RELI 160D2 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I Mormonism continued II Spectrum of Christian Thought A Fundamentalists B Evangelical C Main Line D Liberal E Radical Outline of Current Lecture I The Qur an A Suras II FIve pillars of Islam III Islamic law IV Main teachings Current Lecture The Qur an Zaid ibn Thabit Abu Bakr Uthman ibn Affan 114 Suras It is not chronological The first Sura has become a prayer it s really short They go by length It s about 4 5 the size of the christian scriptures Allah Urges submission to God It shows the way of the profit It s classical arabic Hafiz someone who has memorized the Suras Five Pillars of Islam Witnessing testify there is no God but the one God and Muhammad is his prophet Ritual Prayer formal prayer 5 times a day The first is early in the morning then noon then mid afternoon then supper and then bed time It s a place of prostration The imam is in charge of the prayer Juma is prayer on friday it s community prayer You re called to prayer from the muezzin Wudu is when you wash purify yourself Dua is informal prayer Khutbah is a sermon given on fridays Fasting during the month of Ramadan which is on a lunar calendar May be in summer or winter just depends on the calendar It s a 30 day fast either way though It s a thanksgiving for the Qur an Id al Fitr is the breaking of the fast it s a 2 3 day family oriented festival Almsgiving can be given any time but usually is at the beginning of Ramadan Pilgrimage make it at one point in your life 2 million make it every year At the end there s Id al Adha it s the festival of sacrifice Every muslim celebrates it not just those who did pilgrimages already It s really important Islamic Law The four roots of islamic law are in bullets below Shari ah is divine law Haram is something forbidden Halal is something allowed Fiqh is the study of law Faqih is the lawyer Hudan means guidance Qur an first look if it is answered here then if not move down Sunnah means tradition Words of the prophet muhammad Ijma consensus of the early community What did they do Qiyas analogy Door of Ijtihad if the door is closed you re a strict traditional If you say it s open you re a modernist Two main teachings 1 There is but one God Abraham taught that Not a trinity 2 There will be a last judgement Preach the joys of heaven and the sadness of hell
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