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[[File:Ralamb-40.jpg|thumb|upright|In the [[Place:Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Empire]], the wearing of a green turban was a privilege afforded to the descendants of Muhammad (drawing by Claes Rålamb, 1657).]]
The color [[Green|green]] ({{lang-ar|أخضر}}) has a number of traditional associations in [[Religion:Islam|Islam]]. 
In the [[Religion:Quran|Quran]], it is associated with paradise. 
In the 12th century, green was chosen as dynastic color by the (Shiite) Fatimids, in contrast to the [[Religion:Black Standard|black]] used by the (Sunnite) Abbasids. After the Fatimid dynastic color, green remains particularly popular in Shi'ite iconography, but it is also widely used in by Sunni states, notably in the flag of Saudi Arabia.

== Quran ==
[[File:Khizr.JPG|thumb|upright|17th-century Mughal painting of al Khidr]]

{{Quote | Reclining on green Cushions and rich Carpets of beauty | [[Religion:Ar-Rahman|Sura 55]], verse 76.{{Sfn | ibn Hāshim | 2009 | loc = [http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/noframes/ch55.html#21  Sura 55]}}}}

{{Quote | Upon them will be green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade, and they will be adorned with bracelets of silver; and their Lord will give to them to drink of a Water Pure and Holy. | Sura 76, verse 21.{{Sfn | ibn Hāshim | 2009 | loc = [http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/noframes/ch76.html#21  Sura 76, The Human (Al-Insaan)]}}{{Sfn  | ibn Hāshim | 2009 | loc = [http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/noframes/ch18.html#31  Sura 18, The Cave (Al-Kahf)]}}}}

Al-Khidr ("The Green One") is a Qur’anic figure who met and traveled with [[Biography:Moses|Moses]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Catherine | first =David | title =Al-Khidr, The Green Man | url =http://khidr.org/ | accessdate = 2007-11-30}}</ref>

The Green Dome, traditional site of the tomb of [[Biography:Muhammad|Muhammad]], was painted green on the order of sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876–1909).{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}

==Islamic flags==
[[File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg|thumb|160px|right|Flag of Saudi Arabia]]
[[File:Flag of Pakistan.svg|thumb|160px|Flag of Pakistan]]
Green was used as the color of the banners of the historical [[Religion:Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid Caliphate]]. 
The Fatimid banner was in use until 1171, and thus during the first century of the [[Religion:Crusades|crusades]], and by this way has taken influence on Christian heraldry, where the  tincture ''[[Vert (heraldry)|vert]]'' was very rarely if ever used for the field (background) until the end of the Middle Ages (indeed the term ''sinople'' used to signify a reddish color until the 14th century, and only after c. 1400 did it change its meaning to refer to green as a heraldic tincture).

Today, green is also used in several national flags as a symbol of Islam. These include: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Comoros, Iran, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia. and Sri Lanka.<ref name =CIAfactbook-1>{{cite web| title= Flag description| url= https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2081.html |work=The world fact book|publisher=CIA USA|accessdate=3 May 2013}}</ref> Some Arab countries also use pan-Arab colors which feature green as its component to represent the aforementioned Fatimid Caliphate, though not to Islam directly. These include: Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as several contested states including Palestine, Somaliland, and Western Sahara. Libya formerly also followed this principle, featuring green as its only component color to imitate the Fatimid Caliphate's flag (at the time the only flag in the world to use only one color) until 2011.

There are also several flags of Muslim-majority countries featuring green color that does not symbolize Islam. Examples include Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Senegal (in the latter four cases, the green color is a component of the pan-African colors, which are also adopted by even Christian-majority countries such as Malawi and South Sudan).

==See also==
* [[Shades of green]]
* Islamic flags
* [[Religion:List of Shia Muslims flags|List of Shia Muslims flags]]
* Symbols of Islam
* Pan-Arab colors
* [[Blue in Judaism]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{Citation | first = Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib | last = ibn Hāshim |  others = Khalifa, Rashad transl | title = Quran The Final Testament | publisher = Majid | place = Tucson | url =http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/ | accessdate = 2007-11-30 | year = 2009}}

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