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• The concept of “Al-Insan al-Kamil” (Perfect Man) is presented by Ibn Arabi.
• He was a famous Sufi scholar and philosopher.
• He is known as “Sheikh-e-Akbar” (The Greatest Sheikh).
• His writings deeply influenced Islamic mysticism (Tasawwuf).

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• The Great Mosque of Damascus is also known as the Umayyad Mosque.
• It was built by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walīd I between 705 and 715 CE.
• It is located in the old city of Damascus.
• It is the capital of Syria.
• It is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world.
• The mosque opened in 715 AD.

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• Author: Ibn Rushd
• Field: Fiqh (Islamic Law)
• Style: Comparative jurisprudence
• Region: Al-Andalus (Spain)
• Known as: Averroes in the West

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• Masjid al-Qiblatain is located in Medina.
• It is where Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) changed the direction of prayer (Qibla) from Masjid al-Aqsa to Masjid al-Haram
• During the Zuhr prayer.
• The mosque has two domes and two minarets.
• It was founded by Sawad ibn Ghanam ibn Ka'ab and first opened in 1987.
• It is traditionally believed to have been built by Abraham and Ishmael.

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• Masjid al-Khayf is located in Mina, near Makkah.
• The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) offered prayers here and delivered a sermon during Hajjat al-Wada (10 AH).
• In this mosque almost 70 Prophets are buried.

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Kufa (Al-Kufah) was one of several amsar (garrison cities) founded by the Rashidun Caliphate outside the Arabian Peninsula.

It was established in Iraq in 638 AD by order of Caliph Umar Ibn al-Khattab.

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Ibn Battuta (1304–1368) was a Moroccan scholar and explorer who is widely recognized as one of the greatest travelers in history.

Over a period of nearly 30 years starting in 1325.

He traveled approximately 75,000 miles (117,000 km).

He covering almost the entire Islamic world (Dar al-Islam) and beyond.

His journeys took him through North Africa, West Africa, Southern and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and China.

His accounts were later compiled into a famous travelogue titled the Rihla.

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Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a pioneering North African scholar often referred to as the father of modern sociology, historiography, and economics.

His most famous work, the Al-Muqaddimah (The Introduction).

It was written in 1377 as the preface to his planned history of the world.

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On a hill overlooking the Spanish city of Granada stands the Alhambra, a palace built by princes belonging to the Muslim Nasrid dynasty (1238–1492) in the 14th century.