The Muslim 100: Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Influential Muslims | Islamic Leaders and Muslim Role Models

The Muslim 100 | Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Influential Muslims in Islam profiles the lives of 100 of the most influential figures in Islamic history, spanning scholars, leaders, thinkers, scientists, and reformers. The book provides insights into their intellectual contributions, moral character, and societal impact.

Each profile includes biographical details, major achievements, and reflections on the individual’s significance in shaping Islamic thought and civilization. The book explores how these figures influenced fields such as theology, philosophy, governance, science, literature, and social reform.

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• Muhammad Mojlum Khan

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THE
MUSLIM
The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of the Most Influential Muslims in History
Muh
had Mojlum Khan
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Contents
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1. Prophet Muhammad
2. Umar ibn al-Khattab
3. Ali ibn Abi Talib
4. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
5. Uthman ibn Affan
6. Aishah bint Abi Bakr
7. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
8. Khalid ibn al-Walid
9. Husayn ibn Ali
10. Abu Hurairah
II. Fatimah bint Muhammad
12. Bilal ibn Rabah
13. Al-Bukhari
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Prophet Muhammad (b.570 - d.632)
HE WAS BORN an orphan and was brought up in the Arabian village of Ta'if (now a city located in the southwest of Saudi Arabia). He was subsequently raised in the town of Makkah by his extended family. He worked as a shepherd and a merchant, and never set a foot inside a school or college and was known to have been ummi, or an unlettered man. He came to be known to his fellow countrymen for his absolute honesty, impeccable character and strong sense of justice and fair play so much so that they fondly called him al-amin (the trustworthy) and al-sadiq (the truthful). He led a hitherto uneventful life without in any way showing the signs of the great man that he was to be. Arabia was not necessarily known for rearing men of universal appeal and renown. His birth put an end to that drought and, for the first time in. their history, the Arab descendants of the great patriarch, Abraham (Ibrahim), had something they could truly celebrate: the birth of the most influential man ever to walk on the earth. His name means the 'praiseworthy one'.
To some Arabs, history actually began in 570, the year in which their greatest son was born into the noble Makkan tribe of Quraysh. A direct descendant of Ishmael (Ismail), the father of the Semitic Arab race, he single- handedly dragged the Arab people from being a footnote of human history to be the founders of one of history's greatest civilisations. More importantly, he accomplished such an unprecedented feat without any wherewithal. Caesar (b. cir. 100-d. 44 BCE) had the pomp and power of Rome; Alexander (b. 356-d. 323BCE) had a mighty army; Heraclius (b. cir. 575-d. 641CE) had immense wealth and resources, while Napoleon (b. 1769-d. 1821) was trained at a military academy; but he had none of these things. He started with nothing but ended up with the whole world. That was the greatness of the man called Muhammad, history's most incomparable religious- cum-political genius.
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Al-Biruni (b.973 - d.1051)
THE PROPHET OF Islam always encouraged his followers to seek knowl- edge from the cradle to grave, to which end he made the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom a compulsory obligation upon all Muslims, both male and female. The Qur'anic verses as well as the Prophet's sayings and exhortations, there- fore, generated tremendous interest, enthusiasm and love for learning and education within the early Muslim community and this, in turn, prompted the early Muslim scholars, thinkers and writers to devote their entire lives to the pursuit, acquisition and dissemination of knowledge. 'Knowledge', aid the blessed Prophet, is the lost property of the believer, so let him pick it up wherever he finds it. Very few Muslim scholars and thinkers followed this Prophetic advice more rigorously and resolutely than the industrious and unusually gifted al-Biruni.
Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni was born near the city of Khwarazm in the Central Asian province of Khurasan. As the birthplace of some of Islam's greatest scholars, thinkers and scientists (including the great Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi), Khurasan at the time was a very large and thriving province. Though his real name was Muhammad, he became famous by his surname, al-Biruni. Born and brought up in an intellectu- ally friendly environment, young al-Biruni pursued his early education in Arabic and Persian languages, before receiving training in traditional Islamic sciences, literature and the physical sciences.
From an early age, he became interested in mathematics and the physi- cal sciences. Besides acquiring knowledge of the religious sciences under the guidance of prominent local scholars, for many years al-Biruni studied the physical sciences under the tutelage of notable authorities like Abu Nasr al- Mansur ibn Ali (b. 970-d. 1036), who was not only a distinguished astronomer and mathematician of his time, but also a prominent student of the renowned
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MUSLIM 100
provides a highly readable, fascinating and equally inclusive exploration of over 1500 years of Islamic history, culture and civilisation through the lives and works of 100 most influential Muslims. Beginning with the Prophet of Islam in the early seventh century and concluding with Muhammad Ali in the twentieth century, this remarkable and encyclopaedic work unfolds the extraordinary contributions and achievements of some of Islam's most influential and enduring personalities. For anyone interested in acquiring an intimate, interdisciplinary and multidimensional view of Islam as a global faith and culture through its kings and rulers, theologians and scholars, generals and I sportsmen, architects and scientists, writers and poets, preachers and mystics, and many others--this is the book for you.
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Muhammad Mojlum Khan is an award-winning British writer, literary critic and research scholar. He has published more than 200 essays and articles worldwide. He is the author of several internationally acclaimed books including The Muslim Heritage of Bengal (2013). Great Muslims of the West: Makers of Western Islam (2017) and Muslims in British India: Life and Times of Nawab Abdul Latif C.I.E. (forthcoming). He is a Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Member of The Royal Historical Society and Founding Director of Bengal Muslim Research Institute UK. www.muhammadmojlumkhan.com ISBN 978-1-84774-176-9 US$24.95
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"The Muslim 100 is of immeasurable value. Like a mini-encyclopaedia, Khan's book provides succinct biographies with innovative insights...This book will be especially useful for public libraries."
THE PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, NEW YORK, USA.
"The Muslim 100 has filled a gap in
modern Islamic authorship."
THE MUSLIM NEWS, LONDON, UK.
"Bold in its assertions, encyclopaedic in its scope and monumentally effective in its approach, this book will inform, inspire and stimulate its readers, and also generate much discussion and debate in
the Muslim world and the West." HAJJ AND UMRA MAGAZINE, MINISTRY OF HAJJ, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA.