Marie Curie was the first woman to win Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and in 1911 for Chemistry together with her husband, the first person and only woman to win the Nobel prize twice.

She was the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two different scientific fields.

Marie Curie and Pierre Curie both were husband and wife.


Pierre Curie once said:

“Only thirty books are left to us from Andalusia and we broke atom into pieces. If we had half of the burnt one million books now, we could travel between different galaxies now”.

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♦️One of the best biographies you will read on Ibn Hazm from the top scholar Muntasir Billah al-Kettanī, who was a former Muhadith of the Haramayn. (grandfather of Shaykh Hassan and Hamza Kettanī).

Shaykh Muntasir wrote this book on the collection of Fiqh opinions of ibn Hazm. He wrote a biography of ibn Hazm in his book which is amazing. Full of details of ibn Hazm his way in Fiqh and Hadith. It will help you understand how ibn Hazm was as a scholar and why the Ulama afterwards respected him.

Here is what some of what the Shaykh Muntasir said (May Allah have mercy on him):

“Imam ibn Hazm, a man from the Ummah. Ummah from a man. He is a Mufasir with the Mufasirīn, a Muhadith with the Muhadithin, a Hafidh with the Hufafh, Fiqhi with the Fuqaha, Muqari with the Muqariīn, an Usooli with the Usooliīn, a Mutakalim with the Mutakalmīn, a Filusi (Philosopher) with the Fulāsa (Philosophers), a Zāid (Ascetic) with the Zuhhad, an Abd (Slave) with the Aubbad, a Daiī to Allah from the Du’ah, an Adīb (well-mannered) with the Adbā’a, a Laghawi (linguistic) with the Laghwiīn, a Kātib (writer) with the Kutāb, a Shā’ir (poet) with the Shu’arā’a, a Khatīb (speaker) with the Khutabāa, a Muarrikh (Historian) with the Muarrikhīn, a Ruays (leader) from the Ru’sāa, a Wazīr from the Wazarā, a Hākim (wise) with Hukkām.”

Shaykh Muntasir al-Kettanī also mentioned about ibn hazm in his bio about his way of understanding fiqh of Ahlul-Bayt, the Sahaba, the Tābi’īn, his manners, explaining why he wrote al-Muhala, etc.

Here is a PDF of the book:

https://ia902706.us.archive.org/26/items/WAQ122853/122853.pdf

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Short bio of a Sicilian scholar from the book, Tartīb al-Madārik, biographies of Maliki scholars Qahdi Iyādh.

Includes many many Maliki scholars from al-Andalus as well.

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♦️Bab Okla, Tétouan.

Built by Andalusian descendants , the Bab Okla was built around 10th Century Hijrah (16th Century), around 400 years ago.

It is considered one of the seven main gates of the City of Tétouan. In the past, it was known as, ‘the Gate of the Sea’, due to the gate being on the way of the Mediterranean Sea.

📷Pics taken in the year 1440 AH.

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Ibn Hazm al-Andalusī:

Despair has a truly astonishing effect on the soul: it chills the heart’s passion in a remarkable way.

🕊Ring of the Dove

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Manuscript of Āhadith of Bukharī from al-Andalus from the year 825 A.H (1422).

Credit from Shaykh Abd Allah at-Tourāti at-Tetuanī (Twitter account: https://twitter.com/taourati1).

He is an expert of manuscripts and does an amazing job publishing new Andalusian books for Dar al-Kettaniyyah publications.

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♦️Imām al-Qurtubī said commenting on the verse:

وَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ بَيْضَاءُ لِلنَّاظِرِينَ -

And he drew out his hand, and behold! it was white (with radiance) for the beholders.7:108

وكان موسى أسمر شديد السمرة

Musa was of a very brown (dark) complexion.

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♦️The city of Taroudant.

This city also known as, “little Marrakesh” is known to be one of the oldest cities in Morocco with much rich history and heritage.

Under the rule of the Almoravids (also known famously in Arabic as, al-Murātibūn), the state with its territory stretching from Al-Andalus to southern Morocco, briefly helped made the city of Tarodant become a place of administration.

The Amīr, Yoūsef Ibn Tashfīn who unified the Muslims in Al-Andalus helped established this city with its construction and it’s architectural land.

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al-Muwata written Andalusian script from around 700-800 Hijiri (13/14th century). Origin could be from al-Andalus or North Africa.

45 folios and costs 19,700 Euros/17,000 British pounds.

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