Ali MacGraw

Suffering is an inevitable experience in our lives. It can be described as a personal experience of evil. Almost everyone at one point in life has to go through some kind of suffering, pain, or anguish. Suffering always provokes numerous questions, discussions, and arguments. For most people from different religions, suffering raises the question of, why would God allow evil and suffering to bear on human beings? At first, sufferers do not necessarily require explanations but over time, they need

and 10,000 belong to Sunni sects. 2) Hosseiniye is a congregation hall for Shia ritual ceremonies, especially those associated with the Remembrance of Muharram (The event marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala when Imam Hossein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the first

tribe (Muhammad’s tribe), and possess the ability to keep the Muslim community united in the face of numerous existential internal and external threats (Moore, 2015)”. Amongst Muhammad’s followers were Abu Bakr, Umar (634-644), Uthman (644-656), and Ali (656-661) in which were known as the Rashidun Caliphs: defined as the righteous caliphs. This acknowledgement divides Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims due to Sunnis claiming the four caliphs as the legitimate successors of the

major cause of the schism between the Islamic sects the Sunni and Shia has created a continuous state of conflict between Ali the adopted son of Muhammad and the youngest, most cherished, and trusted, and yet, the most deceitful, and vengeful wife of Muhammad, Aisha. The hostilities between Ali and Aisha were never more obvious than after the Affair of the Necklace. When Ali and others, had misjudged Aisha and accused her of having a clandestine affair with a Medinan warrior. Aisha had left the

along with members of his family, after being invited by supporters to Kufa (the seat of caliphate of Ali) where they promised to swear allegiance to him. The Sunnis and Shiites differed on who should have succeeded Mohammed after his death in 632. Sunnis supported Abu Bakr, the prophet's friend; Shiite Muslims felt the rightful successor was the prophet's son-in-law and cousin, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Ali became the fourth caliph, or spiritual leader of Muslims, but he was murdered and his son was killed

be an influential period in Islamic history. The founder of Umayyad dynasty is Mu 'awiya who had been the governor of Syria during the period of 3rd and 4 th caliphs and became the caliphate after the assassination of the last rightly guided Caliph Ali. Then the Umayyad dynasty unified all the regions that the prophet Muhammad and the four rightly guided caliphs conquered during their time. Furthermore the dynasty expanded to North Africa, Spain, etc... Ibn Khaldun states that nomads were known as

Arabic Calligraphy is based upon the development of the Arabic alphabet and is intimately tied to the history of Islam and the writings of the Qur’an. The word calligraphy, is defined as ‘beautiful writing” and is considered to be one of the most noble artistic expressions in the Islamic world. Arabic Calligraphy has become an integral part of Islamic culture mainly because Islam by nature is aniconic, which discourages the artistic representation of animals and human beings. As a result of this

Islam At first, the history of Islam is connected to Mohamed’s life. Mohamed was born in to a wealthy merchant Clan, which is now Saudi Arabia. On the other hand Muslims thought Islam began with God. Mohamed was raised by his uncle, because his parents and grandparents passed away. Mohamed lived the life of a Quryash Merchant then later married a girl by the name of Khadija. Mohamed started hearing voices and though he was going mad. But Khadija thought differently and told Mohamed that he was the

according to Quran that is the rightful way of selection that includes the consensus of the majority votes. But the admirers of Ali(RA), who was the son in law of the Prophet Muhammad, protested and believed that the Prophet(PBUH) had chosen His son-in-law to be His rightful successor. According to the Shia Muslims, they believe Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) designated Imam Ali(RA) as His successor by Allah’s

ABSTRACT The word Sufi is from the Arabic word 'soof ' which means wool. These Sufis have a habit of wearing thick, coarse wool. They think by wearing harsh clothing, it is piety. From Sufi, you get tassawwuf; this word is a bid 'ah, as it is neither in Quran or Sunnah. The words Sufi and tassawwuf are not in the Quran or the Sunnah. Allah (SWT) used tazkia (purification). There are disagreements regarding the origin of this belief among scholars. Some say that Sufism is the mystical school of