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Al-Qibt (the Copts)

الأقباط

Al-Qibt are the Copts of Egypt before Islam; the hadith foretells «a land where the qirat is spoken of will be conquered for you — when you take it, treat its people well, for they have protection and kinship», and from them came Maria the Copt, mother of the Prophet ﷺ's son Ibrahim, and al-Muqawqis her master 1 2 3.

Depth

At a glance

Era
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia

Family, marriage and kinship

Summary

Al-Qibt are the Copts of Egypt before Islam; the hadith foretells «a land where the qirat is spoken of will be conquered for you — when you take it, treat its people well, for they have protection and kinship», and from them came Maria the Copt, mother of the Prophet's son Ibrahim, and al-Muqawqis her master 1 2 3.

Lineage and home

في النصوص: يذكر أهل السيرة الأقباط في صلح الحديبية بعدها في هدايا المقوقس، وفي أمر الفتح: وصية النبي بأهل مصر لذمة ورحم مارية 2 1.

In Islam and history

في التاريخ: الأقباط أهل مصر النصارى؛ منهم مارية أم إبراهيم، وإلى ديارهم صارت الفتوح على يد عمرو بن العاص 3.

For younger visitors

The Copts are the people of Egypt — from them Maria, mother of the Prophet's son Ibrahim.

People and things also explored

Taj Mahal· The Muslim home (al-bayt al-muslim)· Living with a spouse in kindness (mu'ashara bil-ma'ruf)· Male guardianship in the family (qiwama)· Bequest (wasiyya)· The sacrifice for a newborn (aqiqa): its ruling, age, animals and manner· Arham (kinship ties)· Dismissal from office and withdrawal (azl)

Sources

  1. Sahih Muslim
  2. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
  3. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
  • Tarikh al-Rusul wa-l-Muluk — al-Tabari
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Taj Mahal

The mausoleum built by Shah Jahan at Agra for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, begun in 1632 and completed in 1654 according to Brookes, standing at the river edge of its garden above the Yamuna. The Encyclopaedia of Islam calls it the grandest of the Mughal dynastic mausoleums, a brick structure faced in inlaid white marble, and reports the main tomb finished in 1638-1639 and the whole complex in 1643.