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- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
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Worship and the pillarsSacred space and pilgrimage
Summary
Rifada in the lexicon is a gift or a support; in the pre-Islamic period Quraysh collected money at the pilgrimage season to feed the pilgrims, the rifada and the water-service belonging to the Banu Hashim, and the keeping of the Ka'ba and the banner to the Banu 'Abd al-Dar. 1 2 Quraysh took pride in these offices, and God rebuked those who made the watering of pilgrims equal to faith in God and the Last Day. 2 Islam allowed the rifada as a kindness to pilgrims and as alms to the poor among them. 2
People and things also explored
The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Al-Aqiq: the valley as a place of ihram and the carnelian stone in law (aqiq)· Hady (animal offered to the Sacred Precinct)· Rulings on the hajj· Hatma' (a sacrificial animal with its front teeth gone: its fitness)· Ihram (the state of consecration for hajj or umra)· Ihsar (being prevented from completing the rite)· The Kaaba and prayer toward it (kaʿba)
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8797
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8798
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islam.museum contributors. “Rifada (the provision for pilgrims, which Quraysh collected in the pre-Islamic period): its meaning, its related posts, and its standing in law”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/rifada-fiqh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.