History
History of Islam in China
Islam Arrives During the Caliphate of Uthman Islam came to China within a few decades after the death of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. According to legendary…...
Editors
14 Dec 2020
History
History
Ibn Battuta’s Adventurous Journey To China
Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) was a noted explorer and traveler born in Morocco into a family of judges. He studied Islamic theology, but little did his…...
Editors
11 Dec 2020
History
The Battle of Talas – Between the Abbasids and the Chinese
The Battle of Talas determined which of the two civilizations, the Chinese or the Muslim, would predominate in Central Asia. It led to the spread…...
Editors
9 Dec 2020
History
BATTLE FOR ISFAHAN: The victory that led to the full conquest of Persia
The Muslim conquest of Persia happened over several years. In this short summary from Imam Al-Tabari’s Tarikh (History), we look at a critical victory that…...
Imam Abu Ja'far Al-Tabari
13 Oct 2020
History
From Hinduism to Islamic scholar: Shaikh Ziya’s great work in Hadith
SHAIKH Muhammad Ziya al-Rahman al-A’zami, an outstanding Hadith scholar, passed away in Al-Madinah on July 31, 2020, the Day of Arafah 1441H, at the age…...
Editors
7 Oct 2020
History
Who Is The Best After The Prophets?
ALLAH chose Muhammad ﷺ from among the children of Adam to send to all of mankind. Allah, The Most High, revealed the most perfect, sound and…...
3 Oct 2017
History
Reflecting on Ibn Kathir’s Extraordinary Book on History
LONG before internet searches ‘democratized’ information and encyclopaedic websites made life easier for students and researchers alike, there was a class of scholars – men…...
Rahla Khan
28 Feb 2017
History
Battle of Dhat Al-Salaasil: When Muslims ruled Arabia
This battle took place after the Battle of Mu’tah in Jumada al-Thani, 8AH, in which the Muslims gained victory against the Romans. These days were…...
14 Jan 2017
History
Hajj in 1885: Old & Rare Pictures of the Pilgrimage
These rare – perhaps the oldest existing – pictures have been attributed to Makkan photographer Abdul Ghaffar and Dutchman Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje who had come…...
8 Sep 2016
History
Hajj in 1860s: How the journey was for Indian pilgrims
Hajj pilgrims from India disembarking at Jeddah, 1940. Picture for illustration purposes only. – Royal Geographical Society/Gerald de Gaury TO perform Hajj once in a…...
29 Aug 2016