In popular parlance hafidh or hafiz seems primarily to refer to a person who has memorized the whole Qur'an. But when we read books we find this title mostly used to introduce a hadith scholar such as al-Hafidh ibn Hajar, al-Hafidh al-'Iraqi, al-Hafidh a-Dhahabi, al-Hafidh ibn 'Abd al-Bar, al-Hafidh ibn Kathir, al-Hafidh al-Bazzar etc. (if we don't call them Imams) so they are referred to as
Imam Abdulrahman Al Saud, who led the Al Saud at the time, sought refuge with the local Bedouin in the deserts of the Empty Quarter before taking his family to Kuwait. His son, Abdulaziz, recaptured Riyadh in 1902 in a raid, laying the foundations for the expansion of Saudi rule across Arabia. In 1932, Abdulaziz formalised his reign by
A Mufti reading in his prayer stool, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (c. 1900). A mufti (/ ˈ m ʌ f t i /; Arabic: مفتي, listen ⓘ) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion on a point of Islamic law (). The act of issuing fatwas is called iftāʾ. Muftis and their fatwas played an important role throughout Islamic history, taking on new roles in the modern era.
Although the words Maulvi, Maulvi and Maulana are interchangeable in the Indian subcontinent as a title of respect, Maulana is more often associated with formal qualification following study at a madrasa or darul uloom whereas Maulvi is usually more a general title for religious figures.
Imam Hussain ya Hazrat Husain Bolna Chahiye? | Maulana Talk | Imam Hussain is a figure of great reverence in both Shia and Sunni Islam. He was the grandson o
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difference between maulana and imam