Religion 222 Introduction to Islam

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Web Readings

Secondary Readings
Primary Readings: Qur'an Primary Readings: Tradition
Website on Hajj (please browse) Qur'an on Jesus Excerpts from Ibn Ishaq

Sura 12 (Yusuf)
Quran on human nature, creation, Iblis Hadiths on the Jews of Medina
Why do Muslims fast, by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Qur'an on Abraham Hadith on Isra' and Mi'raj


Hadith on Change of Qibla



M. Ayoub, The Excellences of Imam Husayn


Women in Islam, by Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem
Nasr, Spiritual Significance of Jihad
Joseph Schacht, Law and Justice Abu Hanifa's Fiqh al-Akbar S.H. Nasr, The Interior Life in Islam






 


Excerpts of Sacred Texts:

Quranic Texts
Tradition: Hadith / Sira
Search the Qur'an





Overheads:

Life of Muhammad 1 Life of Muhammad 2
Life of Muhammad 3 Quran: Textual history
Marriages of Muhammad Genealogical Chart of Quraysh (PDF)
The Qur'an: Technical Observations Rightly Guided Caliphs, Early Conquests


Quran: Traditional verus critical perspectives Islam's "Grand - Narrative"
Development of Shari'a / Fiqh 5/6 Pillars of Islam
Jihad As-Sayf (according to Firestone) Classical and modern readings on Jihad

Sunni-Shia Comparison
Ghusl and wudu' Shiite Imams
Qur'an context and theology Sharia
Women in Fiqh Theology: Ah'arites vs. Mu'tazilites
Sufism Ihram
Hajj Overhead Madhhabs
Timeline - Dynasties