Concepts

مفاهيم

Ideas, virtues, and teachings that shape the narrative.

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40 entries

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The Adhan (Call to Prayer) The call to prayer, legislated via a Companion's confirmed dream. Ahl al-Suffa (The People of the Suffa) The poor Companions of the mosque; Islam's first "university." Aman (Protection / Safe-Conduct) Safe-conduct any Muslim may grant; the pledge of the least binds the whole community. The Ansar (the Helpers of Madinah) The Helpers of Madinah (Aws & Khazraj); their pledges and virtue.

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Barakah (Divine Blessing) Divine blessing as the multiplying of good; the food-miracles of Khandaq.

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Da'wah & Its Five Stages The call to Islam and its five legitimate stages.

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al-Fa'l (Good Omens / Optimism) Good omens & optimism linked to Allah; permitted, unlike forbidden bad omens (tiyara). Fay' (Spoils Without Fighting) Property gained without fighting (Q 59:6–7); its rules and the anti-hoarding maqsad. Freedom of Religion in Islam "No compulsion in religion" (Q 2:256) and its sabab al-nuzul.

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Ghanima (Spoils of War) The spoils of war (Surah al-Anfal); its mishandling cost the Muslims Uhud.

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Hijrah (Emigration) — the concept & its rulings The concept and fiqh of emigration; living in non-Muslim lands. The Hunafa' The monotheists who rejected idolatry before Islam.

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Ila' (Oath of Marital Abstention) The oath of marital abstention (<4 months); the takhyir & ikhtiyar (the wife's option of divorce).

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Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic Arabia) Pre-Islamic Arabia and its unique idolatry. Janazah in Absentia (Salat al-Ghaib) The funeral prayer in absentia, established over the Najashi. Jihad (and the Legislation of Fighting) The legislation of fighting and its four stages; the just-war philosophy.

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Maslaha (Public Welfare) Public welfare as a source of law; why the Prophet ﷺ spared Abdullah ibn Ubayy. Milk al-Yamin (Concubinage) & Slavery Ethics Concubinage and slavery ethics; umm al-walad; closed by scholarly consensus in modern times. Mu'allafat al-Qulub "Reconciling hearts": winning converts by generosity & honour (a zakat category). Mubahala (Mutual Invocation of the Curse) Mutual invocation of Allah's curse on the lying party (Q 3:61); a last resort, offered to Najran. The Muhajirun (the Emigrants) The Emigrants from Mecca; ranked before the Ansar in the Quran. Mu'jiza (Miracles of the Prophet ﷺ) The miracles of the Prophet ﷺ: definition, purpose, and ten categories (1,200+ recorded).

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Naskh (Abrogation) Abrogation; introduced at the change of the qibla. Nifaq (Hypocrisy) Hypocrisy and the munafiqun; a post-Badr phenomenon exposed at Uhud.

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Qasr & Jam' (The Traveller's Prayer) The traveller's shortened & joined prayer; the dispute over how long one may remain a musafir. Quraysh The tribe of Mecca; its structure and ten tactics against the da'wah.

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Riba (Usury / Interest) Usury: riba al-nasi'ah (loan-interest) & riba al-fadl (unequal barter), banned at Khaybar. Ridda (Apostasy) & the False Prophets Apostasy and the false prophets; Musaylimah; diplomatic immunity; the Wars of Ridda. Riq (the Islamic institution of bondage) The Islamic institution of manumission-oriented bondage, vs. chattel slavery.

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Sajdat al-Shukr (Prostration of Thanksgiving) The prostration of thanksgiving on receiving good news (no wudu required). Salah (the Five Daily Prayers) The five daily prayers; legislated in the heavens at the Mi'raj (50→5). Salat al-Khawf (The Prayer of Fear) The prayer of fear in wartime, revealed at Dhat al-Riqa (Q 4:102). Seerah (and why we study it) What the seerah is, why we study it, and its primary sources. Shura (Consultation) Consultation; modelled by the Prophet ﷺ at Badr. Sidq (Truthfulness) Truthfulness: the virtue that saved Ka'b ibn Malik where the hypocrites' lies destroyed them.

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Tawakkul (Reliance on Allah) Reliance on Allah after taking every means ("tie your camel"). Tayammum Dry ablution; widened by Amr ibn al-As's ijtihad at Dhat al-Salasil. The Muakha (Brotherhood of Muhajirun & Ansar) The brotherhood pairing of Muhajirun & Ansar; a living sunnah.

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Wahy (Revelation) & Prophethood Revelation: its seven means, and nabi vs. rasul.

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Zawaj al-Mut'ah (Temporary Marriage) Temporary marriage; prohibited in Sunni Islam, finally at the Conquest.