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Khamr ( Arabic: خمر) is an Arabic word for wine or intoxicant. [ a] It is variously defined as alcoholic beverages, wine or liquor. [ 1] In fiqh, it refers to certain forbidden substances, and its technical definition depends on the madhhab or legal school. Most jurists, including those from the Maliki, Shafiʽi, Hanbali, Ahl-i Hadith legal ...
The production and consumption of wine has been widespread in the Middle East and has been tolerated to varying extents by different religious groups. Islam forbade all intoxicants ( khamr) and even pressed grape juice for Muslims. Wine was traded and used among the Jews, at least in Egypt, including for sacramental purposes, and had to be ...
Rumi was born to Persian parents, [ 35][ 12][ 13][ 36] in Balkh, [ 37] modern-day Afghanistan or Wakhsh, [ 4] a village on the East bank of the Wakhsh River known as Sangtuda in present-day Tajikistan. [ 4] The area, culturally adjacent to Balkh, is where Mawlânâ's father, Bahâ' uddîn Walad, was a preacher and jurist. [ 4]
In Islamic law, najis ( Arabic: نجس) means ritually unclean. [ 1] According to Islam, there are two kinds of najis: the essential najis which cannot be cleaned and the unessential najis which become najis while in contact with another najis. [citation needed] Contact with najis things brings a Muslim into a state of ritual impurity (Arabic ...
An 1808 Kashmiri image of paradise. In Islam, Jannah ( Arabic: جَنَّةٍ, romanized : janna, pl. جَنّٰت jannāt, lit. 'paradise' or 'garden') [ 1] is the final and permanent abode of the righteous. [ 2] According to one count, the word appears 147 times in the Qur'an. [ 3] Belief in the afterlife is one of the six articles of faith ...
t. e. In Islam, Jahannam is the place of punishment for unbelievers and evildoers in the afterlife, or hell. [ 1] This notion is an integral part of Islamic theology, [ 1] and has occupied an important place in the Muslim belief. [ 2] It is often called by the proper name Jahannam. [ a] However, "Jahannam" is simultaneously a term specifically ...
Ghusl ( Arabic: غسل ġusl, IPA: [ˈɣʊsl]) is an Arabic term that means the full-body ritual purification which is mandatory before the performance of various Islamic activities and prayers. For any Muslim, it is performed after sexual intercourse (i.e. it is mustahabb ), before Friday prayer [ 1] and prayers for Islamic holidays, [ 2 ...
Islamic female dress. The intimate parts ( Arabic: عورة 'awrah, ستر, satr) of the human body must, according to Islam, be covered by clothing. Most of modern Islamic scholars agree that the 'awrah of a man is the area between the navel and the knees, and the 'awrah of a woman is the entire body except the face, hand; exposing the 'awrah ...