Understanding Islam Through Hadis¶

Religious Faith or Fanaticism?

Ram Swarup

Exposition Press Smithtown, New York

Contents
Introduction
1. Faith (ImAn)
2. Purification (TahArah)
3. Prayer (SalAt)
4. The Poor Tax (ZakAt)
5. Fasting and Pilgrimage (Sawm and Hajj)
6. Marriage and Divorce (Al-NikAh and Al-TalAq)
7. Business Transactions, Inheritances, Gifts, Bequests, Vows and Oaths
8. Crime and Punishment (QasAmah, QisAs, HadUd)
9. Religious Wars (JihAd)
10. Government (Al-ImAra)
11. Hunting, Food and Drink
12. Clothing, Decorations, General Behavior, Greetings, Magic, Poetry, Visions, Dreams
13. Muhammad on Muhammad
14. The Prophet’s Companions
15. Virtue, Destiny, Knowledge, Remembrance of God
16. Paradise, Hell, Their Inmates, the Last Day
17. Repentance (Tauba), I
18. Repentance, II (The Self-Criticism of Ka’b b. MAlik)
19. Hypocrites (MunAfiqIn)
Bibliography