Ahmad ibn Hanbal Essays

  • The Four Main Schools of Muslim Law

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    decisions. For instance, they believe a woman has a right to make her own financial decisions. As one of the most widely supported groups, Hanafi’s have greatly influenced the establishment of other legal schools. The Maliki School named after Malik Ibn Anas, took a more conservative view in regards to the rights of women, and was highly influenced by the Hadith. Similar to the Hanafi School, the Maliki School relies a lot of personal reasoning and rationality. What really distinguishes the Maliki

  • Comparing Eaters Of The Dead And The 13th Warrior

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    The 13th Warrior is a 1999 film adaptation of Michael Crichton’s book “Eaters of the Dead”. The film follows Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan (played by the arguably well-casted Antonio Banderas) during his legendary travels with the Vikings, and combines elements of his manuscripts with a retelling of the epic 8th-11th century Scandinavian poem “Beowulf”. The film begins with Ibn Fahdlan describing a romantic affair between him and an important Baghdadi official’s wife. He is banished from the kingdom and eventually

  • Comparing Beowulf and Michael Crichton's The 13th Warrior

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    Beowulf, the writer of the “The 13th Warrior” used his creativity to fabricate a new story. To start off, “The 13th Warrior” is seen through the eyes of Antonio Banderas’ character, Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, while Beowulf told the story of Beowulf from a third person point of view. The protagonists, Beowulf (Beowulf), and Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan (“The 13th Warrior”) are of different ethnic groups; Beowulf is Swedish and Ahmed is Arabic. In “The 13th Warrior” groups of men fight the evil which is in the form of men dressed

  • Similarities Between Beowulf And The 13th Warrior

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    Beowulf and The 13th Warrior: Exposing true Anglo-Saxon warriors battle. When thinking about epic heroes people mostly have different type of images. Some might think of achieving small tasks is being a hero. Others might think of heroes that are powerful. Similar to what some people think today the Anglo-Saxon also beloved in heroes that are strong, famous and successful. For them it was Beowulf that they admired and thought of him as a hero. Equivalent to Beowulf The 13th Warriors were also

  • Eaters Of The Dead

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    knowledge is essential in order to keep one’s culture alive. A good proof of this is the lack of knowledge of Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, the narrator of the story. He is an Arab who "knows nothing of the ways of the world" (p. 77) because he has never truly experienced the world before that day, since he does not care for adventure. Having no experience with the world and having no knowledge, Ibn Fadlan slowly learns the Northmen’s way of life. In the end, felt he "had been born a Northman"

  • Permissibility Of Khiyar Al-Syart

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    on 2 reasons. The first reason is Prophet accepted and sanctioned it. It is reported that Habban ibn Monqidh ibn ‘Amr was a feeble man who had been injured badly in the head. The Prophet (PBUH) gave him the choice in purchase for three days. And as he found difficulty in speaking, the Prophet (PBUH) told him to say in conducting a sale. ”la khilabah” (no

  • My idol in my life

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    Prophet Muhammad S.A.W have said “Constantinople would fall into the hands of Islam. Leaders who conquer it, is the best of leaders and the troops under his command is the best of troops.” (Narrated by Ahmad bin Hanbal).The first warrior of Muslim has success to conquering Constantinople the great city. Who is the person? I’ll tell you. He is Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh. Today I am going to talk about “ The conquer of Constantinople”, The greatness of “ The conquer of Constantinople” and Last but not

  • Islam has Raised the Status of Women

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    "The dowry, previously regarded as a bride-price paid to the father, became a nuptial gift retained by the wife as part of her personal property" (Fanar). This quote sums up the transition of women from being property to an individual person. Women used to be sold and purchased, but Islam raised the status of the women within a society that never thought much of the female. In the past, certain societies believed marriage was nothing more than a status symbol. Women were thought of producing children

  • Islam: Its History, Sects, and Pillars

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    Islam is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion alongside Judaism and Christianity. It is currently the second largest religion in the world today. Its beliefs come from the Qur'an which literally means "the recitation" which is believed to be a literal transcription of the word of God. Its main prophet is named Muhammad who began Islam by speaking with the angel Gabriel in a cave during his meditation and then acting as an instrument of God to help write the Qur’an. Muhammad then spread Islam to

  • Sanctity Of Human Life Essay

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    “We [the Islamic and Catholic faiths] share a special reverence for life. For Catholics this is often summarized under the expression ’the sanctity of human life’, which includes respect for the life and dignity of every human being...Muslims fully agree with this…” (Extract from the Joint statement on the Cairo conference on population and development by the American Muslim Council and the United States Catholic Bishops Conference.) The sanctity of human life is the belief that life is precious