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In Islam, continuous charity or ongoing charity (Arabic: صدقة جارية, romanized: Sadaqah Jariyah) refers to any act that continues to benefit humanity even after the death of its initiator. [1] Whoever leaves a beneficial legacy for humanity is deemed to continue to be rewarded for it even after their death. [1] [2]
" Sadaqat" is used in the Quran to cover all kinds of charity. Zakat has been called sadaqat because it is also a kind of compulsory charity. It is an obligatory sadaqa while ordinary sadaqa are voluntary. Thus, zakat has to be collected by the muhtasib (collector) or the government (the Islamic state) as a compulsory levy. [10] [volume needed ...
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.
Al-Biruni: Father of Indology, Father of Comparative Religion and Father of Geodesy for his remarkable description of early 11th-century India under Muslim rule. [14] Georg Morgenstierne regarded him as the " founder of comparative studies in human culture." [15] Al-Biruni is also known as the Father of Islamic Pharmacy. [16] [17]
Abū l-Ḥajjāj Mujāhid ibn Jabr al-Qāriʾ (Arabic: مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ جَبْرٍ) (642–722 CE) was a Tabi' and one of the major early Islamic scholars. [3] His tafsīr of the Qur'an (exegesis/commentary) is believed to be the earliest existing written exegetical source, although only fragments of it have reached us from the ...
Imam al-Shafi'i was reportedly a student of another great Imam of Sunni Fiqh, Malik ibn Anas, [5] who was a student of Imam Ja'far, like Imam Abu Hanifah. [6] It is said that al-Shafi'i, after coming to Cairo, called upon Nafisa to hear hadiths from her, [7] and that it was not possible that he was without the influence of knowledge and personality of Nafisa, since he had been a frequent guest ...
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The Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya Sufi order traces back through its chain of succession to Muhammad, through the Hanbali Islamic scholar Abdul Qadir Gilani and the Hanafi Islamic scholar Shah Baha al-Din Naqshband, combining both of their Sufi orders. [38] [39] The order has a major presence in three countries, namely Pakistan, India, and ...