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Fatima (605/15-632 CE) was daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and wife to his cousin Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia Imam. [ 1] Fatima has been compared to Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Shia Islam. [ 2][ 3] Muhammad is said to have regarded her as the best of women [ 4][ 5] and the dearest person to him. [ 6]
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued several Eid postage stamps, across several years—starting in 2001—honoring "two of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha." Eid stamps were released in 2001–2002, 2006–2009, 2011, and 2013. They are also being issued as Forever Stamps.
Women in the Quran are important characters and subjects of discussion included in the stories and morals taught in Islam. Most of the women in the Quran are represented as either mothers or wives of leaders or prophets. They retained a certain amount of autonomy from men in some respects; for example, the Quran describes women who converted to ...
The name Fatima is from the Arabic root f-t-m (lit. ' to wean ') and signifies the Shia belief that she, her progeny, and her adherents (shi'a) have been spared from hellfire. [6] [26] [27] Alternatively, the word Fatima is associated in Shia sources with Fatir (lit. ' creator ', a name of God) as the earthly symbol of the divine creative power ...
There is a widespread view among practitioners of female genital mutilation (FGM) that it is a religious requirement, [ 2][ 3][ 4][ 8] although prevalence rates often vary according to geography and ethnic group. [ 9] There is an ongoing debate about the extent to which the practice's continuation is influenced by custom, social pressure, lack ...
Islamic calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting and calligraphy, in the languages which use Arabic alphabet or the alphabets derived from it. It includes Arabic, Persian, Ottoman, and Urdu calligraphy. [ 2][ 3] It is known in Arabic as khatt Arabi ( خط عربي ), which translates into Arabic line, design, or construction. [ 4]
Battle of Jaffa. Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub[ a] ( c. 1137 – 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, [ b] was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, he was the first sultan of both Egypt and Syria. An important figure of the Third Crusade, he spearheaded the Muslim military effort against the Crusader states in ...
Maryam[ 1] ( Arabic: مريم, Maryam; Arabic synonym of ' Mary ') is the 19th chapter ( sūrah) of the Qur'an with 98 verses ( āyāt ). The 114 chapters in the Quran are roughly ordered by size. The Quranic chapter is named after Mary, mother of Jesus ( ʿIsa, عیسی ), and the Virgin Mary in Christian belief.