RLG100Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Kaaba, Hajj, Quiet Life
Document Summary
The founder, similar to judaism and christianity. Instead of following the story of abraham and sarah with their son isaac, the faith follows the story of him and hagar (the slave women) with their son ishmael. The faith follows the journey of abraham and his other" family to mecca. The acts of the family establish many practices of their faith (ex. Abraham is seen as the ideal muslim. He is seen as one of the gifted prophets. Before islam, people were split into tribes and had a lack of material consciousness. The looked to manliness, valour, glory, honour. The tribes were very exclusive and if you didn"t belong to a tribe, you had no one and. Jahiliya means ignorance and is used to describe pre-islamic arabia nothing. Born in to a tribe in medina, and was orphaned. Raised by his uncle as a merchant and always had a good reputation.
