"a small cap or the green head wrap alone. In Sudan, large white headdresses connote high social status. In Pakistan the cap is called a topi. Women of Islam do not wear turbans, as it is considered part of a man's dress, while women do cover their hair as part of hijab. When the Jewish High Priest served in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem, he wore a head covering called ""mitznefet"" מִצְנֶפֶת. This word has been translated as ""mitre"" (KJV) or ""headdress"". It was most likely a turban, as the word comes from a root meaning 'to wrap'."
"their names. They also kept two white colored daggers as opposed to a single white one by other Ashraf denoting their superior nobility among the Ashraf. In South Asia, ""ashraf"" designates a major social-status group within the greater Muslim community, namely all Muslims of foreign ancestry. This includes Sayyids and Shaikhs, as well as other Muslims of ""foreign"" ancestry, such as Mughals. Ashraf Ashraf () is a person claiming descent from Muhammad by way of his daughter Fatimah. The word with long ""ā"" in the second system , is the plural of ""sharīf"" ""noble"", from ""sharafa"" ""to be highborn"", but"
"Sharif Sharif (also transliterated Shareef, Sherif, Shareef, Alsharif, Alshareef ( '), or Chérif (Darija: Chorfa)) is a traditional Arab title. The origin of the word is an adjective meaning ""noble"", ""highborn"". The feminine singular is sharifa(h) or shareefa(h) ( '). The masculine plural is Ashraf ( """"). Sunnis in the Arab world reserve the term ""sharif/sherif or shareef"" for descendants of Hasan ibn Ali, while ""sayyid"" is used for descendants of Husayn ibn Ali, Hasan's younger brother. Both Hasan and Husayn are grandchildren of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, through the marriage of his cousin Ali and his daughter Fatima. However,"
"also important to the Sunni sect of Islam. Muhammad's wives were the first women to follow the practice of veiling with a Hijab. Sura 33:53, commonly called the """"hijab"" verse,"" states that if ""believers"" want something from Muhammad's wives, they must ask ""from behind a ""hijab""""; it also forbids ""believers"" from marrying Muhammad's wives after him. Sura 33:32-34 declare that women of prophet are not like other women and so specifies special ettiquettes for them. The Prophet, Muhammad, had four daughters with his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid: Zainab, Umm Kulthum, Ruqayyah, and Fatimah; however, Shias believe Fatima was the only"
"Ashraf Ashraf () is a person claiming descent from Muhammad by way of his daughter Fatimah. The word with long ""ā"" in the second system , is the plural of ""sharīf"" ""noble"", from ""sharafa"" ""to be highborn"", but ""ašhraf"" (), with short ""a"", is the elative of ""sharīf"" meaning ""very noble"", ""nobler"", ""noblest"". Like the ""Sadah"" (plural of Sayyid), Ashraf often take their names from ancestry from Muhammad, Fatima and Ali and have in many Muslim societies ""Ashraf"" evolved into an honorific denoting ""master"" or ""gentry"". More precisely, the Ashraf are descendants of Ali's elder son, Hassan, and the ""Sadah"""
"to Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad. She narrated that once her father visited her home, he had fever and was not feeling well, he asked for a Yemeni cloak which Fatimah brought to him and folded it around him. Later he was joined in that Yemeni cloak by his grandsons Hasan and Hussein, who were followed by their father Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad. Finally Fatimah asked the permission to enter that cloak. When all five of them joined together under the cloak, Muhammad narrated the Qur'anic verse 33:33 to those under the cloak"
"a green turban was forbidden in Shia Islam to anyone but a siyyid—a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah. Mullá Husayn and his two hundred Bábí companions departed from Mashhad for Barfurush on 21 July 1848, and gathered additional followers along the way. On the third day, after a warning from Mullá Husayn about the danger of their mission to free Quddús, twenty members of the party left the group to return home. The group marched under a black banner prepared by Mullá Husayn which they raised in reference to the Black Standard, an element of prophecy"
"substantiates the fact that there are different opinions concerning the transmission of the title ""Sayyid"". Another historical opinion of Ottoman Naqib al Ashrafs expresses that children of maternal prophetical descent are called ""Sharif"". However, in 1632 when an Ottoman court challenged a man wearing a ""sayyid"" green turban, he established that he was a ""sayyid"" on his mother's side, and this was accepted by the court. In patriarchal societies, women usually have to assimilate themselves into their husbands status. However, this does not affect female descendants of the prophet, since it is seen as a sacred blood relation. Thus, the"
"Sayyid Sayyid (also spelt Syed, Saiyed, Seyit, Seyd, Said, Sayed, Sayyed, Saiyid, Seyed and Seyyed) ( , ; meaning ""Mister""; plural ) is an honorific title denoting people ( for females) accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his cousin Imam Ali through his grandsons, Imam Hasan ibn Ali and Imam Husayn ibn Ali (combined Hasnain), sons of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and son-in-law Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib). Female ""sayyids"" are given the titles ""Sayyida"", ""Syeda"", ""Alawiyah"" or ""Sharifa"". In some regions of the Islamic world, such as in India, the descendants of Muhammad are given the title"
"other han Syed Muhammad Hamza (Gesudaraz I) is known for the progenitor of several Arab tribes living in Pashtun people areas. Mashwanis The Mashwani () is an Arab origin tribe living in Afghanistan, the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan in Pakistan, Iran and India. Syed Muhammad Masood was the progenitor of the tribe. Mashwanis are descended from the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, through his daughter Fatimah and Ali. Mashwani is said to be one of the sons of Syed Muhammad Hamza (Gesu daraz I) in most of the Persian, Pashto and other historic books. Syed Muhammad (Zafar) was performing Fajr"
"he asked for a Yemeni cloak which Fatimah brought to him and folded it around him. Later he was joined in that Yemeni cloak by his grandsons Hassan and Husayn, who were followed by their father Ali, who was cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad. Finally, Fatimah asked the permission to enter that cloak. When all five of them joined together under the cloak, Muhammad narrated the Quranic verse 33:33 to those under the cloak that all five of them are chosen ones, and he further stated that he wants from God to keep all impurities out of reach and away"
"Fatimah Fatimah bint Muhammad (; """"; born 615 AD, 5 BH – died 28 August 632 ) was the youngest daughter and according to Shia Muslims, the only child of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadijah who lived to adulthood, and therefore part of Muhammad's household. Her husband was Ali, the last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and her children include Hasan and Husayn, the second and third Shia Imams, respectively. She is the object of love and respect of Muslims, as she was the child closest to her father and supported him in his difficulties, was the supporter and"
"the symbolic role during that event. They try to interpret her as an image. This image shows a lighting matter. Some sects such as Nusayrieh believes that the Christians of Najran acknowledge to the place of Fatima as Maryam. Fatimah Fatimah bint Muhammad (; """"; born 615 AD, 5 BH – died 28 August 632 ) was the youngest daughter and according to Shia Muslims, the only child of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadijah who lived to adulthood, and therefore part of Muhammad's household. Her husband was Ali, the last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and her children include"
"Sharif, is a Muslim shrine situated on the left bank of the Dal and is considered to be Kashmir's holiest Muslim shrine. It contains a relic believed by many Kashmiri Muslims to be the ""Moi-e-Muqqadas"", a hair from the head of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. According to legend, the relic was first brought to India by Syed Abdullah, a descendant of Muhammad who left Medina and settled in Bijapur, near Hyderabad in 1635. When Syed Abdullah died, his son, Syed Hamid, inherited the relic. Following the Mughal conquest of the region, Syed Hamid was stripped of his family estates. Finding"
"in its doctrine concerning Jesus (Quran 3:61). Muhammad offered to do the Arabic tradition known as ""Mubahala"", where each conflicting party should cover themselves, and together all parties ask God sincerely to destroy and inflict with curses on the lying party and their families. Muhammad, to prove to them that he is a prophet, brought his daughter Fatimah and his surviving grandchildren, Hasan and Hussain, and Ali ibn Abi Talib and came back to the Christians and said this is my family (""ahl"") and covered himself and his family with a cloak. The Shia believe this authentic hadith proves whom"
"descent. Although not 100% complete in its scope (some lines might have been excluded due to lack of proof, although no false lines are included) the resulting Kitab al-Ashraf (Book of the Sharifs), kept at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul is one of the best sources of evidence of descent from Muhammad. The Alids (the term given to the descendants of Muhammad via his daughter Fatima and Ali) lines of descent produced many once, current (and future) reigning dynasties across the Islamic imperium, amongst these stand: <br> Banu Hashim Banū Hāshim () is a clan in the Quraysh tribe. The"
"Ahl al-Kisa Ahl al-Kisa' ('), or the People of the Cloak, are the Islamic prophet, Muhammad; his daughter, Fatimah; his cousin and son-in-law Ali; and his two grandsons Hassan and Husayn. They are also called Aal al-Aba () and in Persian as Panj-tan Aal-e Aba (, translit.: ""Panj-tan-e Āl-e Abā"") or simply Panj-tan (), meaning the ""Five"". The origin of this belief is found in the ""Hadith of the Event of the Cloak"" and the ""Hadith of Mubahala"". This ""hadith"" is graded authentic by Shia Muslims and Sunnis, however many Sunnis plead a different interpretation. It is one of the"
"Fatima bint Al-Aswad Fatima bint Al-Aswad was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She is notable for being the first Muslim to undergo the ""hudud"" penalty for theft. Fatima was from the Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca. She is also known as Umm Amr bint Sufyan; since Sufyan was the son of Al-Aswad ibn Abdulasad, it appears that Al-Aswad was actually her grandfather. His brother Abu Salama was therefore her grand-uncle. Fatima’s mother was Fatima bint Abduluzza ibn Abi Qays from the Amir ibn Luayy clan, making Huwaytib ibn Abduluzza her maternal uncle. Fatima had two"
"of the Shadhiliyya Sufi order, the twenty-first Khalifa (representative) of Imam Shadhili. She is thus a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Her mother is Sheikha Samira Hamed Dakheel, who belongs to the branch of the Hijazi tribe of Harb that resided in Jeddah. She has a brother, Sheikh Muhammad Ajwad al-Fassi, a lawyer and a sister, Hawazan Ajwad al-Fassi, a poet. Al-Fassi was raised in a family that encouraged her to think independently of school and media ideas about women's rights. She obtained undergraduate degrees in history in 1986 and 1992 from King Saud University (KSU) and a"
"Ghawth after him. His successor is Sayyid ul Sadaat Hazrat Sayyid Mir Jan. Hazrat Ishaan Khwaja Sayyid Mir Khawand Mahmud ibn Sharif Naqshbandi, known as ""Hazrat Ishaan Shah"" ( 1563— 4 November 1642) is a Sufi Saint from Bokhara. Hazrat Ishaan was a Sayyid, a direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima al Zahra and his son in law and cousin Ali ibn Abu Talib. Two paternal Sayyid lineages of him are currently known. From one line he is a direct descendant of the seventh Imam Musa al Kadhim, through his son Ibrahim al Murtadha and"
"male sayids, men who descend from Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah and his son-in-law Ali. In Sunni tradition, Muhammad wore a white kufi (head cap) with a black mana (turban). Many countries use symbols in their flags. There is no specific ""Symbol of Islam,"" just like there is not one Christian nor Hindu, Buddhist, Shinto (etc.) symbol. In some countries, a star inside a crescent moon is used as a symbol —but this was the Ottoman Empire's and later adopted much more widely in the Muslim world. Religious flags with inscriptions were in use in the medieval period, as shown"
"He is said to have been descended from Prophet Mohammed's daughter Fatimah. Hence the Sheikh belonged to the Ashraf or Sada, titles given to the descendants of the prophet. He married two local women in Somalia that left him eight sons, one of them being Abdirahman (Awal). The descendants of those eight sons are the what is known as Isaaq clan today. The grave of Zubeyr Awal, the eponymous ancestor of the Habar Awal subclan of the Isaaq, is located in Jidali in Sanaag which is about 100 km east of the tomb of his grandfather and founding father of"
"Mashwanis The Mashwani () is an Arab origin tribe living in Afghanistan, the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan in Pakistan, Iran and India. Syed Muhammad Masood was the progenitor of the tribe. Mashwanis are descended from the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, through his daughter Fatimah and Ali. Mashwani is said to be one of the sons of Syed Muhammad Hamza (Gesu daraz I) in most of the Persian, Pashto and other historic books. Syed Muhammad (Zafar) was performing Fajr prayer when his maid came and gave him news about the birth of his son, Syed titled him ""Mashwani"" which means"
"the children of Fatima for I am their father and lineage."" Thus, the descendants of Fatimah were descendants of Muhammad, and part of his Bayt. According to popular Sunni belief, it refers to the household of Muhammad. Shia popular view is the members of Muhammad's family that were present at the incident of Mubahalah. According to Muhammad Baqir Majlisi who compiled Bihar al-Anwar, a collection of ""ahadith"" (, 'accounts', 'narrations' or 'reports'), Chapter 46 Verse 15 (Al-Ahqaf) and Chapter 89 Verses 27-30 (Al-Fajr) of the Qur'an are regarding Al-Husayn. In the year AH 10 (AD 631/32) a Christian envoy from"
"his daughter Fatima. Thus making the Sheikh belong to the Ashraf. Some anthropologists specialized in Somali studies dispute this genealogy and place the Isaaq within an indigenous Somali clan framework belonging to either the Dir or Irrir sub-grouping of the Somali clan family. Sheikh Isaaq married two local women in Somalia that bore him eight sons. The descendants of those eight sons comprise the modern Isaaq clan. Forensic genetic testing of Isaaq clan members inhabiting Djibouti found that all of the individuals belonged to the E-V32 subclade of the paternal haplogroup E1b1b1. Most Isaaq in Djibouti belong to the Habar"
"was Sharif ul-Hāshim of Sulu and another ex-royal family is the Alsagoff Family of Singapore. Sharif Sharif (also transliterated Shareef, Sherif, Shareef, Alsharif, Alshareef ( '), or Chérif (Darija: Chorfa)) is a traditional Arab title. The origin of the word is an adjective meaning ""noble"", ""highborn"". The feminine singular is sharifa(h) or shareefa(h) ( '). The masculine plural is Ashraf ( """"). Sunnis in the Arab world reserve the term ""sharif/sherif or shareef"" for descendants of Hasan ibn Ali, while ""sayyid"" is used for descendants of Husayn ibn Ali, Hasan's younger brother. Both Hasan and Husayn are grandchildren of the"
"decades and was instrumental in helping assemble the scattered sayings of Muhammad that form the Hadith literature for the Sunni branch of Islam. Muhammad's descendants through Fatimah are known as ""sharifs"", ""syeds"" or ""sayyids"". These are honorific titles in Arabic, ""sharif"" meaning 'noble' and ""sayed"" or ""sayyid"" meaning 'lord' or 'sir'. As Muhammad's only descendants, they are respected by both Sunni and Shi'a, though the Shi'a place much more emphasis and value on their distinction. Zayd ibn Haritha was a slave that Muhammad bought, freed, and then adopted as his son. He also had a wetnurse. According to a BBC"
"by observant Muslim women and girls, and required by law for women and girls in certain Muslim countries (Saudi Arabia for example). The Muslim religious dress varies, and various cultures include ""burqa"", ""chador"", ""niqab"", ""dupatta"", or other types of ""hijab"". The religion prescribes modest behaviour or dress in general, and in particular the headscarf worn by Muslim women and girls. Young Sikhs often wear a cloth wrapping to cover their hair, before moving on to the turban. Older Sikhs may wear them as an under-turban. Practical reasons include protection from bad weather and protection against industrial contamination, for example in"
"the liberties of the individual). The tradition of the headscarf itself has been in existence since before the advent of Islam, and depictions of Mary, mother of Jesus, show her wearing a hair covering. It is not explicitly commanded in the Qur'an yet some consider it a part of tradition. The importance assigned to head covering varies, from that of colorful head scarves that do not conceal much hair in sub-Saharan Africa, to head scarves that cover the hair and neck to the extent that it should cover all hair, as worn in much of the world, to cloths that"
"Seyyed, Sayed, Seyed, Syed, Seyd) and Shareef an honorific that denotes he was an accepted descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through both the Imams Hassan and Hussain. His name is also alternatively spelled Sayyid walShareef Abu Bakr ibn Abirin AlHashmi. He was a Najeeb AlTarfayn Sayyid. The genealogy of Sultan Sharif ul-Hashim describes him as a descendant of Muhammad, through his maternal bloodline, Sayyed Zainul Abidin of Hadhramaut, Yemen, who belongs to the fourteenth generation of Hussain, the grandson of Muhammad. Sultan Sharif Ul-Hashim's offspring include his eldest son Sharif Kamal ud-Din who was also his successor as sultan,"
"and Sharif Group, a conglomerate with holdings in agriculture, transport and sugar mills. Sharif is married to Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, who is also of Kashmiri descent. His brother Shehbaz Sharif is the incumbent Chief Minister of Punjab province, while his nephew Hamza Shahbaz Sharif is a member of the National Assembly. Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz is currently the chairperson for the prime minister's youth initiative. Maryam is married to politician Muhammad Safdar Awan. His other daughter, Asma Nawaz, is married to Ali Dar, son of Ishaq Dar, the current finance minister of Pakistan. The personal residence of the Sharif family,"
"Marital life of Fatimah In 623 CE, the Islamic ""Nabī"" (, Prophet) Muhammad told Ali that he was ordered by Allâh (, God) to give his daughter Fatimah to him in marriage. Muhammad said to Fatimah: ""I have married you to the dearest of my family to me."" This family is glorified by Muhammad frequently and he declared them as his ""Ahl al-Bayt"" in events such as Mubahala and hadith like the Hadith of the Event of the Cloak. They were also glorified in the Qur'an in several cases such as ""the verse of purification"". Ali had four children born"
"the heritage uniforms for traders and the general community categories of the prestigious and middle-class, with the exception of religious scholars who have had their special turbans distinctiveness predominately white. The Hijazi turbans with different shapes are the extension of the turban of Islamic prophet Muhammad who lived in Mecca and Madinah. There are several types of ""Ghabanah"", perhaps the most famous is the yellow (Halabi), that made in Aleppo, that characterized by different inscriptions, and wrapped on a dome-like hollow taqiyah somewhat. colorful turbans are the national costume in Oman, and also are common in some regions in south"