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Swimming (awm) and the instruction to learn it

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In the lexicon, awm is swimming, and a 'awwam is one skilled in it; the technical sense does not differ 1. Swimming is among the skills Islam urged, with horsemanship and archery, to strengthen the body and drive away idleness; a report from Ibn 'Umar urges teaching children to swim 1.

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In the lexicon, awm is swimming, and a 'awwam is one skilled in it; the technical sense does not differ 1. Swimming is among the skills Islam urged, with horsemanship and archery, to strengthen the body and drive away idleness; a report from Ibn 'Umar urges teaching children to swim 1.

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  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.11945
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islam.museum contributors. “Swimming (awm) and the instruction to learn it”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/awm/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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Land taken by force in war ('anwa) and its legal status

In the lexicon, 'anwa is overpowering and seizure by force; as a term among the jurists it is what is taken from land in war by force and conquest, as against land taken by treaty. The jurists agree that movables taken in war are part of the spoils; they differ on land taken by force. The Hanafis hold that the imam chooses between dividing it and leaving its people on it for a land tax (kharaj), so that the army does not own it. The Malikis hold, in the preferred view, that it becomes an endowment for the Muslims. The Shafi'is hold that a fifth goes to the purposes named in the Qur'anic verse on spoils and the rest is divided among the fighters, unless they give it up for the public interest. The details are treated under «ghanima».