Hidayah is an Arabic word meaning guidance. It is commonly spelled as hidaya, hedaya, and (in its Persian form) hedayat.
Hidayah may also refer to:
Bahya ben Joseph ibn Paquda, c. 1050–1120, was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived at Zaragoza, Al-Andalus. He was one of two people now known as Rabbeinu Behaye, the other being Bible commentator Bahya ben Asher.
The adhan, also variously romanized as adhaan, athan/athaan, adhane, ajan/ajaan, azan/azaan, adzan/adzaan, and ezan/ezaan, among other languages, is the first Islamic call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin at prescribed times of the day in a mosque, traditionally from a minaret.
Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith, author of Fatawa-e-Rashidiya. His lineage reaches back to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari.
Batu Berendam is a small town in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, Malaysia.
Sibt al-Maridini, full name Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū ʿAbd Allāh Badr [Shams] al‐Dīnal‐Miṣrī al‐Dimashqī, was an Egyptian-born astronomer and mathematician. His father came from Damascus. The name "Sibt al-Maridini" means "the son of Al-Mardini's daughter". His maternal grandfather, Abdullah al-Maridini, was a reputed astronomer of the eighth century AH. He was a disciple of the astronomer Ibn al-Majdi, according to tradition.
The Al Hidayah Mosque is a mosque located in Section 18, along Jalan Pinang 18/1 in Shah Alam, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It also houses Tadika Islam Al Hidayah in its compound. The word 'Tadika' means kindergarten in English.
The Al-Hidaya Mosque massacre occurred on April 19, 2008, when Ethiopian soldiers reportedly killed 21 people in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The surname Hedayat is used by different families of Middle East origins. In Iran when referring to that family name without further specification, it mostly refers to one prominent family originating from Mazanderan in Northern Iran. Notable people from this family include:
Burhān al-Dīn Abu’l-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Abī Bakr bin ‘Abd al-Jalīl al-Farghānī al-Marghīnānī (1135-1197) was an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. He was born in Marghinan near Farghana. He died in 1197. He is best known as the author of al-Hidayah, which is considered to be one of the most influential compendia of Hanafi jurisprudence (fiqh).
Al-Hidayah fi Sharh Bidayat al-Mubtadi, commonly referred to as al-Hidayah, is a 12th-century legal manual by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, which is considered to be one of the most influential compendium of Hanafi jurisprudence (fiqh). It has been subject of numerous commentaries. The book played a key role in the development and amalgamation of Islamic and British law known as Anglo-Muhammadan law.
Hidayat al-Mutaʽallemin fi al-Ṭibb is a medical guide written in Persian. The author is Abu Bakr Rabee Ibn Ahmad Al-Akhawyni Bokhari.
Abu Bakr Rabee Ibn Ahmad Al-Akhawyni Bokhari was a Persian physician and surgeon the author of the Hidayat al-Muta`allemin Fi al-Tibb, the oldest document in the history of Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM). He lived during the Golden Age of Iranian-Islamic medicine and his book was used as a reference text for medical students long after his death. Al-Akhawyni Bokhari wrote about anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, signs, symptoms, treatment of the disease and surgery of tumors, urine stones, eyes, knee, bones, ... his time. His reputation was based on the treatment of patients with mental illnesses.
The Awdiinle Massacre was a massacre of over three hundred Somali civilians carried out by Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia as part of the African Union Mission to Somalia on Sunday July 17, 2016. The massacre occurred in the village of Awdiinle, 30 km west of Baidoa.
Ikhsaniyyah Mosque, or better known as Batu Mosque (Stone Mosque) is the oldest mosque in the city of Jambi, Jambi province in Indonesia. The mosque is located on the opposite side of the city center of Jambi which is divided by the Batanghari river, and specifically in the area of Olak Kemang, Teluk Teluk District.
Bidayat al Hidayah was written by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī during his last days. It is a guidebook describing the principles of getting guidance through taqwa. The manual is concise and arranged in the form of a daily programme. The book contains three sections, which are on the obedience, refraining from disobedience, and the etiquette of companionship with the God and His creation. It serves as a preface to his major texts.
Nur al-Din al-Sabuni also written as Nuraddin as-Sabuni, was a 12th century theologian within the Maturidite school of Sunni Islam, and author of Al-Bidayah min al-Kifayah fi al-Hidayah fi Usul al-Din, a summary of Islamic creed of his more comprehensive work al-Kifayah.
Akmal al-Din al-Babarti, was a Hanafi scholar, jurist, scholastic Maturidi theologian, mufassir, muhaddis, grammarian (nahawi), an eloquent orator, and prolific author with more than 40 works to his name.
Shah Mohammad Muhibbullah Babunagari is a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, Politician and Academician. He is the current and 3rd Amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Rector of Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar. He also held leading positions in Islami Oikya Jote, Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh and Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh. He is considered one of the pioneers of Deoband movement in Bangladesh.
Amir Afsahaddin Hidayatullah Bey, better known by his pen name Hidayat, was a 15th-century poet and statesman who served under the Aq Qoyunlus. His only surviving work is a divan in Azerbaijani.
