Etymology. The English word muezzin is derived from the Arabic: مُؤَذِّن, muʾadh·dhin [mu.ʔað.ðin], simplified mu'azzin. The word means "one by the ear", since the word stems from the word for "ear" in Arabic is ʾudhun (أُذُن).As the muʾadh·dhin will place both hands on his ears to recite the call to prayer.. Roles and responsibilities

Tawhid (Arabic: توحيد ‎, tawḥīd, meaning "unification of God in Islam ()"; also romanized as Tawheed, Tawhid, Tauheed or Tevhid) is the indivisible oneness concept of monotheism in Islam. Tawhid is the religion's central and single most important concept, upon which a Muslim's entire religious adherence rests. It unequivocally holds that God in Islam (Arabic: الله Allāh) is One ...

Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Eastern Christian Studies or Jewish Studies but also fields such as (environmental studies, Middle East studies, race studies, urban studies, etc.) —where ...

Fitra or fitrah (Arabic: فطرة; ALA-LC: fiṭrah) is either the state of purity and innocence in which Muslims believe all humans to be born, or the ability to choose or reject God's guidance, with which both humans and jinn are endowed. Fitra is an Arabic word that is usually translated as "original disposition", "natural constitution", or "innate nature of any Muslim."

World religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate the five—and in some cases more—largest and most internationally widespread religious movements. Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are always included in the list, being known as the "Big Five". Some scholars also include other world religions, such as Taoism, Jainism, …

Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī or Ibn Ḥajar (Arabic: ابن حجر العسقلاني, full name: Shihābud-Dīn Abul-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Nūrud-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī al-Kināni) (18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449 CE / 773 – 852 A.H.), was a classic Islamic scholar and polymath "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of Hadith."

Islamic criminal law (Arabic: فقه العقوبات) is criminal law in accordance with Sharia.Strictly speaking, Islamic law does not have a distinct corpus of "criminal law". It divides crimes into three different categories depending on the offense – Hudud (crimes "against God", whose punishment is fixed in the Quran and the Hadiths), Qisas (crimes against an individual or family whose ...

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (Arabic: جلال الدين السيوطي, romanized: Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī) (c. 1445–1505 CE), or Al-Suyuti, was an Arab Egyptian polymath, Islamic scholar, historian, Sufi, and jurist.From a family of Persian origin, he was described as one of the most prolific writers of the Middle Ages. His biographical dictionary Bughyat al-Wuʻāh fī Ṭabaqāt al ...

Œuvres principales Le Choix entre l'islam et le christianisme. (1993) La Bible est-elle la parole de Dieu ? (1980) Le Christ dans l'Islam. (1983) Mohammed, le successeur naturel du Christ. (1968) modifier Ahmad Deedat , de son nom complet Cheikh Ahmad Deedat Hussein, (né le 11 novembre 1918 à Tadkeshwar près de Surat , dans la province du Gujarat et mort le 8 août …

Al-Shāfiʿī (c. 767–820 AD) visited most of the great centres of Islamic jurisprudence in the Middle East during the course of his travels and amassed a comprehensive knowledge of the different ways of legal theory. He was a student of scholars Mālik ibn Anas, the founder of the Mālikī school of law, and Muḥammad Shaybānī, the great Ḥanafī intellectual in Baghdad.