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{{PortalArticle|image=Battle of Badr.jpg|title=Portal: Early Islamic History|summary=The first centuries of the Islamic Hijri calendar, starting in the CE year 622, were the formative years of the religion. Between the first and third Islamic centuries the Qur'an was written down and codified, the prophet lived and died, the great hadith collections were gathered, the sira of the prophet was committed to writing, the great schools of Sunni jurisprudence came to be, and the theology of Islam attained its familiar form. The end of the Abassid period saw the "crystallization" of the Islamic tradition around the Sunnah of the prophet and the Qur'an placed in creation before all time and space after the defeat of the Mu'atazilite heresy. These years thus can be said to cover the formation of the religion of Islam as we know it today. |description=
{{PortalArticle|image=Battle of Badr.jpg|title=Portal: Early Islamic History|summary=The first centuries of the Islamic Hijri calendar, starting in the CE year 622, were the formative years of the religion. Between the first and third Islamic centuries the Qur'an was written down and codified, the prophet lived and died, the great hadith collections were gathered, the sira of the prophet was committed to writing, the great schools of Sunni jurisprudence came to be, and the theology of Islam attained its familiar form. These years thus can be said to cover the formation of the religion of Islam as we know it today. |description=
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*[[Dihya the Berber Queen (Al-Kaahina)]]
*[[Dihya the Berber Queen (Al-Kaahina)]]
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*[[Textual History of the Qur'an]]
*[[Textual History of the Qur'an]]
*[[Sana'a Manuscript]]
*[[Sana'a Manuscript]]
*[[Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the Quran]]
*[[Pagan Origins of Islam]]
*[[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance]]
*[[Black Stone]]
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*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Textual History of the Qur'an|Textual History of the Qur'an]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Textual History of the Qur'an|Textual History of the Qur'an]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Apostasy|Apostasy]]
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*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Stoning|Stoning]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Homosexuality|Homosexuality]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Homosexuality|Homosexuality]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Stoning|Stoning]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Witchcraft and the Occult|Witchcraft and the Occult]]
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{{PortalArticle|image=Quran_Mashaf_Comparisons.jpg|title=Portal: Islamic Scriptures|summary=The idea of scripture is central to Islam; above all else, Islam's own scriptures tell of how Allah has periodically given his followers books throughout the ages, and refers to Islam's co-abrahamic religionists as People of the Book. The central scripture of Islam is above all the Qur'an, which orthodox Sunni and Shi'i Islam see as the literal word of Allah through his messenger Muhammad.  |description=
{{PortalArticle|image=Quran_Mashaf_Comparisons.jpg|title=Portal: Islamic Scriptures|summary=The idea of scripture is central to Islam; above all else, Islam's own scriptures tell of how Allah has periodically given his followers books throughout the ages, and refers to Islam's co-abrahamic religionists as People of the Book. The central scripture of Islam is above all the Qur'an, which orthodox Sunni and Shi'i Islam see as the literal word of Allah through his messenger Muhammad.  |description=
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*[[Naskh (Abrogation)]]
*[[Naskh (Abrogation)]]
*[[Sahih Bukhari]]
*[[Sahih Bukhari]]
*[[Asbab al-Nuzul (Revelational Circumstances of the Quran)]]
*[[Contradictions in the Quran]]
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{{PortalArticle|image=Fiqh.jpeg|title=Portal: Islamic Law|summary=There is much in Islamic scripture that is not of direct legal relevance and which can be understood as constituting doctrine. The Arabic word aqeedah, or creed, has generally been understood to encompass a more limited range of ideas than what, to a modern person, would appear as Islamic doctrine.  |description=
{{PortalArticle|image=Fiqh.jpeg|title=Portal: Islamic Law|summary=Islamic law, or the Shariah, is held to comprise the specific rulings intended by Allah for all of mankind in all times and places and delivered through Islamic scriptures (namely, the Quran and hadith). Fiqh, or Islamic jurisprudence, comprises the legal and interpretive theories through which these rulings are derived from the Quran and hadith. Norms observed and prescribed by Muhammad in these scriptures are, as a rule, taken literally and considered binding.  |description=
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*[[Dar al-Harb and Dar al-Islam (the Abodes of War and Peace)]]
*[[Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)]]
*[[Sex Segregation in Islam]]
*[[Islam and Apostasy]]
*[[If Anyone Slays a Person (Qur'an 5:32)]]
*[[If Anyone Slays a Person (Qur'an 5:32)]]
*[[Relationships with non-Muslims in Islamic Law]]
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*[[Tawheed]]
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*[[Let There be no Compulsion in Religion|Let There be no Compulsion in Religion (Qur'an 2:256)]]
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*[[Scientific Errors in the Quran]]
*[[Scientific Errors in the Quran]]
*[[Cosmology of the Quran]]
*[[The Islamic Whale]]
*[[Geocentrism and the Quran]]
*[[Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth]]
*[[Embryology in the Qur'an]]
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*[[Portal: Islam and Human Rights#Modern movements and events|Modern movements and events]]</div>
*[[Portal: Islam and Human Rights#Modern movements and events|Modern movements and events]]</div>
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*[[Islam and Women]]
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*[[Hijab#Revelation_of_the_Hijab_Verses|Revelation of the Hijab Verses]]
*[[Wife Beating in Islamic Law]]
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*[[Islam and Homosexuality]]
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{{PortalArticle|image=Maome.jpeg|title=Portal: Muhammad|summary=Muhammad, the founder of Islam, is one of the most vigorously revered men to have ever lived. His legacy has meant many different things to many different people throughout history. Information on his life comes almost exclusively through oral reports (hadiths) compiled, for the most part, more than a hundred and fifty years after his death. While historians span a spectrum of skepticism regarding the reliability of these frequently hagiographic and tendentious writings, Islamic scholars have and continue to rely on some portion of the hadith which they consider to be authentic (sahih) in order to formulate most of Islamic doctrine, ritual, and law. Consequently, while some contend that Muhammad is altogether enigmatic as a historical entity, the accounts of his life found in Islamic scriptures have found near-universal assent in the Muslim world and comprise a fundamental part of the Islamic self-identity.  |description=
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*[[Satanic Verses (Gharaniq Incident)]]
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*[[Khadijah bint Khuwaylid]]
*[[Khadijah bint Khuwaylid]]
*[[Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Uthman]]
*[[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib]]
*[[Ali ibn Abi Talib]]
*[[Ali ibn Abi Talib]]
*[[Abu Lahab]]
*[[Umm Qirfa]]


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{{PortalArticle|image=Mary In the Quran.PNG|title=Portal: Islam and the Judeo-Christian Tradition|summary=The Qur'an and Sunnah make constant reference to stories from the Judeao-Christian tradition. The audience for the Qur’an was clearly well-acquainted with these stories and the Qur'an itself says that it is a "reminder" (73:19) of the message which came before. The stories referenced are not only from the Bible, but come from a wide variety of literary traditions from within ancient near east Christianity and Judaism. |description=
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*[https://ExMuslims.Org Ex-Muslims of North America]
*[https://ExMuslims.Org Ex-Muslims of North America]
*[https://quranx.com QuranX]
*[https://quranx.com QuranX]
*[https://sunnah.one Hadith search engine (Arabic)]
*[https://tafsir.app Tafsir search engine (Arabic)]
*[https://al-maktaba.org/ Islamic texts library (Arabic) ]
*[http://ejtaal.net/aa/#hw4=h14,ll=h38,ls=h1,la=h1,sg=h20,ha=h21,br=h26,pr=h9,aan=h24,mgf=h33,vi=h51,kz=h10,mr=h25,mn=h1,uqw=h106,umr=h26,ums=h14,umj=h34,ulq=h247,uqa=h17,uqq=h2,bdw=h19,amr=h7,asb=h17,auh=h37,dhq=h2,mht=h6,msb=h8,tla=h8,amj=h22,ens=h1,mis=h1 Arabic dictionaries]
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The first centuries of the Islamic Hijri calendar, starting in the CE year 622, were the formative years of the religion. Between the first and third Islamic centuries the Qur'an was written down and codified, the prophet lived and died, the great hadith collections were gathered, the sira of the prophet was committed to writing, the great schools of Sunni jurisprudence came to be, and the theology of Islam attained its familiar form. These years thus can be said to cover the formation of the religion of Islam as we know it today.

Daughters of Hubal.jpg

Islam arose in 7th century Arabia, and as such its appearance bears the markings of its ancient Arab and Near East milieu.

Islamic Tradition.jpg

The Qur'an, Hadith, Scripture pages are a special category of pages here at WikiIslam. Rather than being encyclopedia articles, these pages bring together a unique collection of Quranic verses, hadith, sira traditions, tafsir, writings of classical scholars and rulings of contemporary Islamic sheikhs and ulemaa. These pages are organized by theme to assist the student, searcher or researcher.

Quran Mashaf Comparisons.jpg

The idea of scripture is central to Islam; above all else, Islam's own scriptures tell of how Allah has periodically given his followers books throughout the ages, and refers to Islam's co-abrahamic religionists as People of the Book. The central scripture of Islam is above all the Qur'an, which orthodox Sunni and Shi'i Islam see as the literal word of Allah through his messenger Muhammad.

Fiqh.jpeg

Islamic law, or the Shariah, is held to comprise the specific rulings intended by Allah for all of mankind in all times and places and delivered through Islamic scriptures (namely, the Quran and hadith). Fiqh, or Islamic jurisprudence, comprises the legal and interpretive theories through which these rulings are derived from the Quran and hadith. Norms observed and prescribed by Muhammad in these scriptures are, as a rule, taken literally and considered binding.

Tawheed.jpg

There is much in Islamic scripture that is not of direct legal relevance and which can be understood as constituting doctrine. The Arabic word aqeedah, or creed, has generally been understood to encompass a more limited range of ideas than what, to a modern person, would appear as Islamic doctrine.


Quran and Science.png

Among the many and diverse matters discussed in or touched upon by Islamic scriptures are topics of direct or indirect scientific interest. These topics include reproductive science, embryology, cosmology, and medicine, among others.

Muslim-usa.jpg

The conflict between modern human rights doctrine and Islamic law can, for the most part, be understood as a product of their extreme historical and contextual distance. Whereas Islamic law was formulated in the harsh, unpredictable, and austere environment of 7th-9th century Arabia, modern Human rights doctrine is generally traced back to the European Enlightenment.

Maome.jpeg

Muhammad, the founder of Islam, is one of the most vigorously revered men to have ever lived. His legacy has meant many different things to many different people throughout history. Information on his life comes almost exclusively through oral reports (hadiths) compiled, for the most part, more than a hundred and fifty years after his death.

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The wives of the prophet are described as "أمهات المؤمنين" or "mothers of the believers." As such the prophetic example is considered instructive for all Muslim households. How the prophet interacted with his wives, and how they obeyed him, is a framework for how Muslim husbands and wives ought to interact, as well as how men should interact with their own female slaves.

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Muhammad's contemporaries, companions, and successors play an elevated role in the lore of Islam. It is against many of his contemporaries that Muhammad defined his movement, it is through his companions that his tradition was passed forth, and it is by his immediate successors that his legacy was interpreted and formalized.

Mary In the Quran.PNG

The Qur'an and Sunnah make constant reference to stories from the Judeao-Christian tradition. The audience for the Qur’an was clearly well-acquainted with these stories and the Qur'an itself says that it is a "reminder" (73:19) of the message which came before. The stories referenced are not only from the Bible, but come from a wide variety of literary traditions from within ancient near east Christianity and Judaism.

Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth

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Islamic scriptures imply, adhere to, and describe a flat-Earth cosmography (arranged in a geocentric system) which conceives of the earth as existing in the form of a large plane or disk. While some early Islamic authorities maintained that the earth existed in the shape of a "ball", such notions are entirely absent in the earliest Islamic scriptures.

Nonetheless, as knowledge of the Earth's spherical form has existed to greater or lesser degree since at least classical Greek (4th Century BCE), it has been frequently argued in recent times that the early scholars of Islam, the first followers of Muhammad, and indeed Islamic scripture itself supported the spherical-earth model, although evidence for these claims is lacking. (read more)