RELIGST 2Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rashidun, Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb, Ulama

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2Q03
• Professor: Liyakat Takim

Document Summary

He"s important because he started the school of law/thought. Khariji belief they were fundamentalist and they killed whoever. Believed that anyone can be a caliph (as opposed to just quraysh), and could be killed. They also have notion of charisma and community they considered themselves the people of jannah and everyone else were the people of hell. Massiah muslims believe that at end of time, somebody will come to save people by fighting evil and establishing kingdom of god. Many people have claimed to be the mehdi, especially in sunni sect. For shi"as, mahdi has already been born (in 860). They believe that he is still alive but in occultation (ghayba unseen because of dangers to his life) Jesus will come back soon after the mahdi. 864 940 that was the first ghayba. After 940 he could not communicate. Mahdi is in shi"a hadith, not in sunni hadiths. They opposed him at first but later became muslim.