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God gave final Revelation to Muhammad - Coggle Diagram
God gave final Revelation to Muhammad
People of the Book
= Muslims, Jews, and Christians
Revelation
Al- Kitab
= guided by revelations, but not the final revelation
Judiasm/Christianity
Jesus, Moses, Abraham all prophets guided by revelation
Muhammad was the final prophet
Gabriel
= angel who came to Muhammad and told him to recite
Quran
= "recite"
The holy book
Sharia
= law, this is the path to live
Hadith
= secondary scripture, records of the life of Mohammad
Jihad
= struggle against evil, try to interfere with Sharia as it tries to take you off the path
Lesser
= evil on outside (examples: evil people, temptations in the world)
Greater
= evil on inside (jealousy, greed)
The death of Muhammad, who should be his successor?
Theocracy
= government where a religious person rules
Sh'ia
=Branch of Islam that believes successor to Mohammad should be legacy to act on both spiritual and political authority
Ali
: Sh'ia leader and chosen as he was direct bloodline of Mohammad
Sunni
= Branch of Islam that values a good political and social leader that does not act on spiritual authority
Abu Baker= Sunni leader that was the best fit as a political leader to guide society
Medina
= City where Mohammad found success with reform both social and religious
Mecca
= After Mohammad had success in Medina, he brought his religious and social reform success and shaped Mecca to be the center of Islam
Sufism
Devote, total dedication to Allah, politics was a distraction to religion
Islamic Teachings should be learned from teachers and not just books
Islam
= submission to god
Allah
= God, only one God
Tawheed
= oneness of God
Shirk
= wrong worship
Against oneness of God, worshipping idols
Submitting to God should be a balance of faith and action
Five Pillars
= submit to God since it is the proper thing to do to be a good Muslim, ways to fight ego to fully submit
Shahadah
= there is no God by God but Muhammad is his prophet
Salat
= prayer 5 times per day, putting forehead to ground
Zakat
= charity 2.5% of assets to help others
Sawm
= fasting during Ramadan (dusk to dawn)
Hajji
= vow to take pilgrimage to Mecca once someone has means (commitment to do it once in your life)
