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Usāmah ibn Zayd (RA) was one of the most beloved companions of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and is remembered in Islamic history for his devotion, courage, and leadership at a remarkably...
Usayd ibn Ḥuḍayr (d. 20 AH/641 CE) was a prominent companion of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ from the Aws tribe of Madīnah and one of the foremost chiefs of the Anṣār. The son of Ḥuḍayr...
Wādī al-ʻAqīq is a valley running along the western side of Madīnah, celebrated in the sīra and the ḥadīth as a “blessed valley” (wādin mubārak) in which the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ was...
The Wafāt al-Nabī ﷺ, or the passing of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, represents one of the most profound and transformative events in Islamic history. The Prophet ﷺ passed away in Madīna...
Wahb ibn Munabbih ibn Kāmil al-Yamānī (ca. 34–35/654–655–110/728 or 114/732) was one of the most celebrated scholars of the generation of the tābiʿūn and an important transmitter o...
Wahīd al-Dīn Khān (1925–2021), commonly known as Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, was a distinguished modern Islamic thinker, scholar of sīrah, and advocate of peace and spiritual revival...
Waḥshī ibn Ḥarb (d. c. 32 AH/652 CE) was a companion of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ whose life is remembered in the sīrah as a remarkable story of repentance and transformation. Origina...
Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah al-Makhzūmī was among the most influential leaders of Quraysh during the emergence of Islam in Makkah and is remembered in Islamic historical tradition as one...
Waraqah ibn Nawfal was a respected monotheist (ḥanīf) of pre-Islamic Makkah and a cousin of Khadījah bint Khuwaylid (RA), the first wife of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. Belonging to the...
William Montgomery Watt (1909–2006) was a Scottish historian, Orientalist, and scholar of Islamic studies whose writings on the life of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ became highly influen...
Sir William Muir (1819–1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, colonial administrator, and Christian missionary scholar whose writings on Islam exerted a profound influence on nineteenth...
Witr (lit. “odd-numbered”) is a voluntary prayer performed during the night and concluded with an odd number of units (rakʿahs). It occupies a distinguished place among the superer...
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...
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