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Islamisation of knowledge. Syed Muhammad al Naquib bin Ali al-Attas ( Arabic: سيد محمد نقيب العطاس Sayyid Muḥammad Naqīb al-ʿAṭṭās; born 5 September 1931) is a Malaysian Muslim philosopher. He is one of the few contemporary scholars who is thoroughly rooted in the traditional Islamic sciences and studies theology ...
Al-Zarnuji. Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji or Burhan al-Islam al-Zarnuji also spelled az-Zarnuji(d. 620 AH /1223CE) was a Muslim scholar and the author of the celebrated pedagogical work Ta'līm al-Muta'allim-Ṭarīq at-Ta'-allum ( Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning ). A manuscript of al-Zarnuji's Ta'līm al-Muta'allim-Ṭarīq at-Ta ...
v. t. e. Ilm al-kalam [a] or ilm al-lahut, [b] often shortened to kalam, is the scholastic, speculative, or philosophical study of Islamic theology ( aqida ). [2] It can also be defined as the science that studies the fundamental doctrines of Islamic faith ( usul al-din ), proving their validity, or refuting doubts regarding them. [3] Kalām ...
Rufayda Al-Aslamia. Rufayda Al-Aslamia (also transliterated Rufaida Al-Aslamiya or Rufaydah bint Sa`ad) ( Arabic: رفيدة الأسلمية) (born approx. 620 AD; 2 BH ), was an Arab medical and social worker recognized as the first female Muslim nurse and the first female surgeon in Islam. [1] She is known as the first nurse in the world.
Islam. Fiqh ( / fiːk /; [1] Arabic: فقه [fiqh]) is Islamic jurisprudence. [2] Fiqh is often described as the human understanding and practices of the sharia, [3] that is human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the sunnah (the teachings and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions).
The analysis of probability forms a large part of the Shiite science of usul al-fiqh, and was developed by Muhammad Baqir Behbahani (1706–1792) and Shaykh Murtada al-Ansari (died 1864). The only primary text on Shi'ite principles of jurisprudence in English is the translation of Muhammad Baqir as-Sadr 's Durus fi 'Ilm al-'Usul .
Akhlaq ( Arabic: أخلاق) is the practice of virtue, morality and manners in Islamic theology and falsafah ( philosophy ). The science of ethics ( `Ilm al-Akhlaq) teaches that through practice and conscious effort man can surpass their natural dispositions and natural state ( Fitrah) to become more ethical and well mannered.
The Encyclopaedia of Islam ( EI) is a reference work that facilitates the academic study of Islam. It is published by Brill and provides information on various aspects of Islam and the Islamic world. It is considered to be the standard reference work in the field of Islamic studies. [1] The first edition was published in 1913–1938, the second ...