Islamic History
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Nāṣibism (hatred of ʿAlī and, by extension, Ahulbayt) is a broad term that can span a variety of different groups whose hatred of ʿAlī stemmed from different premises. Accordingly...
@Ibn_Rabbat This is a complete misreading of both the 12er and the Zaydi position. The 12ers are a later development in Shi’ism, which basically occurred after the adoption of the...
Ah Shi...Here we go again! |🧵 Adeel Afzal spoke on religion and identity for only about 15-20 minutes here and yet managed to showcase his ignorance of the Islamic History and wor...
Important Islamic Reform Movements during Modern Indian History Relevance: UPSC Prelims, UPSC Mains (GS 1) (A thread) - Retweet if you find it useful
Romans persecuted them. Arab Muslims liberated them. European Christians persecuted them. Andalusian Muslims liberated them. Christians expelled them. Ottoman Muslims gave them r...
The Salaf had an innovation similar to the Mawlid?? 🧵
🧵 Imam Dhahabi RA mentioned what some ignorant Egyptians did to the grave of Sayyeda Nafisa RA. https://t.co/u2mwWwOuMV https://t.co/RSbSxRUVp2
A thread on our master ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, may Allah be well pleased with him.
✨Eid Al-Ghadeer Mubarak✨ To everyone who truly loves the prophet Muhammad ﷺ and Ali (alayhi alsalam). 🧵What is Eid Al-Ghadeer? 📚Eid Al-Ghadeer is the only occasion which identif...
A Brief Outline of the Event at Ghadīr Khum =-{}[ A Thread ]{}=-
During Islam's golden age, women shined. Their brilliance and intelligence illuminated the path towards progress and enlightenment. A thread of some of these women who left an in...
Isnadolatry: why looking only at isnad is a trap. Concrete example:, let's analyze this nice hadith about the companions, that looks very strong, with two accepted transmitters fr...
𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐔𝐦𝐦 𝐌𝐢𝐡𝐣𝐚𝐧 𝐑.𝐀: 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. There was a black-skinned woman at the time of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and she was known as Umm Mihjan. Her real name...
Did you know? The brightest star in our sky is called Sirius & is mentioned in the Qur’an by name in the chapter "The Star". A thread on stars & the of art of astronomy in Islami...
Some good lectures, articles and books to read on Islamic intellectual history to be able to counter the decline narrative which is propagated by @SyedMuzammilOFL, Hoodhboy and the...
The existing of crescent moon symbolism in Islam before the Ottomans, mentioned by Ibn Yunus, an Egyptian historian and Hadith scholars of the 4th century Hijri. https://t.co/uoZi8...
🧵This is what Qadi 'Iyad al-Maliki (رحمه الله) actually said about the claimants to Prophethood after Muhammad (ﷺ) below. @DiscordIslam would never dare to show you this. They wo...
One of the oldest libraries in the world — Al-Qarawiyyin library, was founded by a Muslim woman more than 12 centuries ago! Libraries developed in the Islamic Golden Age due to a c...
Did philosophy in the Muslim world decline after A;-Ghazali? >Did intellectual activities decline in the post-Ghazalian era? >If the decline did happen, when did it begin and what...
Once upon a time, there were two epicenters of Islamic power on Earth (3, but let’s stick to 2 now), the Ottomans in the Middle East and the Mughals in India. Neither subservient...
@Hadithoftheday Surah Baqarah. Surah Baqarah consists of 286 verses and it's Medinan chapter. It is the most comprehensive surah in the Qur'an because it symbolizes verdict, stor...
Muslim Kung Fu is an important legacy of Islam in China. It was developed throughout history by Muslim Masters, who trained between physical & spiritual perfection, embedding the u...
🧵 1. Abdullah Ibn Masood was among the poorest of Sahaba. He is said to be very short- a narration says that while standing, he was as tall as someone seated. He was extremely th...
Over 1400 years ago Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and a Christian Monk named Bahira, met under the shade of a tree. That same tree was believed discovered still alive in the northern deserts...