HUMA 1860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sevener, Shia Islam, Qawwali

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1860
• Professor: Gordon Anderson

Document Summary

Ali was the first imam, appointed by god, through the prophet mohammad. Every imam announces the name of the next imam. Further differentiation sub-sects of the shi"ite muslims. Believe in twelve imams in the male line of descent of ali"s family. The twelfth imam mahdi disappeared at a young age, and will re-appear before the end of the days will come back with jesus. Concentrated in iran, iraq, lebanon, india, pakistan. Ashura - the day to commemorate the killing of the prophet"s grandson hussain. Ultimate goal the last day the material world is immaterial. God created the world of life and death, in order to test who acts virtuously (the qur"an 67:2) Life is like the brief sojoum of a lone traveler in the desert, who stops to rest for a while under the shade of a tree, and then moves on (hadith) World is like a snake soft to the touch, but full of venom (hassan basri)