Passover - Influence On Other Religions - Islam

Islam

See also: Day of Ashura Significance of Ashura for Sunni Muslims

In Islam, only the Turkic Karaites observe Passover traditions in the evening following the last day of Tashriq (the evening after the 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah). Some Sunni Muslims fast on the day of Ashura (the 10th day of Muharram) based on narrations attributed to Muhammad. The fasting is to commemorate the day when Moses and his followers were saved from Pharaoh by Allah by creating a path in the Red Sea (i.e The Exodus). According to Muslim tradition, the Jews of Madinah used to fast on the tenth day in observance of passover. As Muslims revere Moses and the Isrealites, Muhammad recommended to fast this day but be different from the Jews and recommended fasting two days instead of one. 9th and 10th or the 10th and 11th day of Muharram.

Read more about this topic:  Passover, Influence On Other Religions

Famous quotes containing the word islam:

    “Awareness of the stars and their light pervades the Koran, which reflects the brightness of the heavenly bodies in many verses. The blossoming of mathematics and astronomy was a natural consequence of this awareness. Understanding the cosmos and the movements of the stars means understanding the marvels created by Allah. There would be no persecuted Galileo in Islam, because Islam, unlike Christianity, did not force people to believe in a “fixed” heaven.”
    —Fatima Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist. Islam and Democracy, ch. 9, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (Trans. 1992)

    “During the first formative centuries of its existence, Christianity was separated from and indeed antagonistic to the state, with which it only later became involved. From the lifetime of its founder, Islam was the state, and the identity of religion and government is indelibly stamped on the memories and awareness of the faithful from their own sacred writings, history, and experience.”
    —Bernard Lewis, U.S. Middle Eastern specialist. Islam and the West, ch. 8, Oxford University Press (1993)

    “Sooner or later we must absorb Islam if our own culture is not to die of anemia.”
    —Basil Bunting (1900–1985)