Islam

As far as i know the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is mentioned by name 4 times (and once by the name of Ahmad) in the Original Arabic Quran.

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This is a very simple answer. Every where in the world you go, the prayer times change. Even day to day you will see a change of a minute. So for everyday prayer times, I got two websites for you. The first one is www.IslamiCity.com-PrayerTimes you can put in your zip code and will be able to see prayer times in your and in any area you require. The second one is PrayAlert Home you will go to the website and press download after the download completes. There will be a clock with the next prayer time, if you click on the shorcut icon of the PrayerAlert Home it will give you a whole calendar for the next couple of days.

Dar-al-Islam means "the Dominion of Islam" and refers to those countries who are majority-Muslim.

=Muslims believes in the following: - There is only one God.==- There are multiple prophets throughout history, the last of which is the Prophet Muhammad. Jesus is a prophet, not the son of God. He was never crucified, but rather has been risen from this Earth, and will return prior to the day of judgement.==- The Quran is the word of God, just as the Bible and Torah were at once.==- There is a reward and punishment for all deeds in both life and death. In the hereafter it takes the form of Heaven & Hell.=

The answer you are looking for is CALLIGRAPHY, but calligraphy is not exclusive to Islam and can refer to any beautifully stylized letters.

their differences relate to their beliefs.

Shia and Sunni have mostly same beliefs and both believe in fundamental beliefs of Islam. Today there is up to 260 sects in Islam that are in two main categories of shia and sunni.

Shia believes in Allah, prophet and all fundamentals of Islam.

Shia pray 5 times a day but usually do the 2, 3 and 4, 5 pray together and so may seem they do only 3 pray a day. there is some differences in details of pray like genuflect (for shia should be on a stone or part of earth and for sunni on carpet or floor ).

shia believe after death of prophet God selected the successive for prophet who is the political leader of Muslim community and people can not and does not the right to selected it.

Shia believes the Caliph (Representative of God in earth) is selected only by God and can not be selected by people because God said in Koran: "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority" (Quran 2:30) or "O David! We did indeed make thee a vicegerent on earth" (Quran 38:26) also other verses.

Shia believes such verses means only God can select an Islamic political leader (Caliph).

In Shia Islam Caliphs after prophet are 12 Imams and all of them are the same and have no mistake and have the knowledge of everything (not absolute knowledge like knowledge of God) and they hear all sayings and even thinks of all humans after even after their death by permission of God and they are intermediates between God and human Shia Muslims always support them and forgive their lives for them.

Shia Muslims do not consider selection of Abubakr as Caliph by people valid because God did not select him. They believe God ordered prophet to declare people that Ali is selected as successor of prophet and prophet did this mission many times during his prophet-hood and mainly in Ghadir event after last Hajj of his life at a 3-4 hour speech in front of 120,000 Muslims at Ghadir in hot desert after 2 days stop of long caravan for gathering and 3 days after speech for congratulations and homage of Muslims to Ali. Islam at that time had high power in world and Some companions had high interest in leadership position after prophet. Muslims knew that it is the final Hajj of prophet (predicted by prophet) and were going along with prophet to hear what prophet says at end of his life. Shia believes Ghadir event is the most important event of Islam and is mentioned in Koran in many verses like "Today" (اليوم) in verse 5:3 of Quran is the day of Ghadir. Or Verse 5:67 (O Messenger! proclaim the (message) which hath been sent to thee from thy Lord. If thou didst not, thou wouldst not have fulfilled and proclaimed His mission. And Allah will defend thee from men (who mean mischief). For Allah guideth not those who reject Faith) is revealed at Ghadir day and is about declaring political leadership of Ali after prophet.

Both Sunni and Shia Muslims accept happening of Ghadir event But different interpret. Some Sunni writers tried to reject the event of Ghadir as declare of leadership of Ali and said at Ghadir prophet only wanted to say Ali is my friend and no one should bother him. Ali had 3 different missions to Yemen by prophet during 10 years and in 2 of them some companions of prophet had some conflicts with Ali and and prophet said some sayings about Ali to solve conflicts and some sunni writers have mixed stories of missions of Ali to Yemen with story of Ghadir to prove Ghadir event is not about Leadership of Ali and is not important.

Shia scholars believe some Sunni writers have changed and deviated historical evidences about political leadership of Ali in old historical books and republished them to destroy evidences of leadership of Ali from old Sunni books.

The famous Shia book Al-Ghadir (الغدير) by Allameh Amini is a collection of evidences and proofs for Ghadir Events written after referring to 100,000 Sunni books and full reading of 10,000 sunny books. Allameh Amini is a famous Shia scholar and spent 40 years of his life in travelling to access original old Sunni books in libraries in different countries to write this 20 volume book only from Sunni books and not using any Shia book. Some Sunni scholars tried to reply this book but then said if we want to reply this book we should first destroy all books of ourselves.

Shia doctrine have root in Karbala tragedy. When tragedy of Karbala happened most of Iranians understood there is two different kinds of Islam and after happening of Karbala tragedy most of Iranians became followers of "Ahl al-Bayt" and forgive their lives for them like what they did in Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq War. Shia Muslims have at least 120,000 Hadith (saying) from The Fourteen Infallibles that is the base of Shia Islam along with Quran. Shia believes according to " Hadith of the two weighty things" The Fourteen Infallibles are the only valid interpreters of Quran and sayings of them are from God because they are Representative of God in earth and they do not say anything from themselves. Shia believes 12th of them (Mahdi) is alive and because people have killed all 11 Imams before him, he is in hide like Jesus and will come out of hide toghether with Jesus when people become ready and want to accept his leadership. All 11 Imams have been killed and during their life thy all have been in prison or under hard control of government to not have any political action. They never had enough serious followers to can get political power. Among them only the sixth Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq was relatively free in his life to have only scientific activities (but banned from any political action) and so only he is known in west because he established university and had students from all over the world. Westerns know him as a polymath: an astronomer, alchemist, Imam, Islamic scholar, Islamic theologian, writer, philosopher, physician, physicist and scientist. He was also the teacher of the famous chemist, Jābir ibn Hayyān (Geber), and of Abū Ḥanīfa, the founder of the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence. He never wanted be a famous man and only shared his knowledge with who wanted to learn. Some researchers consider his teachings the root cause of renaissance.

Sunni Muslims also accept Mahdi and his worldwide leadership as Caliph of God in earth at end of world. There is a famous Hadith from prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that Mahdi at hide is like sun behind cloud, he is hidden from people but people receive his benefits. Shia Muslims say some faithful believers have connection with Mahdi and use his knowledge. Shia Muslims believe that it is proved at least 1000 persons have had connection and talk with Mahdi during his hide period but Any one having relation with Mahdi keep it and does not declare it in public until is alive.

the conflict of shia and sunni has been always amplified by world Imperialism to prevent Islam from gaining power.

The main religious teachings found in the Koran and Hadith, have many 'suras' that teach Islam is the only way and all other views need to be assimilated or discarded. Islam has, however, respected other religions to some point. However, there are some Islamic extremists who believe anyone that is not a Muslim is condemned. Currently, ISIS/ISIL is trying to form a 'caliphate' where only Islam will be tolerated. They desire to convert the entire world - primarily through non-peaceful means.

(1) The (Muslim) Turks invaded the Holy Land and defeated the (Muslim) Arab rulers.

(2) The new Turkish rulers oppressed the Arab (mainly Christian) population. They rigidly enforced the conditions of dhimmitude, e.g. by allowing Muslims to kill Christians for no reason. The Turks were also harassing European pilgrims who visited Jerusalem.

(3) The Arab Christians begged the European rulers to serve their common interests by relieving them from the Turkish tyrants.

(4) Therefore the Pope called upon the Europeans to march to the Holy Land and destroy the Turkish rulers.

(5) The first crusade was very successful in that the Turks were driven out. However, the Europeans couldn't call back the original Arab rulers because the Turks had already killed them. So they chose a European nobleman to be the new King of Jerusalem. Hence there arose something of a misconception that the crusaders invaded the Holy Land because they wanted to conquer and rule it for themselves. This is not true, as the majority of the crusaders then went home again.

(6) However, in due course the Turks came back... It's tempting to write that the cycle repeated itself, but this would not be strictly true, as each crusade was a little different. You can google for the crusades by number if you want to know the exact reason for each one and who (if anyone) won it.

It is situated in center a graveyard named Jannat al Baqi in city Madina

It's a murder but called an "Honor" killing as it is supposed to preserve the pride and integrity of the family when a member of that family brings shame upon it. Honor killings are rife in Pakistan and Turkey (For example) and though illegal many times the culprits get away with it. Also many suicides now are being looked at as forced suicides where the victim is forced to kill themselves.

The qibla is facing Mecca. So wherever you are you have to find the direction that faces Mecca. Which I think is northeast or close to that range.

It differs from one country to another. All compass faces north. So depending on where you are. You have to adjust accordingly. Qibla compass have a dial which to be tune to your country location. So in relation to the direction of the qibla and the compass, different people prays at different angles while still praying to the same direction.

'Reform' means 'to return something corrupted to a former state, to correct.' 'Religion reformer' means 'he who renews, renovates the religion.' Today, however, those bigots who try to change and demolish Islam from the inside call themselves "religion reformers'. For the detailed answer of this question, please refer to the link below: Religion Reformers in Islam - Online Book

Unlike Judaism and Christianity, which had religious leaders as well as Political and societal leaders, Islam is considered to be a complete way of life because:

In 622 CE before entering Medina after the escape from Mecca (commonly known as the first Hijra), Muhammad proposed a treaty with all the people living in Medina governing all aspects of their conduct. This is significant in that at the time, there were Muslim, non-Muslim Arabs, Jews and probably even Christians living in Medina at the time. Once accepted this treaty established the first community of Islam (the ummah).

The Ummah was the template for "the complete way of life" according to Islam in that it was based on a common faith, it established a community of prayer and worship as well as a community with it's own government, economy and military force direct by a spiritual leader as opposed to a civic leadership. All disputes were settled by God through the Prophet Muhammad. I would interpret this "complete way of life" to mean that there was no separation of church and state but that church and state were one and the same. The community existed to pray and serve Allah. Islam directed all aspect of the ummah.

Different words are often used to describe the various styles and types of clothing worn by Muslims throughout the world. Often, the same type of clothing has many different names depending on regional language or terminology.

The Hijab is the traditional headscarf worn by many Muslim women and girls.

Niqab is the face veil worn by some Muslim women which may or may not leave the eyes uncovered. The Burqa is a type of veil and body covering conceals all of a woman's body including the eyes, which are covered with a mesh screen.

Common in the Arab Gulf countries, a cloak for women which is worn over other clothing when in public. The abaya is usually made of black synthetic fiber, sometimes decorated with colored embroidery or sequins. The abaya may be worn from the top of the head to the ground , or over the shoulders. It may be combined with a head scarf or face veil.

Yes. Underage marriage usually comes out of local cultural traditions that predominate in Africa and the Indian Subcontinent. Hindus also engage in underage marriage and Jews and Christians in the Islamic World used to do this as well. Unfortunately, since Muhammad married Aïsha at such a young age, this has precedential value to more traditional leaders who wish to continue the practice of child brides. Muslims who are appalled by the idea of child brides try to "re-age" Aïsha in order to invalidate this precedent and push for minimum marriage ages above 14 or 16.

The "holy cities" of Judaism and Christianity is Jerusalem. Jerusalem is important to Christians because it is the city in which Jesus was born. Jerusalem is important to Jews because of the great temple that was built in Jerusalem. The "holy city" of Islam is Mecca, where the Islamic people do their "pilgrimage".

Makkah was inhabited since the days of prophet Abraham when he took his son and left him in the desert, where Makkah is located now.

It is a very old city and been a holy place even before Islam.

The definition of the word "fatwa" in the Islamic faith is the legal judgement that a qualified jurist can make regarding issues of Islamic law. In other words, it is a formal legal opinion.

Khalil Ibn AlWalid (Allah be pleased with him)

Non-Muslims can't

The bible says that God created Adam from the dust of the ground, and Eve was from one of Adams rib, how nice a part near the heart of man. And consider this.The bible says God made them in his image.That is a very special and unusual thing for him to do.Noone or nothing else can claim this very special attribute. The bible also says we ,or at least some of us would become adopted sons and daughters of God.Stop and consider the implication of that,and you might see and hear.And if you can see and hear you might if you try discover THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!

Baju Kurung,Jubbah is what we wear during Hari Raya