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The use of the boubou/babban-riga/Kulwu as clothing became widespread among West African Muslims with the migration of Kanuri, Hausa,Fulani and Dyula long-distance traders and Kanuri Islamic preachers in and around Muslim regions of West Africa in the 1400s and even more rapidly in less Islamized areas after the Fulani Jihads of the 19th ...
The shrine housing the cloak, 2003. The Cloak of Muhammad (Kherqa) is a relic hidden inside Kirka Sharif in Kandahar, Afghanistan.It is a cloak believed to have been worn by the Islamic prophet Muhammad during the Night Journey in 621 AD.
Moon sighting (Arabic: رؤية الهلال) refers to the act of observing a new crescent moon and is one of the ways to determine the beginning of a lunar month in religion. [ 1 ] [ better source needed ] On the Islamic calendar , a month begins with the sighting of the new crescent Moon.
The jibba or jibbah (Arabic: جبة, romanized: jubbā), originally referring to an outer garment, cloak or coat, [1] is a long coat worn by Muslim men. During the Mahdist State in Sudan at the end of the 19th century, it was the garment worn by the followers of the Mahdī ( Anṣār , 'helpers').
Islamic precepts related to modesty are at the base of Islamic clothing. Adherents of Islam believe that it is the religious duty of adult Muslim men and women to dress modestly, as an obligatory ruling agreed upon by community consensus .
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The hat has strong associations with many Islamic cultures, as well as Pan-African pride. [11] In West Africa, a kufi cap is the traditional hat for men, and is part of the national costume of most of the countries in the region. It is worn by Muslims, and African Christians. Many grandfathers and other older men wear a kufi every day to ...
The first major Muslim work of astronomy was Zij al-Sindhind, produced by the mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi in 830. It contained tables for the movements of the Sun, the Moon, and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The work introduced Ptolemaic concepts into Islamic science, and marked a turning point in ...