Islamic culture and civilization share common beliefs and characteristics rooted in the religion of Islam. Some key aspects include: 1) Muslims share a common culture defined by their religious beliefs and practices, including clothing, food, festivals, and marriage traditions. 2) Islamic architecture has distinctive features like domes, minarets, arched entrances, and repetitive decorative designs without images of animate beings. 3) While many modern Muslim cultural practices are rooted in the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, some traditions have developed over time and are not explicitly mentioned in the Quran.

1. Islamic Culture & Civilization
By: Dr. Muzaffar Ali

2. Islamic Culture
Introduction:
There are over a billion Muslims throughout the world, and they speak hundreds of different l
anguages and live in dozens of different countries, they still share a common Muslim culture.
This culture is embedded in certain common beliefs that there is no God but Allah and that M
uhammad ‫ﷺ‬ is His messenger. Muslim customs and traditions include Islamic/Muslim clothing
, food, wedding traditions and other aspects of Islamic life that Muslims have adopted in their
respective countries.

3. Basic Concept Of Islamic
Culture:

4. History Of Islamic Culture:

5. C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s O f I s l a m i c
C u l t u r e :
The Quran is considered the so
urce of many aspects of Islami
c culture. Certain acts or ritual
s that Muslims do almost subc
onsciously actually fortified, or
allowed by Allah, or mandated
, in the Quran, and by to Holy
Prophet ‫ﷺ‬ in the light of Hadit
h & Seerah.
Festivals and Marriage:
Festivals like Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, Meelad Un Nabi and L
ailat al Miraj are classic examples of the influence of religio
n in the lives of Muslim people. According to Muslim cultur
e, marriage system the basic custom of any civilization, it’s
in the words of Mohammed, 'half of religion'. The bonding
of two souls in holy matrimony is looked upon as a legal bo
nd and social contract. We Should know the ways of each c
ultural custom in the light of Sunnah.

6. Islamic architecture is common in the followin
g features:
 Large courtyards
 Central prayer halls
 Minarets
 A wall niche indicating the direction to Mec
ca
 Domes
 Iwans to separate sections
 Repetitive art forms
 Arabic calligraphy
 Fountains
 Bright color
Art is an important part of Muslim
culture. The abstract, decorative an
d floral designs are unique to Islam
ic art and architecture. Muslim art i
s always devoid of depictions of th
e animate, especially human being
s according to the dictates of Islam
or Muslim religion.

7. Music
(Most important contemporary issue) Islamic music is mostly
played in public services. Devotional music is enjoyed by
contemporary Muslims all over the world. The common
music forms include Arab classical and North Indian classical
music. The Sufis are credited with taking the music of the
mystics far and wide, Like Qawali through Chishti Sofis.

8. Real face of Muslim Customs and Traditions
The Quran does not mention many
practices that are prevalent in the
Muslim world today. Instead, the tr
aditions, sayings, and stories of Pro
phet Muhammad and his compani
ons provided basis for today's tradi
tions and practices that are called t
he Sunnah. Islam is now recognize
d as the second-largest world religi
on. Muslims believe that the Qura
n is the outcome of dialogs betwee
n the God and the Prophet, In real
this Book is Muslims life training sy
llabus. Unfortunately now the stat
us is just admiration the Holy book
.

9. Islamic Civilizatio
n
Introduction:
Some of those who have written about the history of civilization define civilization
as “a social system which helps man to increase his cultural output.”

10. History Of Islamic Civilization:
In the Starting the Muslims were both open
and cautious. The Muslims tolerated
religious minorities within territories they
had conquered so long as these minorities
recognized Islamic political rule, paid taxes,
and did not proselytize among Muslims.
Still, the Muslims were careful to protect
the purity of their religion, language, and
law from any foreign influence. With the
passage of time, and with increased conflict
with both eastern and western Christians,
this protective instinct grew stronger. In the
end, Islamic culture did not penetrate the
west in the same way that Germanic culture
did, but would remain strange as well as
threatening to the West.

11. Characteristics of Islamic
Civilization:

12. Characteristics elements
1. The first characteristic is the fact that i
t is a civilization based on Islamic faith, i
mbued with its values and principles. It is
a monotheistic civilization based on the
belief in the oneness of Allah Almighty, t
he Creator of men and all creatures. It is
also partly a man-made civilization, built
on sturdy religious background of faith.

13. 5. The fifth characteristic is its being a perennial civilization which
will last as long as Islam, because it is based on the very principle
s of Islam which Allah will preserve eternally. Thus, it is a civilizati
on with unique characteristics, a civilization that never withers a
way since it is not a national or a racial civilization nor does it run
counter to human nature.
The Islamic civilization had once headed the march of science an
d knowledge during the Middle Ages which are considered in Eur
ope as the age of darkness while they are an age of enlightenme
nt for our civilization.
4. The fourth characteristic is its being a
well-balanced civilization which secures
fair equilibrium between the materialisti
c and the spiritual sides with exemplary
moderation that has always been a char
acteristic of Islamic thought and a distin
ctive feature of the Islamic civilization th
roughout its history.

14. Contemporary Issue: