HIST 1001 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pope Zachary, Arabian Peninsula, The Twelve Imams
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Authority should go to descendants of muhammad (imams) Imams lead in both religious and secular realms: special ability to interpret scriptures. Seven or twelve imams: last (the mahdi) is in occultation, will return end. Times: fatimids in classical era, iran and iraq in modernity, sunni islam. Caliphate not restricted to descendants of muhammad: caliphs do not have special religious understanding. Divided into four main legal schools: differences in acceptance of independent reasoning in interpreting law, each recognizes validity of other schools, shari"ah, religious law. Recommended e. g. , extra prayers: helps you in moral standing w god; not mandatory. Neutral: nothing in important texts saying you should do it/ or shouldn"t do it. Reprehensible three-fold divorce (talaq: can do them, but not good to do. Forbidden (haram) examples, usury , alcohol, adultery: forbidden to do if you want to be consistent w/ god. Intention and consequences play a role in categories. Implementation of the law: shai"ah- religious law and civil justice.
