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Atheist
No God??
Hindu
Basic Views :
Karma & Re-Incarnation – Actions of the soul while residing in a body require that it reap the consequences of those actions in the next life — the same soul in a different body.
The Vedas are the ultimate authority ( Hindu scriptures).
Most Hindus believe that the concept of brahman means that all living things are part of a greater whole. In Hinduism, the other deities are all manifestations of brahman, but brahman on its own is sometimes considered a deity called Brahma, the creator god.
View entire universe & everything in it everything in the universe as God.
Each person is intrinsically divine
Purpose of life is to seek and realise the divinity within all of us.
Non-exclusive and accepts all other faiths and religious paths.
Four goals in human life:
Kama = the pursuit of pleasure;
Artha = the pursuit of material success;
Dharma = leading a just and good life; means “right way of living” and “path of rightness”
Moksha = liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth – One can attain Moksha through complete surrender to Guru and Paramaatma. One should engage himself in selfless service (seva) and work under the command of guru.
Islam
1. Aisha was 6 when married and consummated at 9 years old.
Several authentic Hadith, primarily in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, state that Aisha (RA) was 9 years old when her marriage with the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was consummated.
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Key Hadith Mentioning the Age
Sahih al-Bukhari 5134: Aisha (RA) narrates that the Prophet (PBUH) married her when she was six years old and consummated the marriage when she was nine.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3894: Mentions her arrival in Medina and consummation of marriage at age nine, narrated via Hisham bin Urwah.
Sahih Muslim 1422: Confirms the marriage consummation at age nine and that she was nine when the Prophet passed away.
Sunan an-Nasa’i 3378: Records Aisha saying the Prophet (PBUH) married her at six and consummated the marriage at nine.
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Contextual Notes
Narrators: These traditions are often narrated through Hisham ibn Urwah on the authority of his father.
2. Iddah ( waiting period ) for girls who have not mentstrated makes it clear that it was ok to have had sex / married them.
Iddah (waiting period) is a mandatory period of reflection and separation in Islamic law that a woman must observe following the death of her spouse or divorce. It lasts for 4 months and 10 days for widows or 3 menstrual cycles for divorcees. This period allows for emotional healing, confirms paternity, and permits potential reconciliation.
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Key Usage Examples and Rules
Widowhood: A woman observes a 4 month and 10 day period of mourning, avoiding beautification and, in some traditions, staying at home.
Divorce: A woman cannot marry another man during this period, which lasts for three menstrual cycles.
Pregnancy: If pregnant, the iddah lasts until the birth of the child.
Prohibitions: A woman in iddah is generally to refrain from adornment (makeup, perfume, jewelry) and is forbidden from marrying a new husband.
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Synonyms and Similar Terms
Waiting Period: The most common functional description.
Iddat/Iddat period: Common variant spellings.
Interim: Sometimes used to describe this time.
Purpose of Iddah
The period serves to ensure the previous husband’s paternity of any future child. For divorcees, it gives time for possible reconciliation, and for widows, it is a time of mourning.
The Quran 65:4-5
You are reading a Tafsir for the group of verses 65:4 to 65:5
65:4 The `Iddah ( waiting period after sex in case of a mix up of parentage, etc. ) of Those in Menopause and Those Who do not have Menses
Allah the Exalted clarifies the waiting period of the woman in menopause. And that is the one whose menstruation has stopped due to her older age. Her `Iddah is three months instead of the three monthly cycles for those who menstruate, which is based upon the Ayah in (Surat) Al-Baqarah. see 2:228
65:5 The same for the young, who have not reached the years of menstruation. Their `Iddah is three months like those in menopause.( ** They are prescribed an Iddah because they must have had sex w/ the underage girl who has not menstrated yet, but decide to divorce them and the child needs to wait to be married / had sex with again… )
The Quran 65:4-5
Al-Ahzab : verses 33:49
33:49 O believers! If you marry believing women and then divorce them before you touch them,1 they will have no waiting period for you to count,2 so give them a ˹suitable˺ compensation, and let them go graciously.
Footnote – 1
Before the marriage is consummated.
Muslim – what’s your akida? ( creed )
If don’t know – Why are you asking me about the trinity, etc…. Then about Abraham and the Passover – a lamb without spot or blemish and not break bones
Surah 18:27
Surah 6:115
If no one can change his words, it’s a contridicion.
answering-islam.org
Sam Shamoun
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AS WELL AS RELIGION : Islamism has been defined as:
“the belief that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life” (Sheri Berman);[6]
the belief that Islam should influence political systems (Cambridge English Dictionary);[38]
“the [Islamic] ideology that guides society as a whole and that [teaches] law must be in conformity with the Islamic sharia”, (W. E. Shepard);[8]
a political ideology which seeks to enforce Islamic precepts and norms as generally applicable rules for people’s conduct; and whose adherents seek a state based on Islamic values and laws (sharia) and rejecting Western guiding principles, such as freedom of opinion, freedom of the press, artistic freedom and freedom of religion (Thomas Volk);
Jehova's Witness
Jesus is a created being / He is not God.
The Watchtower
Mormon
Think they are Gods
Joseph Smith
