RELI 2732 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Muhammad, Shahada, Prophets And Messengers In Islam
2 May 2018
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Islamic views on Death and Afterlife
• Muslim – the person, the one who submits to the will of God
• The English word for submit or surrender has negative connotations
(something you have to do)
o This is not the meaning in Islam – it means safety, peace (one
ho fids peae i suede to God’s a
• What is Islam?
o It means prime-evil truth – the functioning of all things in the
universe according to God
o Inshallah – If God is willing
o Every single thing is subject to God and the oneness of God
▪ Its natural way is the way of God
o Every child is born to the inclination of faith and purity and
innocence and connected to God
o The whole universe affirms Islam naturally or instinctively
o Humans are born as instinctive to God – but human beings have
choice
▪ The ust osiousl hoose to follo God’s las o ot
▪ He will punish those that have not or reward those that
have
o The unity of God – prophecy and eschatology
The Main Areas of Islamic Thought
1. The unity of God expressed in the shahadah (la ilaha illa Allah; there is
no god but The (One) God
• Mohammed rasul Allah – Mohammed is the Messenger of
God
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o Muslims believe in Mohammed and in turn the
truthness of his message from God
2. Prophecy – Mohammed is considered by Muslim to be the last of the
Prophets, Adam is the first person and prophet
• Throughout time God sent messages to his prophets
3. Eschatology – the knowledge or study of end time
• In order to become Muslim, you must repeat the shahadah
before Muslim witnesses – outward expression of Muslim
identity
• The inward identity of being Muslim is only known to God
since it is a matter of the heart, the heart is only known to
God
Rai’ah of Basa – 8th Century Sufi Mystic
• The other Sufi Mystics (mostly men) told her to get a husband from
among them, and she said sure
• She asked the men who of them is the most religious and Hassan
came forward
• She said if you can answer these four questions, I will marry you:
o 1. Am I a Muslim or a non-believer?
o 2. When I am put in the grave and the angels question me, will I
be able to answer them satisfactorily or not?
o 3. When the people are assembled and the resurrection and the
books of our deeds are distributed, will I be handed mine in my
left or right hand?
o 4. When mankind is summoned at the judgement, to heaven or
to hell, which group will I be?
▪ He aseed all these uestios ith That is ko ol
to God, it his hidde
▪ She replied to him and said well if this is case, this will
occupy most of my time thinking about it, so why would I
need a husband to occupy my time?
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Document Summary
The main areas of islamic thought: the unity of god expressed in the shahadah (la ilaha illa allah; there is no god but the (one) god, mohammed rasul allah mohammed is the messenger of. God: muslims believe in mohammed and in turn the truthness of his message from god, prophecy mohammed is considered by muslim to be the last of the. Am i a muslim or a non-believer: 2. When i am put in the grave and the angels question me, will i be able to answer them satisfactorily or not: 3. When the people are assembled and the resurrection and the books of our deeds are distributed, will i be handed mine in my left or right hand: 4. 2: islam is not just belief or philosophy, islam includes worship and relations of any kind should be carried out in the framework of faith. Godesses, however it was turned into a worship of the one.
