The Story of Idris (Enoch) - Ibn Kathir

Ibn Kathir

Allah has praised Enoch, describing him as being a Prophet and truthful:

"Mention in the Book (Qur'an) Idris (Enoch). Verily! He was a man of truth (and) a Prophet. We raised him to a high station." [Al-Qur'an 19:56-57]

Enoch was born and raised in Babylon following the ...

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Muslim Women in History - Umm Aban bint Utbah

Umm Aban bint Utbah
 

She journeyed to Syria and witnessed its opening to Islam with her brother Abu Hashim and her husband Aban ibn Sa'id. She was widowed on the day of the Battle of Ajnadayn. It is said that they were together no more than two nights before she was widowed. Another ...

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Muslim Women in History - Ash-Shifa bint 'Abdullah al-Qurashiyyah al-Adawiyah

Ash-Shifa bint 'Abdullah al-Qurashiyyah al-Adawiyah
 

The Companion Ash-Shifa bint 'Abdullah al-Qurashiyyah al-Adawiyyah was one of the wise women of her time. Literate in an illiterate age, she was skilled in medicine, involved in public administration, and had a strong presence in early ...

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Muslim Women in History - Azdah bint al-Harith ibn Kaldah

Azdah bint al-Harith ibn Kaldah
 

The people of Maysan (a valley of many small towns between Basra and Wasit in Iraq) had collected an army against the Muslims. Mughirah bin Shu'bah took the Muslim army and went out to wait for them at Al-Murghab (a river) but the enemy did not appear ...

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Muslim Women in History - Jamilah bint Thabit ibn Abi'l-Aflah

Jamilah bint Thabit ibn Abi'l-Aflah
 

Jamilah bint Thabit ibn Abi'l-Aflah, sister of 'Asim, wife of Umar ibn al-Khattab, was also called Umm 'Asim. Her name used to be 'Assiyah (means "intractable") and the Prophet changed it to Jamilah (means "beautiful"). After she embraced Islam, she ...

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Muslim Women in History - Umm Al-Muqtadir-Billah

Umm Al-Muqtadir-Billah

She directed state affairs due to the incapacity of her son, the Abbasid caliph Al-Muqtadir-Billah, in the early fourth century Hijrah. In a public square in Baghdad, she set up a tribunal for the purpose of settling people's petitions and lawsuits one day a week. She ...

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Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

Biography of Imam ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah ... more

Women of Paradise: Asmaa bint Abi Bakr

Once again we will take a trip back in time and visit another great woman, Asmaa' bint Abi Bakr , one of the Sahabah (female Companions) of the Prophet This journey requires that we free our minds from the ideas of modernists and pay special attention to the life this blessed companion led, ...

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Abbad ibn Bishr: Friend of the Qur'an

He had lived, fought, and died as a believer. ... more
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