Notes on Muhammadanism

by Thomas Patrick Hughes

NOTES

 

ON

 

MUHAMMADANISM.

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.

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1877.

 

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Chapters (not listed in original)

• Preface to the Second Edition
• Preface to the First Edition

CONTENTS.

 

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Page
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

 

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