Bani Isra'il
بَنُو إِسرَائيلDefinition
The Children of Israel — the descendants of Ya'qub (Israel). Their long story dominates the second half of Vol 1: Yusuf in Egypt, the enslavement under Pharaoh, Musa's mission, the exodus, the wilderness, and the entry into the Holy Land.
As understood in the classical tradition of Ibn Kathir and the scholars of his school.
How the scholars use Bani Isra'il.
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"It is said that he pronounced the talbiya when he entered Jerusalem. He prayed in it the greeting of the mosque at the prayer-niche of David, and the next morning he led the Muslims in the dawn prayer there, reciting in the first unit Surat Sad, prostrating in it with the Muslims, and in the second Surat Bani Isra'il. Then he came to the Rock and sought guidance to its location from Ka'b al-Ahbar. Ka'b advised him to put the mosque behind it, and he said, "You have imitated the Jews.""
— Ibn Kathir, Umar ibn al-Khattab
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