MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Quraysh, Sasanian Empire, Sheikh
2 Feb 2017
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Outline lecture five muhammad and the founding of islam. During periods of more warfare, trade increased in. There is no negative moral judgment based on mutual raiding (2) political norms: (a) council of elders called the majlis because they have experienced and know more (b) figure of the sheikh considered the first among equals . So this is not a dictatorship and not hereditary. It is just someone who possesses skills that are necessary in a leader such as political finesse (i) qualities of hilm and jahl hilm is the ability to be unbiased and not choose favorites. Jahl is having a strong charisma to band people together towards a common goal and instill morale. Ii) muhammad"s biography: sources, qur"an 114 revelations or suras words directly from god, organized from longest to shortest, hadiths deeds and sayings attributed to muhammad, not in the qur"an roughly compiled in the 9th century.
