In his attack, Ibn Jubayr decried the "Iraqization" of the leadership and questioned whether the militants’ caliph, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, is powerless and effectively excluded from decision-making.

Ibn Jubayr also details the challenges faced by pilgrims and the administrative aspects of their journey, including the exploitation of pilgrims in Jeddah. His accounts offer valuable insights into ...

Ibn Jubayr, growing frustrated, said, “I hope you will excuse me from my position as a judge, for I can no longer bear to hear these complaints.” Al-Thaqafi replied, “The Qur’an is the Book of God, ...

Ibn Jubayr is said to have climbed inside and commented on its splendid design. The basic layout and design language of the mosque would heavily influence mosques later constructed in Egypt, North ...

ALL through the millennium, Muslims have made the Haj pilgrimage. Abu al-Husayn ibn Jubayr went to Mecca from Spain in 1184. Much that he recorded was as it is today: Pilgrims were arriving from ...

Explore the significance of offering private advice to rulers in Islamic teachings through the authentic hadith narrated by Sa‘eed ibn Jubayr and Ibn ‘Abbaas. This hadith emphasizes the importance of ...

There was once a devout Muslim named Ibn Jubayr who, in effect, reversed the first miracle of Christianity by converting wine into water. I thought about him while mooching down the River Lea in east ...