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Umm al-Qura (mother of settlements)

Cited in 2 segments across 1 recording · 2019 · term/term:umm-al-qura

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17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Who was Qusayy ibn Kilab and where was he raised? Mufti proposes that Petra shaped early Islam through the Prophet's great-grandfather Qusayy, who was raised as a foreigner in Wadi al-Qura, which Mufti Abu Layth identifies with Petra. Qusayy's name means 'little stranger', and his longing for belonging drew him back to Makkah. Lessonposition checkedQusayy ibn KilabKilabRabi'a, Qusayy's stepfather [?]Zuhra, Qusayy's brother [?] machine5 min 16 s5:15on YouTube
17 Dec 2019From the Mind of a Mufti Why did the earliest mosques face Petra instead of Makkah? Most likely, he says, because Muslims inherited Nabataean devotion sites already aligned to Petra's constellation, so Gibson is right about the measurements but wrong that Petra was Makkah. Makkah was called Umm al-Qura, he suggests, after Petra's name, brought by Qusayy. Lessonposition checkedDan GibsonPatricia Cronethe NabataeansQusayy ibn Kilab machine3 min 31 s18:21on YouTube