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Common terms and phrasesA'isha Abbasid Abd Allah ibn Abu Bakr Abu Hanifa according Ahmad al-Bukhari al-Hasan al-Jahiz al-Shafi'i al-Tabari al-Zubayr Arabic authority Bakr's Banu battle Beirut biographical Byzantine Cairo chapter Christian concept death discussion diwan early Islam early period egalitarianism example exegetical faith hadith hard-line Islamists Hisham historical Ibid Ibn Abbas ibn Abi Ibn Hajar Ibn Hanbal Ibn Mas'ud Ibn Sa'd Ibn Taymiyya Imam Iraq Islam Islamists Ja'far Jews jihad jurisprudence jurists Khawarij Kitab Kufa later literature Malik martyrdom mawali Mecca Medina modern modernists moral excellence Mu'awiya Muhammad ibn Muslims ninth century non-Muslims Persian piety Pious Forbears political practice prayer pre-modern precedence Prophet Qur'an Qur'anic verses Quraysh Rashidun caliphs refer regard religion religious law Rightly-Guided Caliphs role rulers salaf scholars Shi'a Shi'i social sources specific Successors sunna Sunni Tafsir term tion tradition translated tribe ulu 1-amr Umar ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab Umar's Umayyad Umayyad period Uthman women Companions Yazid Bibliographic information |