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Muhammad Shah (born Awangku Alak Betatar; died c. 1402) [ 1] established the Sultanate of Brunei and was its first sultan, from 1368 to his death in 1402. [ 3][ 1] The genealogy of Muhammad Shah remains unclear. [ 4][ 3] He converted to Islam in the 14th century and assumed the name Sultan Muhammad Shah.
Malikussaleh. Sultan Malikussaleh ( Arabic: الملك الصالح, ALA-LC: Sultan al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ; Acehnese: Malik ul Saleh, Malikus Saleh; literal meaning: "the pious king" / "the pious ruler") is an Acehnese who established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai in the year 1267. His original name was Mara Silu, Merah Silu, or ...
Islam is Brunei 's official religion, 82.70 percent of the population is Muslim, [ 1] mostly Sunnis of Malay, Arab and Indian origin who follow the Shafi'i school (76%) Hanafi and Maliki school (6%) of jurisprudence. [citation needed] Most of the other Muslim groups are Malay Kedayans (converts from indigenous tribal groups), local Chinese and ...
Sunni Islam. Zainal Abidin ( Jawi: زين العابدين ); born Tidore Wonge ( تدوري وڠي ) or Gapi Buta ( ݢاڤي بوت )) was the 18th or 19th ruler of the Ternate Sultanate of Maluku, located in modern-day Indonesia. His life is only described in sources dating from the 16th century or later. [1]
Twelver Shi'ism. The Twelve Imams ( Arabic: ٱلْأَئِمَّة ٱلْٱثْنَا عَشَر, al-ʾAʾimmah al-ʾIthnā ʿAšar; Persian: دوازده امام, Davâzdah Emâm) are the spiritual and political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, including that of the Alawite and Alevi. [ 1]
v. t. e. The Wali Songo (also transcribed as Wali Sanga, English: Nine Saints) are revered saints of Islam in Indonesia, especially on the island of Java, because of their historic role in the spread of Islam in Indonesia. The word wali is Arabic for "trusted one" or "friend of God" ("saint" in this context), while the word sanga is Javanese ...
The Hijrah ( Arabic: الهجرة hijra, originally 'a severing of ties of kinship or association' [ 1][ 2] ), also Hegira (from Medieval Latin ), was the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina. [ 3][ 4] The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar Hijri [ a] and ...
Unlike contemporary scholarship, which relied on traditions and historical narratives from early Islam, Ibn Taymiyya's methodology was a mixture of the selective use of hadith and a literal understanding of the Quran. [226] [227] He rejected most philosophical approaches to Islam and proposed a clear, simple and dogmatic theology instead. [226]