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Ghālib ibn Fihr was a key ancestral figure in the genealogical formation of the Quraysh tribe, situated within the broader lineage tracing back to Fihr ibn Mālik. In early Arab gen...
Ghālib ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Laythī (RA) was a distinguished Companion of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and one of the commanders entrusted with several military expeditions (sarāyā) during t...
Ghanīmah refers to property acquired by Muslims through lawful military engagement against hostile forces in a state of war. In Islamic legal and ethical thought, it is not treated...
Ghār Ḥirāʾ is a cave situated on Jabal al-Nūr near Makkah, and it occupies a foundational place in the sīrah as the site where divine revelation first descended upon the Prophet Mu...
Ghār Thawr is a cave located on Jabal Thawr to the south of Makkah, and it occupies a central place in the sīrah as the site where the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq too...
Ghatafān was one of the most powerful tribal confederations of northern and central Arabia during the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods. Descended from Ghatafān ibn Saʿd ibn Qa...
Ghazawāt, the plural of ghazwah), refers to the military expeditions in which the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ personally participated and exercised direct leadership. The term occupies a ce...
Ghazwat al-Abwāʾ, also referred to as Ghazwat Waddān, was the first military expedition led personally by the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ after the Hijrah. It took place in the second year...
Ghazwat al-Ghāba, also and more commonly known as Ghazwat Dhū Qarad after the watering-place to which the pursuit extended, was an expedition led by the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ in the y...
Ghazwat al-Khandaq, also known as Ghazwat al-Aḥzāb, was a major defensive campaign fought in 5 AH/627 CE when a confederation of Arabian tribes advanced against Madīnah in an effor...
Ghazwat al-Sawīq was a pursuit expedition led by the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ in 2 AH/624 CE, shortly after the Muslim victory at Badr. The operation took place in the region of Qarqarat...
Ghazwat al-Ṭāʾif was the campaign undertaken by the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ in 8 AH/630 CE immediately following the victory at Ghazwat Ḥunayn. In the sīrah, it is generally viewed as a...
Ghazwat Badr, fought in the second year after the Hijrah (624 CE), is regarded as the first major military confrontation between the Muslim community of Madīnah and the Quraysh of...
Badr al-Akhir, also known as Badr al-Maw'id (“the appointed meeting at Badr”), refers to an expedition led by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in 4 AH (626 CE), following the events of the Battl...
Ghazwat Banī al-Muṣṭaliq, also known as Ghazwat al-Murayţsīʻ after the well at which it was fought, was an expedition led in person by the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ against the Banū al-Mu...
Ghazwat Banū al-Naḍīr was a major expedition undertaken by Prophet Muḥammad in 4 AH (circa 625–626 CE), directed against the Jewish tribe of Banū al-Naḍīr in al-Madīnah. It is reco...
Ghazwat Banū Liḥyān was a military expedition undertaken by Prophet Muhammad in 627 CE. It is recorded in classical sīrah and maghāzī literature as a strategically significant camp...
Ghazwat Banū Qaynuqāʿ was an early Madinan expedition undertaken by the Prophet Muḥammad in 2 AH (624 CE), shortly after the Battle of Badr. It is recorded in the principal sīrah a...
Ghazwat Banu Qurayzah was a major Madinan expedition undertaken by the Prophet Muhammad in 5 AH (627 CE), in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of the Trench. It is extensively...
Ghazwat Banū Sulaym was an early Madinan expedition undertaken by the Prophet Muḥammad in Shawwāl 2 AH (624 CE), shortly after the Battle of Badr. It is recorded in the principal s...
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