Whats an ajami?.....

Question

i still dont know wat it is :S

Answer 1

In Arabic it means "Dumb".

Answer 2

i think ppl who are from iran,i guess.

Answer 3

An Iran or Irab look on google or something

Answer 4

another excuse for you to blame abu bakr for everything thats wrong in your life

cry baby

You are a cry baby. You curse sunni and then when poeple curse you you cant take it.

get a heart and some tolerance

Answer 5

I think it means pajamas in a differant language.  

Answer 6

The word “Arab” has an old and new usage. This terminology went through various periods in history in regards to its meaning with the scholars of the Arabic language.

Before Islam, it was used to mean anyone that lives in the Arabian Peninsula. This was mentioned by Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah is his book, Iqtidah as-Siraat-ul-Mustaqim:

The Term “Arab” was used for the people who had three characteristics:

1] Their language was Arabic

2] They were from the children of the Arabs

3] Their residence was in the land of the Arabs, the Arabian Peninsula

After the coning of Islam and its spread in the world, this term was used to mean a Muslim. If it was said that a person was an Arab it meant he was a Muslim.

Ibn Taymiyyah quoted Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn ‘Alee ibn Hussein bin ‘Alee who said: “Whoever is born in Islam is an Arab.”

It has been reported upon the Prophet [sall-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam] that he said: “Whoever loves the Arabs, then due to my love they love them, and whoever hates the Arabs then due to my hatred, they hate them.”

Perhaps the Messenger [sall-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam] meant with the “Arabs” the Muslims. This word then acquired another meaning and was used for anyone who spoke the Arabic language.

It was narrated upon the Messenger [sall-Allaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam] that he ascended the mimbar, praised Allaah and then said: “O mankind! Surely the Lord is one Lord, the father is one father the deen is one deen. Surely Arabic is not for anyone of you due to a father or a mother, it is only a language. Whoever speaks Arabic is an Arab.”

It has been narrated upon Abu Hurayrah [radee Allaahu ‘anhu], marfu’an: “As long as you speak Arabic then you are an Arab.

So the term “Arabic” ended up referring to a language and not an ethnicity. Whoever learned and spoke Arabic, no matter from where he came or from which ethnicity he belonged to he was an Arab.

If one did not learn or speak Arabic then he is a non-Arab(Ajami) even if his forefathers were from the pure Arabs. So being an Arab is not an inherited trait but rather an earned trait. Hence, it is a reference to the language and not to an ethnicity or lineage.

Answer 7

Oh man! I just answered this question! lol...I'll just be a tad bit lazy and copy paste my answer from another question, if you don't mind :P

The word itself in Arabic translates to: non-Arab.

Reply to user below (in the other question) -

And no, it's not a racist term. The prophet Muhammad (pbuh) used that word twice in his last sermon:

"All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action."

So, what are you implying? That the prophet was a racist?

The word was simply an innocent "term" referring to the non-Arab, as we would refer to others as foreigner. It's people today who choose to use it as a racist term, especially on here.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have other questions =]

I agree with the person below! The root word of (Ajami) is Ajam; meaning "illiterate in a language". The prophet Muhammad (pbuh) referred to any Arabic speaking person as an Arab, regardless of their ethnic origins. Thus, anyone who did not speak the Arabic language, was referred to as an Ajami.

Answer 8

who doesn't understand Arabic, and it was used a lot to describe Iranians. the opposite is Arabi

Answer 9

Any Non-Arabs are Ajamis !!!

Answer 10

a non-Arab individual.