Naomi Canlas Year 11 The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs of Islam First Caliph: Abu Bakr (632-634 C.E.) Father-in-law of Mohammed and was the first convert to Islam. After the demise of Muhammad‚ companions of the Prophet assembled and discussed who would be the next leader‚ it became apparent that no one was better suited for this responsibility than Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr became the Caliph on 632 C.E. His main objective was to maintain the heritage of the Prophet. Contributions to Islam - Conversion
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Rightly Guided Caliphs in the development of Islam‚ accounting for the emergence of the Sunni and Shi’ite schism Muhammad’s mission‚ like many other prophets‚ was to call people to the worship and submission of the one true God. After his death this mission was left to those whom followed his teachings. Those who truly followed in the Prophet’s foot steps were proclaimed The Rightly Guided Caliphs. They were Abu Bakr‚ ’Umar‚ Uthman and Ali‚ and were the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs‚ all of which
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The period of Kalifa l-Rashidun is the best period in Islamic history as stated by Prophet Muhammad: the best of people is the people within my century‚ then the next century then the next century; and it is a requirement to follow the way of Kalifa l-Rashidun as they were upon the prophetic tradition. The period of the Kaliphate upon this Prophetic Tradition lasted thirty years after the death of Prophet Muhammad. The main achievements of the kalifa I-Rashidun which also changed societies include
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the post of Qazi in Baghdad‚ also he served as diplomat on part of Caliph al-Qaim on 4 instances and on behalf of Caliph al- Qadir on one instance. He is one of the most prominent Islamic philosophers whose works are mainly based on Islamic politico-religious theory
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Reformation took place when a young monk named Martin Luther was questioning the beliefs of the Catholic Church‚ and stated a new church. This resulted to argument from both sides. After Muhammad’s death‚ different sects in religion were made‚ different caliphs‚ and the Islamic community had a hard time deciding a successor. Islamic and Christianity are different but they have some of the same characteristics. Both the Protestant Reformation and the community after Muhammad’s death ended up separating
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The First Election of Islam in the light of Shia-Sunni Sectarianism Table of Contents [pic] Abstract 1 Introduction 2 The Election 3 Shia’s Claim to Caliphate: 4 Abu Bakr claims to Caliphate: 6 Conclusion: 9 References 13 [pic] Abstract For over 1400 years Muslims have stood divided among themselves‚ sometimes the division taking a bloody outlook. It looks ironical as to why has this happened for a religion that came to
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Abbasid Caliphate overthrew the Umayyad. The Abbasid Caliphate are the descendants of Muhammad’s uncle‚ Al-Abbas. They ruled for a long time from 750 to 1258. In the 9th century the Abbasid Caliphate suffered a crisis. The Caliph lost trust generals and troops in areas. So‚ the Caliph Purchased Turkic slaves‚ mamluks‚ from Asia to form a standing army. The Mauryan and Gupta Empires were located in India by the Ganges Valley. The Mauryan Empire was named after the founder Chandragupta Mauryan
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For the Abrahamic religions of Islam and Christianity‚ once the prophets had passed away‚ the burden of religious leadership fell on the shoulders of the Sunni Caliphate and the Church respectively. Since women had been given unprecedented significance by the Prophets Jesus and Muhammad‚ it became inevitable for the Church and the Sunni Caliphate to deal with the issue of the status of women. (Here Church refers to the Church in the first two centuries after crucifixion of Jesus till approx 200 C
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and revitalizing in nature‚ it couldn’t mask the unfortunate truth that a series of wealth-bloated and soft-handed caliphs were to rule the new empire. By the third caliph‚ al-Mahdi‚ the empire was already in decline; the royal harem was outrageously large‚ mosques were built bigger and bigger‚ crushing the peasant class under the weight of extreme taxation. All the while‚ the caliphs in their garnished palaces partied and lived in extravagant fashion with little care for their countries impending
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literature proved useful in securing a respectable career for him. Al-Mawardi died in 1058 A.D. CAREER After his initial appointment as Qazi (Judge)‚ he was gradually promoted to higher offices‚ till he became the Chief Justice at Baghdad. The Abbasid Caliph al-Qaim bi Amr Allah appointed him as his roving ambassador and sent him to a number of countries as the head of special missions. In this capacity he played a key role in establishing harmonious relations between the declining Abbasid Caliphate and
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