Islamic architecture extended a wide geographical extension from China in the east to Andalusia in the west and a long-time span of more than 14 centuries. Several influences have contributed to the formation of the characters of this architecture, including the different climate, materials, and methods of construction, and the political, legislative, and religious systems. The problem with the research is that the process of defining the Islamic city according to Islamic thought is inaccurate and needs to know the motives for the emergence of Islamic cities and read them according to an in-depth view of Islamic civilization and Arab society. This study aims to identify the effect of Islamic thought on the achievement of social sustainability in planning the Arab city. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher followed the analytical approach (interpretation, criticism, and deduction) in studying the conditions of the Islamic or Arab city and knowing how close it is to the methodology of Islamic thought by studying the locations of some Arab Islamic cities that were established in different periods in the Islamic state (the city of Baghdad as a model). The study reached a set of results that emphasized the different effects in the planning of the Islamic city and the Arab city, which was based on the reasons for its emergence or the application of Islamic Sharia provisions in establishing the urban components of these cities. The study also included recommendations indicating the importance of defining the methodology in Islamic cities. And our contemporary view of these cities.

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