Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

Shahrbano was the daughter of the (Iranian) kings and was mother of Ima`m Zayn al-'Abidin, peace be on him. This great ...

According to Sunni Muslims, Muawiya became one of the scribes of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and after the demise of the Prophet, he was appointed by the first caliph, Abu Bakr, as the deputy ...

The first two episodes of Muawiya, an eponymous 30-part Ramadan series about the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, aired over the weekend.

As Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, the first Caliph, decreed: Stop, O people, that I may give you ten rules for guidance on the battlefield. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path.

I will start with the story of the first rightly guided Caliph, Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (573–634 CE). He was the first Caliph of Islam, who was a close friend and trusted companion of the Prophet.

The first caliphate, known as the Rashidun or Orthodox Caliphate, was established in 632 following the death of Muhammad and had four caliphs. The third of these, Uthman ibn Affan, Muhammad’s ...

He was a patron of theological and literary studies, with a particular emphasis on qiraat (Quranic recitation), which is believed to have influenced his name, as one of the greatest qiraat experts was ...

The brutal ‘reign’ of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of IS, self-proclaimed caliph, and the world’s most wanted man, has ended, write Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein.

According to him, Prophet Muhammad had also declared Ali as his heir, but by deceit, Hazrat Abu-Bakr was chosen as the leader in his place.