REL 020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: 0 (Year), Hajj, Monotheism
21 Sep 2016
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Abu talib- muhammad"s uncle who raises him as a son. Ali- muhammad"s cousin (son of abu talib) married to muhammad"s daughter. Abu bakr muhammad"s closest friend & father in-law. Kaba- the home of all the gods from all the tribes that come to mecca. A shrine in the center of mecca that held statues of different tribes gods. The sacred center of islam because this is where the kaba is located. Medina- city: the followers of muhammad migrated in 622 ce or year 0 of the. Quran -> recitation- you need to speak it. It is not music even though it can sound like singing or chanting to non- Hadith- the way that we know about muhammad"s life story. Muhammad continued to get revelations & some of them had to do with warfare. God gives permission for men to marry up to 4 women in order to create family units.
