The Prohibition of Taking Graves as Places of Worship Jundub Ibn Abd-Allah al-Bajali said that he heard RasulAllah (saw) say‚ five days before he died: "Verily those before you took the graves of their Prophets and righteous people as places of worship‚ so do not take the graves as places of worship. Indeed I forbid you from this!" (Muslim; Abu Awaanah‚ 1/104; and others It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (ra) that RasulAllah (saw) said: "O Allah‚ do not turn my grave into an idol. May the curse
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Known as one of the earliest civilizations‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt both share set amounts of similarities along with a share of striking distinctions. Environmentally‚ these two civilizations were formed in similar surroundings‚ yet their weather patterns show distinctions. Politically‚ both governments derived from a monarch‚ yet their laws and punishments distinguished the two’s court systems. Economically‚ they both shared prosperous success in similar manners. Socially‚ although the two lands
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Essay Critically discuss the Nineteenth Century theory of Evolutionism in relation to the social development of cultures. Critically discuss the Nineteenth Century theory of Evolutionism in relation to the special development of cultures. Anthropology originated in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Missionaries‚ traders and travellers in Africa‚ North America‚ the pacific and elsewhere provided the first great anthropological works. Anthropology is the holistic study of the biological‚ social
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This book entitled The Invocation of God was written by Ibnu Jawziyya in which his real name is Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr. He was famous with name Ibnu Qayyum Jawziyya because his father was the principal of the school al-Jawziyyah in Damascus. He was born on 7th of Safar in the year 691H and died on 13th of Rajab in the year 751H. He was well known as Arab Sunni Islamic jurist‚ commentator on the Qur’an as well as theologian. He had written about 25 books and one of his thoughtful contribution was The
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Instead it states that one cannot worship an image or another figure besides God‚ which is referred to as polytheism. Moreover‚ the Hadith‚ the words of Prophet Muhammad‚ has parts that lead some to believe images are prohibited. It is not a universal agreement whether images are allowed or not allowed in Islam. There have been certain cases that refer to why
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ANCIENT EGYPT Clark Stevens EGYPTIAN GODS Horus Amon-Re Aton Osiris Shown above are the four major Egyptian gods. (L-R) Horus was the son of Isis and Osiris. He was king of the gods and stood for light and heaven. Amon-Re was the sun god. He was a combination of the god Thebes and Ra (noon-day sun). He was symbolized by a figure wearing an obelisk which represents the sun’s rays. Aton was also a sun god‚ and was represented by a disk with protruding rays to symbolize the sun.
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Every civilization has seven characteristics that keep the civilization up and running. These characteristics include having an urban focus‚ political and military structures‚ social structure based on power‚ more complexity‚ a district religious structure‚ writing‚ and having new forms of artistic and intellectual activity. Missing just one of the seven characteristics can cause the civilization to turn upside down and fall apart. The first characteristic is to have an urban focus. This is one
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indicate that God exists by providing security. The focus is based on real elements and events. The expressions of human religiosity manifest the conviction that there is a creator God‚ on whom the world and the existence depend. If it is true that polytheism has accompanied many phases of human history‚ it is also true that the deepest dimension of human religiosity and philosophical wisdom have
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development of monotheism a. Persia: Zoroastrianism (prophet Zarathustra) b. Israel: Judaism (prophets such as Isaiah) 4. Greece: rational humanism (Socrates‚ Plato‚ Aristotle‚ et al.) 5. all sought an alternative to polytheism‚ placating of gods through ritual and sacrifice a. quest for source of order and meaning in the universe b. guide humans to personal moral or spiritual transformation (especially development of compassion) c. the
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A Critical Interpretation of Hans Kung’s Historical Analysis of the Development of the Hierarchical Church The beginnings of the Christian church are shrouded in mystery. With the lack of evidence about that time in history‚ it is hard to draw conclusions of any type. However‚ the historical analyst‚ Hans Kung‚ has written a book to shed some light on the subject. In this book‚ Kung discusses his opinion on the development of the early church‚ and its hierarchical structure. In the following
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