NE STUD 144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Zakat, Hajj, Islamic Calendar
15 Jan 2017
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Hadith: a statement, an action, or a consent of the prophet to somebody else"s statement or action; based on islam, iman, and ihsan. Five pillars of islam: profession of faith: to testify that there is no god but god and muhammad is the messenger of god. Doing these actions to regulate the inward state. Upon the choice you make, god made an choice for you; align your intention with god"s; annihilate thyself (earthly self interest) to align this intention. *islam: every prophet came to preach the universal islam (that there is one god); how each community fulfills this differs. Islam: the particular tradition originating from muhammad that he practices with his community. Ihsan-one of the terms that describe sufism; perfection of the inward and outward. Awareness and consciousness towards the creative powers/multiplicity of god. Sufi tradition is based upon the remembrance of god remembrance is what was given to you by the spirit of god before entering the womb.
