Names and honorifics

Family: Religion and custom · 4 entries

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Concept

• The Prophet's lineage and its three parts

  al-Raheeq al-Makhtum divides the Prophet's lineage into three parts: one agreed on by the sira and genealogy scholars, up to Adnan; one disputed, between those who suspend judgement and those who affirm it, from Adnan up to Ibrahim; and one that certainly contains unsound matter, from Ibrahim up to Adam.

• Optimism (tafaul)

  Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy holds that Islam rests on optimism, in contrast with the pessimism of the Arabs before Islam, that the Qur'an and the Sunna push towards optimism against despair, and that the Muslim is optimistic by nature.

• Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add

  The Prophet's ban on pressing the lineage beyond Ma'add — a stop imposed by the span of time and the quarrel of versions, which al-Mas'udi documents from four divergent witnesses.

Screening Room

• The 99

  The animated series based on Naif al-Mutawa's comic of superheroes inspired by the names of God — the first global Muslim superhero franchise.

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