RS110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sunnah

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS110
• Professor: Peter Frick

Document Summary

Jews & christians and the quran: people of the scriptures , surah 2:62, 111, 113, 120, 135, 140 (reference to jews and christians, surah 10:72 story of noah, surah 10:76 story of moses and aaron, surah 10:99 folk of jonah, surah 11:17 book of moses, surah 12 the story of joseph. The life of muhammed: 632 ad (islamic calendar) > death of the prophet, khalifah represents/acts on behalf of someone else, not to mention in the quran, but muslims locate its rationale and spirit there, the caliph served as a religious head (imam), chief of justice, chief commander, chief executive but was not a prophet, prophecy came to an end with muhammad. Abu bakr (632 635: ruled for only a very short period of time, but important for several reasons, collected and sorted traditions about muhammad and surahs that later became the quran, unified the various arabian tribes and established a foundation for the religious flourishing of islam.