CAS RN 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Ghusl, Axial Age
9 Jan 2017
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Expected to become largest religion in region by 2050. There is no god but allah, and muhammad is his prophet o salat: daily prayer. Prostration towards kabbah (mecca); qiblah/mihrab o zakat: almsgiving, every muslim expected to give. Usually 5-10% of income, but if you can not afford, you give back in good deeds etc o sawm: fasting during ramadan. Abstain from food/drinkn from dusk until dawn o hajj: pilgramage to mecca. Every able bodied muslim must make a trip to mecca. Circumambulation where you circle the caba seven times: tawhid: unity, oneness of allah, jihahd: struggle o conscience vs the sword. Lesser jihahd: external struggle in defense of the faith. 10/28 lecture a practice of muslim funerary and bereavement takes shape in the space between what is prescribed and what is performed, where the performed might also contradict or resist the prescribed . Ritual bathing (ghusl: firstly, the body should be carefully laid on its back on a washing table.
