Companions, family, scholars, opponents, prophets preceding the Prophet ﷺ.
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The term Yahūd is the Qurʾānic and Arabic designation for the Jews, who are followers of Judaism, one of the world’s earliest monotheistic religions founded upon belief in one God...
John the Baptist, known in Arabic as Yaḥyā, is a prophet honoured in Islam for his purity, devotion, and righteousness. He was the son of Zechariah (Zakariyyā AS), who received the...
Yaḥyā ibn Maʿīn ibn ʿAwn al-Murrī al-Baghdādī (158–233/775–848) was one of the most influential scholars of ḥadīth criticism in the third/ninth century and a central figure in the...
Yanbuʿ was an important oasis and coastal settlement located on the Red Sea coast of the western Arabian Peninsula, approximately southwest of al-Madīnah. The name Yanbuʿ, meaning...
Yāsir ibn ʿĀmir ibn Mālik al-ʿAnsī (RA) was an early companion of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, the patriarch of the celebrated household of Yāsir, and among the first to suffer torture...
Yawm al-Qiyāmah, “the Day of Resurrection” or “the Day of Standing,” is the Last Day, on which God shall raise the dead, gather all creatures, and judge them according to their dee...
Jacob, known in Arabic as Yaʿqūb, is a revered prophet in Islam and one of the patriarchs of the Children of Israel. He was the son of Isaac (Isḥāq AS) and the grandson of Abraham...
Jonah, known in Arabic as Yūnus, is a prophet mentioned in the Qurʾān who was sent by Allah to the people of Nineveh. Islamic tradition regards him as one of the noble prophets who...
Joseph, known in Arabic as Yūsuf, is one of the most beloved prophets in Islam and the central figure of Sūrat Yūsuf, which the Qurʾān describes as “the best of stories” (Qurʾān 12...
Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī (1926–2022) was one of the most influential Muslim jurists, theologians, and authors of the modern period. Educated at al-Azhar University, he produced an extensi...
Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd Allāh Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr al-Namarī al-Qurṭubī (368–463 AH/978–1071 CE), commonly known as Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, was one of the foremost Mālikī scholars, muḥaddithūn, and h...