REL 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Imamate, Mihna, Shia Islam
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Son of ali and fatima, grandson of muhammad. The master of all women in paradise (except mary) Abu bakr to fatima: prophet"s leave no inheritance . Fatima lives less than 100 days after father. Fatima is a part of me, and whoever has hurt her has hurt me . Sunni narratives: the original muslim community preserved and transmitted prophetic knowledge. Loss of golden age, collapse into civil war. Battle of the camel: ali vs aisha. And no one knows it"s interpretation except god. And the ones firm in knowledge say, we believe in it, all of it is from our lord. And no one knows it"s interpretation except god and the ones firm in knowledge. They say, we believe in it; all of it is from our lord. Genealogy tracing to ali (first imam) and fatima (daughter of the prophet) Every verse of the quaran has multiple layers of meaning. Split between ismaili and ithna ashari lines.
