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Ṣalāt al-Janāzah (Arabic: صلاة الجنازة) is the name of the special prayer that accompanies an Islamic funeral.It is performed in congregation to seek pardon for the deceased and all dead Muslims, [1] and is a collective obligation (farḍ al-kifāya) upon all able-bodied Muslims; if some Muslims take the responsibility of conducting the prayer, then the obligation is fulfilled ...
An excellent collection of Hadith from the Classical Period that discusses the benefits of different good deeds and cautions against certain bad deeds.
In 1850 a new prime-minister, Amir Kabir, [6] ordered the execution of the Báb; he was brought to Tabriz, where he would be killed by a firing squad.The night before his execution, as he was being conducted to his cell, a young man, Anís (sometimes called Mulla Muhammad Ali), threw himself at the feet of the Báb, wanting to be killed with the Báb.
Fath al-Bari (Arabic: فتح الباري, romanized: Fatḥ al-Bārī, lit. 'Grant of the Creator') is a commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, the first of the Six Books of Sunni Islam, authored by Egyptian Islamic scholar Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (initiated by ibn Rajab).
Modern scholarship has long posited an origin for the sabab al-nuzūl based largely on its function within exegesis. William Montgomery Watt, for example, stressed the narratological significance of these types of reports: "The Quranic allusions had to be elaborated into complete stories and the background filled in if the main ideas were to be impressed on the minds of simple men."
Bada'i' as-Sana'i' fi Tartib ash-Shara'i' (Marvellous artistry in the arrangement of the religious-legal regulations)(Arabic: بـدائـع الـصـنـائـع فـي تـرتـيـب الـشـرائـع) is a classical manual of fiqh for the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence.
The key features and characteristics of Fath al-Mulhim are as follows: [7] [8] [9]. It carefully addresses controversial issues related to faith within the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, minimizing differences.
Al-Maqdisi made his first Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) in 967. [5] During this period, he became determined to devote himself to the study of geography. [7] To acquire the necessary information, he undertook a series of journeys throughout the Islamic world, [7] [8] ultimately visiting all of its lands with the exception of al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sindh and Sistan. [8]