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Names and titles of Fatima. Fatima (605/15-632 CE) was daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and wife to his cousin Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia Imam. [1] Fatima has been compared to Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Shia Islam. [2] [3] Muhammad is said to have regarded her as the best of women [4] [5] and ...
Shia Islam limits the Ahl al-Bayt to the Ahl al-Kisa, namely, Muhammad, Fatima, Ali, Hasan and Husayn. [206] [207] There are various views in Sunni Islam, though a typical compromise is to include also Muhammad's wives in the Ahl al-Bayt. [208] The verse of purification is regarded in Shia Islam as evidence of the infallibility of the Ahl al ...
Amira (name) Arwa. Ashraqat. Asma (given name) Atefeh. Atikah. Aya (given name) Azra (name) Azza (given name)
A woman in Saudi Arabia wearing a plain-cloth black niqab. A niqāb or niqaab ( / nɪˈkɑːb /; Arabic: نقاب ), also known as a ruband ( Persian: روبند ), is a long garment worn by some Muslim women in order to cover their entire body and face, excluding their eyes. It is an interpretation in Islam of the concept of hijab, and is worn ...
Women in Islam. Malala Yousafzai with Barack, Michelle and their daughter Malia Obamas' in the Oval Office, 11 October 2013. Girl Reciting the Qurān ( Kuran Okuyan Kız ), an 1880 painting by the Ottoman polymath Osman Hamdi Bey, whose works often showed women engaged in educational activities.
Subsequently, the word has evolved in meaning and now usually denotes a Muslim woman's veil. [2] In English, the term refers predominantly to the head covering for women and its underlying religious precepts. [3] [4] Not all Muslims believe the hijab is mandated in Islam. [5] [6] [7]
Meaning. "light". Noor (also spelt Nur, Nor, or Nour, Arabic: نور: Nūr IPA: [nuːr]) is a common Arabic feminine and masculine given name meaning "light", from the Arabic al-Nur (النور). Variants include Noora, Nora, Norah, Noura, and Nura [1] It is also used as a surname.
Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah ( Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized : al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah ( المدينة, al-Madina ), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz ...