Choudhary Rahmat Ali Essays

Shia Leaderships & Hawza Ilmiyya Hawza literally means Seminary of traditional Shia Islamic studies and Ilmiyya means an academy for studying Islamic sciences. Several senior Grand Ayatollahs constitute the Hawza. The institutions in Najaf, Iraq and Qom, Iran, are the preeminent Hawza centers for training Shia clergymen. The Shia Mujtahids directly and indirectly rule Shia communities around the world. These Shia leaders receive their educations from the Hawza Ilmiyya of either Najaf

For hundreds of years in Egypt, prior to European colonialization, Sufism, or otherwise popularly known as Islamic Mysticism, dominated the religious landscape of Egypt, essentially making practices that most scholars consider particularly Sufi today indistinguishable from just “ordinary” Islamic ones. Nile Green in his book, Sufism, makes this point, arguing that “By diversifying their spiritual method and vernacularizing their means of communication, and by founding brotherhoods and saint cults

should be elected by Muslims or their representatives from within their community, and Shi’as believe a caliph should be an Imam chosen by God from the among Muhammad's direct descendants. The Shia, or Shiites also known individually as Shi’I follows Ali, Muhammad’s cousin. They consider themselves holding more authority than the Sunnis due to directly being related to Muhammad’s daughter Fatima. This belief is another reason why the Sunnis and Shias separated into separate sects after Muhammad’s

conquering Egypt and taking Cairo as their capitol. The Fatimids supported the Abbasids. As a powerful group of Shi'i Muslims, the Fatimids believed they were directly the blood of the Prophet Muhammad, by his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali. Their connections to Ali greatly drove their beliefs as Shi'i Muslims. Fewer Muslims were Shi'i, so those that were often practiced without much note prior to their organization. The Fatimids supported the Abbasid revolution and desired a family member of Muhammad's

Ali was the fourth rightly-guided Caliph, the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad. Ali's father Abi Talib was from an important branch of the powerful Quraysh tribe called Banu Hashim, where he was the custodian of the Ka'bah. It is said that Ali was born inside the Ka'bah itself in the city of Mecca sometime around 600. Abu Talib was the one who took the prophet Mohammed into his house when he was orphaned and after he lost his grandfather. When a famine occurred in and around

interpreter of the faith, but as a leader whose task, it was to uphold peace” (Hourani, page 61). The Shi’a desired the family of Ali to rule the Muslim world. They believed that the true Caliphate belonged to those of Ali’s family (Lapidus, page 53). Albert Hourani discusses that “Shi’a movements did not accept the claims of the first three caliphs, but believed that Ali had been the sole legitimate and appointed successor of the Prophet as Imam” (Hourani, page 61). Shi’ism, was a “profound opposition

My topic is about which sect deserves to be the successor to the prophet muhammad. My research question is, to what extent does the successor to muhammad have to be educated or do they have to be related. I believe that the Sunni have the right idea when it comes to who they believe should be the leader of the religion.. They believe that the successor should be a scholar and should have a strong belief in the religion and also have a strong understanding of the religion itself. The Shiite to me

Allah. They also believe in the Prophet. They both believe in the Quran as their Bible. Ali is considered their fourth Caliph for the Sunnis and for the Shi’a is the first Imam. The differences between Shi’a and Sunni are the Shi’a believe that Muhammad agreeably ordain his cousin and son in law, Ali, in agreement with God’s authority. Shi’a also believes in a ongoing sequence of heirs amongst the children of Ali. The Shi’a is not accepting of the three Caliphs. The Sunni is the original Islam. They

Shi’a split that arose within the religion had immense impact on the early Islamic world and empires, and also has a considerable amount of influence in today’s world. There were a couple of causes that led up to the split, such as the rivalry between Ali

officials, scholars, and bureaucrats. The Muslim state had difficulty to maintain a united rule despite spectacular gains on the battlefield. In 656, Uthman was murdered. A Muhammad’s cousin named Ali was the rightful successor according to Uthman. But, Muawiya who was a governor of Syria challenged him and Ali was assassinated in 661. A System of choosing a caliph by voting was supposed to have died with him. A House called Umayyad took control of Muslim community. They had moved the capital of Muslim

his passing. Their greatest differences all relate to their beliefs of authority in religion. The Sunni faction believes that Abu Bakr, a companion of Muhammad, gained the role of leadership in the Muslim religion. The Shi’ite, however, believe that Ali is the rightful new leader to be followed due to family lineage. This disagreement has caused severe tension between the two groups that continues to last in todays society. The war between the Sunni and Shi’ite is one that may never end, especially

into two due to the differences in the leadership, Sunni emerges at the more “conservative” of the two. After the Prophet Muhammad's death, Abu Bakr became his caliph or successor. The Sunni branch believes that the first four caliphs, including Ali, rightfully took place as the leaders

heirs of the first four caliphs should be the religious leaders, and choosing Abu Bakr as their true successor of the prophet. These heirs ruled until the Ottoman Empire split. Contrary to this Shiite Muslims believe only the heir of the fourth Caliph Ali can be successors of Muhammad. The disappearance of the Shiites 12th Imam or successor of Muhammad was the last time the lived under a religious figure until the year of 1978 when Ayatollah Ruhollah came. The Shiites viewed Imam as the highest position

Prophet Muhammad was the messenger of Allah the one true God. Around 632 a controversy arose over the successor to Muhammad and how it would be determined. Shi’ites believed that Prophet Mohammed should have been succeeded by his son-in-law, Imam Ali, they also believed that leadership of the Muslim world should pass through the prophet’s descendants. Sunnis on the other hand didn’t believe the leadership had to pass through hereditary succession. Sunni’s are committed to the faith and practices

considered a political and religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. A Caliph is seen as the leader of the Muslim community. Nevertheless the last war known in history from the Islamic world was at the time ordered by an early caliphate. Since then, there has been no universal warfare declared by Muslims on non-believers. A mujahidin is a person who engages in jihad, also known as a soldier. Over the course of the last centuries, many Muslims and scholars disagree on the definition

in places like Iran and Iraq, and also holds a majority in Azerbaijan. History The basic idea of Shiism began after the death of Prophet Mohamed in 632 and originally began as a political division than a practising religious group. Shias believed Ali who is the fourth caliph and son-in-law of Prophet Mohamed should have been the first in line to be Mohamed's successor. This is due to the fact that at the time he was the closest male relative. After the Battle of Karbala in 680, Shi’ism became its

Though Muhammad never appointed a successor, Sunnis firmly believed that Abu Bakr was elected as first of the four caliphs of Muhammad's rightful deputies while Shittes believe that Muhammad explicitly chose his successor as Ali and thus, Muslim leadership belonged to him since he was determined by divine order. Although Sunnis claimed that they follow the “most original path of Muhammad” and labeled themselves as “well-trodden traditions” of the Prophet Muhammad, as professor

Universal Pain and the demonization of the other. Much like Babel, the film Crash presents characters with seemingly separate lives but end up being linked in some way. This intersection is an attempt to demonstrate how people can be separated by many things but are united by pain. The title Babel is an allusion to the Biblical story of how God made people start speaking different languages so that they would not be able to continue building a tower so tall that they would consider themselves greater

believe the twelfth Imam is the Mahdi who will return from occultation bringing peace into the world. The Shia twelve Imam names in order are: 1. Ali ibn Abi Talib, 2. Hasan ibn Ali, 3. Hossein ibn Ali, 4. Ali ibn Hossein, 5. Muhammad ibn Ali, 6. Ja'far ibn Muhammad, 7. Musa ibn Ja'far, 8. Ali ibn Musa, 9. Muhammad ibn Ali, 10. Ali ibn Muhammad, 11. Hassan ibn Ali, 12.Muhammad ibn al-Hassan (al-Mahdi). A Mujtahid is a Shia scholar who is legally competent to interpret Islamic

Abu Bakr, also known as al-Ṣiddīq, was born in 573 AD in Mecca, and died in August 23, 634. He has a close relationship with Muhammad; he is Muhammad’s closest companion and adviser. Abu Bakr was the successor of Muhammad and the ruler of the Arab state. He’s the first declared Muslim that’s not in Muhammad's family. Abu Bakr was a historically significant figure, because he was a significant companion to Muhammad, and after Mohammed's death, he held together the political structure created by Mohammed