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Ijaza (teaching licence)

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Ijaza (teaching licence)

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Worship and the pillars

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The teacher's licence to a student to transmit a book or a knowledge; a unique Islamic system of accreditation that preserved the chain of transmission across the centuries.

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Prayer in early Islam before the Night Journey· Command, prohibition and capacity· The days of Tashriq· The five pillars of Islam· The lawful, the unlawful and the doubtful· Imam (prayer leader)· Islam (the religion and the term)· The no-harm maxim

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Prayer in early Islam before the Night Journey

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