shahīd , fem. شهيدة, pl. شُهَدَاء ), often spelled with other variations such as "shaheed", is an Arabic word for martyr that has been adopted as a loanword in a wide variety of languages and cultures.
Shahid or Shahed (Arabic: شاهد šāhid) is a given name translating to 'Witness' in Arabic and 'Beloved' in Persian, mostly found in South Asia. It is derived from the root š-h-d [1] (c.f. Shahada). [2] Shahid is a male Muslim name and Arabic in origin. The name is common in Asian countries such as Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
The Arabic names of God are used to form theophoric given names commonly used in Muslim cultures throughout the world, mostly in Arabic speaking societies. Because the names of God themselves are reserved to God and their use as a person's given name is considered religiously inappropriate, theophoric names are formed by prefixing the term ...
Sumeyah (Arabic: سُمَيَّة; c. 550–615), was the first member of the Umma (community) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to become a martyr (Arabic: شهيدة, romanized: shahīda, lit. 'female martyr') shortly after she was martyred, her husband Yasir ibn Amir was also killed for his conversion to Islam, making him the first male martyr ...
The rules governing jihad, literally meaning struggle but often called "holy war" by non-Muslims, are covered in exquisite detail in the classical texts of Islamic jurisprudence. [76] In orthodox Islamic law, jihad is a collective religious obligation on the Muslim community, when the community is endangered or Muslims are subjected to ...
The company has been criticized for years over its handling of content involving the Middle East, including in a 2021 study Meta itself commissioned that found its approach had an "adverse human ...
Muhammad Jamaluddin al-Makki al-Amili al-Jizzini, [2] (1334–1385) is known to Shias as the Shahid Awwal (Arabic: الشهيد الأول ash-Shahid al-Awwal "The First Martyr"). Although he is neither the first Muslim, nor the first Shi'te to die for his religion, he became known as "Shahid Awwal" because he was probably the first Shia ...
Shahid is an alternate spelling for shaheed, a word that means "male martyr" in Arabic. The word is used in Islam and some non-Muslim communities. Shahid or Shaheed may also refer to: