Al-Farooq (title)
Al-farooq (Arabic: الفاروق, discriminator) is the title called to one who distinguished between rights and wrong.
Etymology
According to the Lisān al-'Arab (Arabic dictionary by Ibn Manẓūr) al-Farouq refer to thing that make distinction between two subject and is called to person who distinguished between rights and wrong.[1][2] al-Farooq is translated as ‘’discriminator’’ by Gerald T. Elmore,[3] ‘’ Richard F. Burton’’ [4]
Opinion
Sunni view
According to the Sunni Muslim, Muhammad prophet entitled Omar bin al-Khattab as al-Farooq.[2] The son of Kahn jahan, the minister of Muhammad bin Tughluq pretended Omar bin al-Khattab got this title from Muhammad prophet.[5] Also Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik called him discriminator (al-farooq) [6]
Shia view
Among of shia sources there is Hadithes belonged to Muhammad prophet who entitled Ali ibn Abi Talib as al-Farooq.[7] Abu Dhar al-Ghifari and Salman the Persian narrated some of this Hadithes [8] There is some source that emphasized that the people of the book called Omar bin al-Khattab as al-Farooq.[7][9]
See also
- Al-Farooq, modern biography about Umar
- Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque, mosque named for him in Dubai
- Sahaba
- Farooqi
- Umar ibn Al-Khattāb, television series
- Alevi
- Ali in the Quran
- Birthplace of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- List of expeditions of Ali during Muhammad's era
- Sunni view of Ali
- Wali
- Zulfiqar
References
- ^ Ibn Manẓūr. Lisān al-'Arab. p. 303.
- ^ a b Mohammed Jabar (1 November 2014). Islam and the West: A Rational Perspective. Memoirs Publishing. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-86151-298-7.
- ^ Elmore, Gerald T. Islamic Sainthood in the Fullness of Time: Ibn Al-Arabi's Book of the Fabulous Gryphon. Brill Academic Pub; annotated edition edition. p. 283. ISBN 978-9004109919.
- ^ Burton, Richard F. Arabian Nights. Cosimo Classics. p. 99. ISBN 978-1605205786.
- ^ Bibliotheca Indica. Baptist Mission Press,.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Schroeder, Eric. Muhammad's People: An Anthology of Muslim Civilization. Dover Publications. p. 231. ISBN 978-0486425023.
- ^ a b Mesbah Yazdi, Mesbah Yazdi. quarter of arrogancزینهار از تکبر. Vol. 1. p. 217.
{{cite book}}: Check|first1=value (help); External link in|title= - ^ Ameli, jafar morteza. Ṣaḥīḥ of Biography of Imam Ali. Vol. 14. p. 156.
{{cite book}}: External link in|title= - ^ Wheeler, Brannon. Prophets in the Quran: An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 358. ISBN 978-0826449573.