Umma

الأمة

Umma.

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Reconciliation and unity efforts

Overview

The single community of believers that transcends races and lands; a central concept in the Qur'an and in Islamic political unity. 1

People and things also explored

The division of the community (al-iftiraq al-ummah)· General kinship among peoples· The covenant of the prophets (confirming and supporting each messenger)· Unity of the Muslim community· Common origin of the message of the prophets· The Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'rana· Letters between Ali and Muawiya after the Camel· Ali's pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr

Sources

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The division of the community (al-iftiraq al-ummah)

The division of the community into sects as Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy raises it: a caller's question on the hadith of the seventy-three groups, his distinction between community and sect, and his call to unity and charitable judgement, with the figures and some sayings not sourced in the recording.