Understanding Islam (6 Lectures)

Abdal Hakim Murad

Spoken Word · 1997

SONG
LECTURE #1: "The Five Pillars of Islam"... How Should We Approach the Study of Islam?
1
10:36
 
Why Study Islam?
2
11:50
 
What Does "Islam" Mean?
3
2:29
 
The Hadith of Gabriel
4
6:10
 
Shahadah (Declaration of Faith)
5
9:39
 
Salat (Prayer)
6
25:00
 
Zakat (Poor-Due)
7
16:14
 
Ramadan (Month of Fasting)
8
10:03
 
Hajj (Pilgrimage) (+ Previews)
9
21:01
 
LECTURE #2: "Sunnah, Shari'ah, Sectarianism & Ijtihad"... Why Islam Seeks to Govern All Aspects of Life
1
3:30
 
Sunnah: a Blueprint for Life
2
7:18
 
Shari'ah: a Larger Body of Guidance
3
8:57
 
Other Sources of Islamic Law
4
4:12
 
The History of Islamic Law
5
3:09
 
The Difference Between Sunni and Shia
6
8:33
 
Ijtihad: Tradition Vs. Modernity
7
2:42
 
Ijtihad Case Study: Is Tobacco or Smoking Permissible?
8
4:05
 
Ijtihad Case Study: The Jurists' View On AIDS
9
1:45
 
Ijtihad Case Study: Abortion
10
5:18
 
Ijtihad Case Study: Contraception
11
3:28
 
Ijtihad Case Study: Artificial Insemination (+ Previews)
12
15:12
 
LECTURE #3: "Scriptural Links Between Judaism, Christianity & Islam"... Islam Is the Closest Religion to Christianity
1
3:37
 
Comparison of Salvation History and Law With Judaism
2
9:01
 
Anti-Semitism In the New Testament?
3
5:26
 
The Qur'anic View of Jews / Historical Muslim Tolerance of Jews
4
2:20
 
The Affect of Zionism On Contemporary Tolerance of Jews
5
2:17
 
The Muslim Concept of Prophethood
6
4:06
 
Similarities and Differences In the Story of Prophet David
7
2:43
 
Similarities and Differences In the Story of Prophet Moses
8
4:19
 
Similarities and Differences In the Story of Prophet Abraham
9
8:17
 
Why Medieval Muslims Were Interested in Christianity
10
7:06
 
What the Qur'an Says About Christianity
11
3:31
 
What the Qur'an Says About the Virgin Mary
12
7:31
 
What the Qur'an Says About Jesus
13
9:09
 
Muslim-Christian Interaction In Medieval Times (+ Previews)
14
27:09
 
LECTURE #4: "Muslim-Christian Views of One Another"... The First Christian Book About Islam
1
6:37
 
Medieval Western Views of Islam
2
11:45
 
Present-Day Dialogue Between the Faiths
3
13:04
 
The Understanding of God
4
14:58
 
The Christian Response to the New Image of Jesus the Jew
5
5:35
 
Gender Specificity In Christian and Islamic Theology
6
11:16
 
We Are No Longer Each Other's Enemy
7
1:24
 
Q&A: the Qur'anic Use of "He", "We" and "Our"?
8
1:22
 
Q&A: "Rahman" Derived from the Womb?
9
2:57
 
Q&A: Does Christian Doctrine Explicitly Say God Is Male?
10
1:33
 
Q&A: the Significance of the Black Stone?
11
1:18
 
Q&A: Is the Hajj Intolerably Overcrowded Today? (+ Previews)
12
7:40
 
LECTURE #5: "Muslim Theology & Islamic Mysticism"... Faith Vs. Reason: Can There Be an Islamic Philosophy?
1
18:57
 
How Is God to Be Known?
2
10:20
 
Free Will Vs. Determinism
3
11:20
 
The Problem of Evil
4
15:33
 
Why the World Exists
5
4:25
 
Why Human Beings Exist
6
5:06
 
Hima: the Longing for Return
7
3:38
 
Overcoming Heedlessness
8
5:06
 
Thikr and Fikr
9
6:48
 
The Daily Prayers As a Thikr
10
3:53
 
Other Formulas of Thikr
11
2:24
 
Wird: a Collective Thikr
12
6:15
 
The Spiritualizing Effects of Thikr
13
7:50
 
The Whirling Dervish
14
7:43
 
The Use of Music In Spiritual Healing
15
3:16
 
The 99 Names of God As a Thikr
16
2:23
 
Irshad: Spiritual Guides
17
10:12
 
Fakr: the Obligation of Poverty
18
5:31
 
Differences In Medieval Muslim and Christian Conceptions of Renunciation
19
8:48
 
Tuwakkuh: Reliance On God
20
3:59
 
The Final Stages of the Spiritual Journey (+ Previews)
21
14:19
 
LECTURE #6: "The Muslim Influence on Europe & the West"... Muslim Control Over the Trade Routes
1
11:06
 
Muslim Settlements In the Northern Mediterranean
2
2:39
 
Arab Goods Imported By Europe
3
1:18
 
The Early Arab Muslims As a Great Maritime Nation
4
11:43
 
The Muslim Influence On Agriculture and Mining
5
3:10
 
The Muslim Influence On Music and Poetry
6
3:29
 
The Introduction of Paper Into Europe
7
1:55
 
The Muslim Influence On Science, Mathematics and Medicine
8
28:10
 
The European Perspective On Muslim Influences
9
11:34
 
The Role of the Jews
10
3:18
 
12th Century Appreciation of the Arabic Sciences
11
3:00
 
Astronomy
12
4:18
 
Medicine
13
6:18
 
Philosophy
14
24:26
 
The Political Ramifications
15
6:10
 
The Crusades
16
19:00
 
Q&A: the Guitar, the Origin of Zero and Large Caravans
17
2:16
 
Q&A: Stereotypes Go Both Ways
18
1:22
 
Q&A: the Crusader Army (+ Previews)
19
10:23
 

87 SONGS, 11 HOURS, 11 MINUTES

RELEASED  OCTOBER 1, 1997

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