Islamic History
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Narrations from Shia sources on fasting the day of Ashura: https://t.co/ySZM6f68bO
In his Iแธฅyฤสพ 'Ulลซm al-Dฤซn, Al-Ghazali (d. 505) relates an extreme practice of the Kharijite women: "the woman abstains [from marriage] to exaggerate her purity and cleanliness, an...
Ramadan Series Heroic Sahaba (ra): Anas ibn Naแธr (ra) One Sahaba that can be attributed for his heroic stance is Anas ibn Naแธr. He was one of the companions to the Prophet (saw) a...
Manaqib Imam Ahmed Ibn Hanbal ุฑุถู ุงููู ุนูู ๐งต He saw Allah in his dream and he asked: Ya rabb how can someone get closer to you? He replied: through my words (Quran) o Ahmad. So he...
Books that should be in every Muslim's bookshelf:
Nฤแนฃibism (hatred of สฟAlฤซ and, by extension, Ahulbayt) is a broad term that can span a variety of different groups whose hatred of สฟAlฤซ 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 Shiโism, which basically occurred after the adoption of the...
Ah Shi...Here we go again! |๐งต 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?? ๐งต
๐งต 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 สฟUmar ibn al-Khaแนญแนญฤb, may Allah be well pleased with him.
โจEid Al-Ghadeer Mubarakโจ To everyone who truly loves the prophet Muhammad ๏ทบ and Ali (alayhi alsalam). ๐งตWhat is Eid Al-Ghadeer? ๐Eid Al-Ghadeer is the only occasion which identif...
A Brief Outline of the Event at Ghadฤซr 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...
๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐.๐: ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. There was a black-skinned woman at the time of Prophet Muhammad ๏ทบ, 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 Qurโan 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...
๐งตThis is what Qadi 'Iyad al-Maliki (ุฑุญู ู ุงููู) actually said about the claimants to Prophethood after Muhammad (๏ทบ) below. @DiscordIslam would never dare to show you this. They wo...
One of the oldest libraries in the world โ 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...