A Compact Survey of Islamic Civilization - Softcover

Hedayetullah, Dr. Muhammad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477240012 ISBN 13: 9781477240014

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2012

Synopsis

Islam is one of the Semitic Religions thus one of the greatest religions of the world, and it is not easy to present a complete description of this religion in a Compact Survey, as this book is. It is also not easy to understand the practical life of the Muslims without some knowledge of their religious-social life. For that, one needs to have a complete understanding of the principal institution of Islam. A compact exposition of Muslim institutions covers at least important aspects of Arab-Muslim life. Keeping in mind these facts, I have tried to deal with the origin, background, and the rise of Islam; the dogmas and the superstitions of the faith; the sources and practice of Muslim law, the family life; and Sufism. It packs an immense amount of information even though there are still other aspect to be dealt with. Concerning the life of the Prophet, it is well-known that Muhammad b. 'Abdullah was born about 570 C.E. in Mecca (al-Makkah), the son of a Korashite family. Orphaned early, he grew up under the care of his nearest relatives. His father had already died so he was brought up by his nearest relatives-his grandfather aand his uncle. He was a shepherd during his boyhood age. It is also reported that unlike other boys, Muhammad was thoughtful, rather than playful. At the age of about twenty-five, he became the business adviser of a famed widow named Khadija, who was fifteen years his senior. Eventually he became her third husband. We do not know much about his early religious life. He seems, however, to have begun early to meditate on the values of life, and to have had an unusually nervous, "high-strung constitution" At the age of forty, he started receiving the divine

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About the Author

Dr. Muhammad Hedayetullah has an energetic and dynamic academic life: he started his academic life in Muslim religious education. He first attended the Arabic-Islamic institution, Madrasah-i-'Alia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, whence he obtained his first Masters degree in Islamic Tradition (hadith, M. M. -mawlana). Then switching to the English system of education, he obtained his B. A. (Hon) and a second Masters degree in Islamic History and Culture from Dhaka University, Bangladesh. With a Ford Foundation Scholarship, he studied at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, whence he obtained his third Masters degree in Islamic Studies. Then changing the course of his academic line, he moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where, with a scholarship of the Government of Ontario, he studied at McMaster University and obtained his PhD. degree in Comparative Religion (World Religion). The author has a teaching career of about 38 years beginning in different colleges in Bangladesh as a lecturer in Islamic History and Culture. Before coming to the McGill University, he was a Research Associate at the Institute of Islamic Research, Karachi, Pakistan. As a teaching Associate, he taught Comparative Religion at McMaster University. He was a Lecturer of Islamic Studies at the Lancaster University, England. Then back in Canada, he joined as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Finally, he taught for 25 years at Vanier College, Montreal, as a Professor of Comparative Religion and Humanities. To his credit, there are some books and articles published in scholarly journals. His last book entitled Unity and Diversity in World's Living Religions: A Compact Survey was published by Trafford Publishing, United States of America, in 2010. Dr. Muhammad Hedayetullah may be reached at his e-mail address hedayet_kutir@yahoo.com and via telephone/fax at 1-514-747-6695. You can

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1477240012
• ISBN 13: 9781477240014
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 212