 The articles of the law, or, in other terms, the commandments and prohibitions of God, were then borne (not in books but) in the hearts of men, who knew that these maxims drew their origin from the Book of God and from the practice (sunnah) of the Prophet...  Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary - Page viby Ibn Khallikān - 1843Full view - About this book
 | William Hook Morley - 1850 - 1080 pages
...origin from the Book of God, and from the practice (Sunnah) of the Prophet himself. The people at that time consisted of Arabs, wholly ignorant of the mode...state; and, during that period, the designation of Kurrá (readers) was applied to those who, being not totally devoid of learning, knew by heart and... | |
 | Simon Somerville Laurie - 1895 - 458 pages
...Ibn Khallikan (who wrote his biographical dictionary in the thirteenth century) says, ' the people consisted of Arabs wholly ignorant of the mode by...composing works and of the means by which knowledge is enrogistered.' (Introd. to vol. ii.) While this was so, we must still allow a certain educative effect... | |
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