Questions tagged [history]
History pertaining to Islam, it's origin, spreading of Islam and others.
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When did Taqlid become established?
Assalamu Alaikum brothers in Islam,
When exactly did taqlid become an established norm? 300 AH or 400 AH?
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Umar RA journey to Jerusalem
In the khalifate of Umar RA, upon the conquest of Jerusalem, Umar RA travelled to Jerusalem with one person using one donkey. Who is the name of that person ? Also, is it true that there was only one ...
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is there any complete list of sana'a manuscript difference with current Qur'an, in terms of meaning?
I came accross Sana'a publication by Sadeghi (Sana'a and The Origins of Qur'an), but he only conclude some example of textual variation with standard qur'an.
Table 1 gives a few examples, in ...
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Was alcohol prohibited to the previous nations?
The Jews and the Christians, both, do not find anything banning alcohol in their scriptures and hence they consider it permissible. It is also known that alcohol was not prohibited in the early days ...
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What time did Dhul Qarnayn live in according to Islamic sources?
What have Islamic scholars usually concluded about Dhul Qarnayn's time and what are the different views and based on what evidences?
I read the following on IslamQA:
Dhu’l-Qarnayn who is mentioned ...
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Life of Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suayd
Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suayd declared her prophethood during the apostasy movement and even married Musaylimah. However, when Khalid bin walid crushed the movements around Sajah, she converted to ...
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Was Prophet (P.B.U.H) born on 9th Rabi' al-Awwal?
According to "Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum by Safi-ur-Rahman al- Mubarkpuri" and "Seerah Enyclopedia by Darussalam" accurate date of Prophet (P.B.U.H)'s birth is 9th Rabi' al-Awwal.
Is this view shared by ...
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What was the first know criticism of the relationship between Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Aisha?
I'm trying to find the first known sources of critics that criticized the relationship between Prophet Muhammad and Aisha (PBUH).
Any information please?
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Shubuhat about demolition Dhul-Khalasa by Jarir(RA) and Ahmas
Assalamu aleykum wa rahmatuLlahi wa barakatuh dear brothers. Help please with one hadith from Islamophobes: the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance there was a house called Dhu-l-Khalasa or Al-Kaba Al- ...
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Who was older, Moses or Aaron?
Prophets Musa and Harun were brothers.
My question is which one of them was the younger one and which one the older one?
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Is there any biography saying that al-Hafidh al-Mundhiri was an offspring of the sahabi Khalid ibn al-Walid?
In the biography of a scholar of the last century I found mentioned that he was an offspring of al-Hafidh al-Mundhiri المنذري the author of the famous hadith collections (on recommendations and ...
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How were the Surahs of the Qur'an named?
I know maybe it's not a unfamiliar question in the Internet. I listened Islamic scholars such as Dr. Zakir - The idea that I've is that the names were created by humans to make more easy process's in ...
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Travels of Prophet Saw before his Prophethood?
Assalamu Alaikum Brothers in Islam,
How many times did the Prophet Saw travel outside of Makkah before his prophethood and where to?
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How were khutbahs given before invention of microphone?
How exactly did the Imam read the Qirat or deliver a Khutbah in the past before the invention of the microphone so as to make a group of 1000 - 2000 people hear him?
In some case the population ...
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Did the Prophet Saw ever travel to Riyadh?
As salami Alaikum Brothers in Islam,
Did our Beloved Prophet ever travel to tr land that is now known as Riyadh? Did any battles or Ghazwa take place there?
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Interpretation of the verse 34:19
In 34:19 why did the People of Saba' prayed to God to lengthen the distance between their journeys?
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Why do the sabeans have so much in common with Islam? [duplicate]
People are saying that Islam is a copy of sabeans and that prophet Muhammad (saw) copied from them. The sabeans is used to perform hajj, pray 5 times, wash themselves after intercourse just like ...
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Why did the prophet (P.B.U.H) never recite the adhaan? [duplicate]
As allah loves azaan recitation he love those people who recites azaan but our prophet(P.B.U.H) never recite azaan in his whole life why is it so ?? they do everything which allah likes or allah loves ...
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When did Hazrat Aisha RA die?
Is it true that Hazrat Aisha RA died in 50 hijri at the age of 64 to 67? What narrations and ahadith prove it?
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Why we recite Bismillah two times in surah Namal?
I know that we recite bismillah two time in surah namal but i want to know that what is the reason behind reciting second time.
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On the existence of debate over fidelity of Quranic codices within the Islamic intellectual tradition
I have a question about whether or not a certain idea has ever been discussed within the Islamic intellectual tradition, and if so, which scholar(s) and/or school(s) of thought did so. The idea is as ...
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For which sahaba banana comes on Earth?
There is a history that banana comes from jannah to Earth for a specific sahaba but I don't know the name of that sahaba
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Death of Hazrat Bibi Aminah(r.a)
How the death of Hazrat Bibi Aminah(r.a) had been occured and where did she burried?
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In which month Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) and Hazrat Khadija (R.A) got married?
Salam to everyone.. I am asking this question because, by looking at this question this question is looks very easy but is very difficult in real. In which month Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) and Hazrat ...
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What was the relationship between Isa (A.S) and Yahya (A.S)?
What was the relationship between Isa (A.S) and Yahya (A.S).
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How many time the name “Allah” comes in Holy Quran?
The name "ALLAH" comes in holy Quran how many time .
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Is the term sighaar as-Sahaba agreed upon among hadith scholars?
Often we find in books of hadith scholars and historians (biographers) the expression that a certain narrator was among sighar as-Sahaba صغار الصحابة (maybe one could translate it small Sahabi). From ...
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Man entering the court of Imam Uthman
What is the authenticity and the course of the following narration:
A man [supposed his name is known] has entered the court of Imam
Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and Imam Uthman said: ...
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How long, at most, did women delay marriage during the time of Prophet Muhammad as per records?
I want to know if there are any records of women who were unmarried (not divorced or widowed) for a long time(more than 20 years) during the time of Prophet Muhammad. Because if it was a tradition at ...
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Are there rulings, apart from alcohol consumption, whose chronology may be found in the Qur'an?
In the Qur'an we find the chronology of the ruling on alcohol see for example in my answer on Was alcohol permitted long ago, before Mohammad was born?: Alcohol allowed, alcohol declared as bad, ...
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What were the major introductions made by the so called rashidi caliphs in terms of public administration?
At the time of Muhammad () one could say that the Islamic government had his base in Medina or wherever he actually was. As far as I know there were no state officials nor a treasury etc. these kinds ...
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The path used during the journey of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution
Are there any historical records in hadith collections or Prophetic biographies, detailing the escape route from Mecca to Medina?
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Did different ummahs have different qiblas?
We know that except for Prophet Muhammed (SAW), other Prophets were sent only for a specific time or to a particular community or location.
Given that the shariah for the different Prophets might ...
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What was the class structure of the Madrasa in history?
Assalamu Alailum to my brothers in Islam,
What was the structure of the early Madrasa's in the Islamic world?
Did they have separate classrooms? What exactly was the classroom structure of the ...
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What was the qibla before migration?
What was the qibla for prayer in the Meccan period, before migration?
I remember stories from sirah that the Prophet used to pray at the Kaaba during his stay in Mecca and I've always assumed that ...
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Are there any Muslim references quoting the fast of ahl al-Kitab or earlier Prophets?
Allah the almighty says:
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous - (2:183)
This means that fasting or sawm was ...
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Do scholars of hadith science treat all the ahadith the same way?
It is wide spread that one may refer to da'if ahadith on topics that are neither about halal and haram nor fiqh nor 'aqidah ... (basically anything related to rulings).
For example when it comes to ...
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How did Muslims in the past wake up for fajr?
I hope this question is relevant enough for this section of StackExchange, as it's more towards history rather than Islam itself.
Nowadays, people depend on alarm clocks or the loud sound of athan ...
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Did any of the sahaba - beside the Prophet Muhammad himself - give fatwa? (Shi'a view)
During the life time of the Prophet () did anybody of the sahabah give fatwa according to Shi'a sources?
If so who was/were this/these sahabi/sahabah?
And under what circumstances did he/they give ...
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Why does Islam trace its origins to Abraham?
I have learned Islam traces its origins to Abraham, I wonder why he is considered the 'first Muslim'?
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Did women sacrifice?
Did women in the lifetime of Mohammad (peace be upon him) and the Sahabah offer sacrifice on eid azha?
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Who was the first person to offer animal sacrifice?
Who was the first person to offer animal sacrifice? Was it Ibrahim AS or someone before him as well?
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When being a witness/scribe was established as an official job?
When we read the Qur'an and sunnah we may come to the conclusion that a trustworthy witness can be any person who is widely considered as trustworthy and a scribe could be any person who is able to ...
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Are all descendants of Muhammed dead?
E.g. Konfuzius has living descendants in all of China. How many descendants of the Prophet are there and are there any branches of his family tree that lived on until today?
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Why did Ali postponed swearing loyalty to Abu Bakr?
Shia and Sunni disagreed on some important things.
Shia thinks that Muhamad select Ali as a caliph.
Sunni thinks no. In fact, an answer in this stackexchange, says that Muhammad actually primed Abu ...
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How did the Prophet(s) & Sahaba confirm Ramadan / Eid start date?
Here in South Africa, we sight the moon according to the Sunnah to determine whether it is the start of Ramadan, or the end respectively. And not every location in South Africa gets to sight the moon.
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Was hijab in public enforced legally in premodern times?
I sometimes come across claims that many of the obligations that Muslims have in Islam are a purely personal matter and were not legally enforced, historically. It's not quite clear to me which ...
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How we know that Quran was not altered during the times of revelation?
Salam Alaikum,
I was speaking yesterday with an atheist, and the main discussion was about "How can you be sure that Quran is 100% not altered between the moment when Djebril Alayhi Salam gave the ...
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Who actually is Dajjal? [duplicate]
Salaam brothers and sisters. I was just watching a video on youtube about Dajjal that how he would look like and the signs which will be shown before he arrives. We all know that. But, what I want to ...
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Who named our prophet 'Muhammad' and why?
This is actually my son's question but I could not find a satisfactory quick answer. The meaning from the derived Arabic root H-M-D (to praise) is praiseworthy, commendable, laudable. src
I am ...
