Notes on Muhammadanism

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Notes on Muhammadanism (1877)
by Thomas Patrick Hughes

This is the second revised edition, the first being published in 1875.

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NOTES

ON

MUHAMMADANISM.

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NOTES

ON

MUHAMMADANISM,

BEING OUTLINES OF

THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF ISLAM.

BY THE
Rev. T. P. HUGHES, M.R.A.S.,
C.M.S., MISSIONARY TO THE AFGHANS, PESHAWAR.

SECOND EDITION,
REVISED AND ENLARGED.

LONDON:
Wm. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.
PUBLISHERS TO THE INDIA OFFICE.


1877.

(All rights reserved.)

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LONDON:
PRINTED BY W. H. ALLEN AND CO.

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CONTENTS.


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I. Muhammad 1
II. Islam 10
III. Rule of Faith 12
IV. The Quran 14
V. Inspiration 47
VI. The Traditions 50
VII. Ijmaʾ 61
VIII. Qias 64
IX. Faith 66
X. Allah, or God 67
XI. Angels 79
XII. Prophets 84
XIII. The Day of Resurrection and Judgment 87
XIV. Heaven 91
XV. Hell 96
XVI. The Decrees of God 98
XVII. The Five Foundations of Practical Religion 101
XVIII. The Recital of the Creed 102
XIX. Prayer 104
XX. Ramazan, or the Month of Fasting 119
XXI. Zakat, or Legal Almsgiving 125
XXII. Hajj, or Pilgrimage to Mecca 130
XXIII. The Law 137
XXIV. Sin 139
XXV. Punishment 141
XXVI. Lawful Food 143
XXVII. Farz-i-Kafai 146
XXVIII. Fitrat 147
XXIX. Salutations 148
XXX. Caliph 150
XXXI. Muhammadan Clergy, Scholars, and Saints 155
XXXII. Theological Literature 160
XXXIII. Muharram and Ashuraa 163
XXXIV. Akhiri Chahar Shamba 167
XXXV. Bara Wafat 168
XXXVI. Shab-i-Barat 169
XXXVII. ʾId-ul-Fitr 171
XXVIII. ʾId-ul-Azha 173
XXXIX. Nikah, or Marriage 177
XL. Talaq, or Divorce 182
XLI. Janaza, or Burial 185
XLII. Slavery 194
XLIII. Khutbah, or the Friday's Sermon 198
XLIV. Jihad, or Religious War 206
XLV. Martyrs 211
XLVI. The Four Orthodox Sects 212
XLVII. The Shiaʾhs 214
XLVIII. The Wahhabis 219
XLIX. Sufiism, or Mysticism 227
L. Faqirs, or Darweshes 234
LI. Zikr, or the Religious Services of the Darweshes 243
LII. The Lord Jesus Christ 256
LIII. The Crucifixion of our Saviour 261
LIV. The Divinity of Christ and the Holy Trinity 264
LV. Tahrif, or the Alleged Corruption of the Sacred Books of the Jews and Christians 267
Index of Technical Terms 275

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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