Some of them, such as Gabriel and Michael, are mentioned by name in the Quran. Angels play a significant role in the literature about the Mi’raj, where Muhammad encounters several angels during his journey through the heavens. Further angels have often been featured in Islamic eschatology, theology and philosophy.

Public hospitals of the time issued the first medical diplomas to license doctors. Ibn uzdrowisko wapienne al-Haytham is regarded as the father of the modern scientific method and often referred to as the “world’s first true scientist”, in particular regarding his work in optics. In engineering, the Banū Mūsā brothers’ automatic flute player is considered to have been the first programmable machine.

• The Kharijites rebelled against Ali and were defeated in the Battle of Nahrawan but a Kharijite assassin later killed Ali.
• The manner of its application in modern times has been a subject of dispute between Muslim traditionalists and reformists.
• As for the 3-D works, they cover Raku, pottery, basketry, sculptures, fused glass, turned wood, fiber and jewelry.
• Ma Wanfu and Ma Debao promoted salafist movements in the nineteenth century such as Sailaifengye in China after returning from Mecca but were eventually persecuted and forced into hiding by Sufi groups.
• “Art Under the Stars,” their sixth annual show and sale, on Dec. 12 from 5 to 8 p.m.
• Marianne Ravenna, events chair for the Tower Gallery, added that it celebrates the holidays.

After the birth of a child, the Adhan is pronounced in the right ear. On the seventh day, the aqiqah ceremony is performed, in which an animal is sacrificed and its meat is distributed among the poor. The child’s head is shaved, and an amount of money equaling the weight of its hair is donated to the poor. Respecting and obeying one’s parents, and taking care of them especially in their old age is a religious obligation. The four major Sunni schools are the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, Hanbali madhahs while the three major Shia schools are the Ja’fari, Zaidi and Isma’ili madhahib. Each differs in their methodology, called Usul al-fiqh (“principles of jurisprudence”).

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These stunning explosions scatter star matter across the heavens that are reborn into new stars, planets, and all life on earth. Mark Maggiori is a French-American painter, graphic designer, draftsman, musician, music video director and lead vocalist of the nu metal band Pleymo. He is noted for paintings of American cowboys, Native Americans and the American Southwest. A dying Muslim is encouraged to pronounce the Shahada as their last words.

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Nader Shah, who overthrew the Safavids, attempted to improve relations with Sunnis by propagating the integration of Twelverism into Sunni Islam as a fifth madhhab, called Ja’farism, which failed to gain recognition from the Ottomans. At this time, theological problems, notably on free will, were prominently tackled, with Hasan al Basri holding that although God knows people’s actions, good and evil come from abuse of free will and the devil. Greek rationalist philosophy influenced a speculative school of thought known as Muʿtazila, first originated by Wasil ibn Ata. Caliphs such as Mamun al Rashid and Al-Mu’tasim made it an official creed and unsuccessfully attempted to force their position on the majority. They carried out inquisitions with the traditionalist Ahmad ibn Hanbal notably refusing to conform to the Mutazila idea of the creation of the Quran and was tortured and kept in an unlit prison cell for nearly thirty months. However, other schools of speculative theology – Māturīdism founded by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi and Ash’ari founded by Al-Ash’ari – were more successful in being widely adopted.

Reciting the Quran with elocution has been described as an excellent act of worship. In Muslim societies, any social program generally begins with the recitation of the Quran. One who has memorized the whole Quran is called a hafiz (“memorizer”) who, it is said, will be able to intercede for ten people on the Last Judgment Day. Apart from this, almost every Muslim memorizes some portion of the Quran because they need to recite it during their prayers. Islam itself was historically called Mohammedanism in the English-speaking world. This term has fallen out of use and is sometimes said to be offensive, as it suggests that a human being, rather than God, is central to Muslims’ religion, parallel to Buddha in Buddhism.

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The Ottoman Empire’s 19th-century Tanzimat reforms lead to the Mecelle civil code and represented the first attempt to codify sharia. While the constitutions of most Muslim-majority states contain references to sharia, its classical rules were largely retained only in personal status laws. Legislative bodies which codified these laws sought to modernize them without abandoning their foundations in traditional jurisprudence. The Islamic revival of the late 20th century brought along calls by Islamist movements for complete implementation of sharia.

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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , consisting of Muslim-majority countries, was established in 1969 after the burning of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The fast is to encourage a feeling of nearness to God by restraining oneself for God’s sake from what is otherwise permissible and to think of the needy. It is considered a religious obligation that the well-off owe to the needy because their wealth is seen as a “trust from God’s bounty” and is seen as a “purification” of one’s excess wealth. Conservative estimates of annual zakat are that it amounts to 15 times global humanitarian aid contributions.