WHO IS A'ISHA?
A’isha Bint Abu Bakar was born in Mecca in 614CE who was the daughter of Abu Bakar, the 1st caliph after Muhammad. She was a prominent, early Muslim being the Prophet Muhammad’s 3rd wife and is known to be his most loved one. She lived a poor living with her family, though she left her family and married the prophet at the age of nine. Muhammad died when she was eighteen years of age.
from: whatisislam2.weebly.com accessed 24 March 2020
Al-Ghazali was a Sufi theologian and mystic; his writings are considered among the greatest in Islam. From: Cambridge Studies of Religion 2nd Ed. p.304
Sayyid Qutb is one of the most influential and controversial contemporary interpreters of Islam and is revered as the martyr of Islamic revivalism. From: Living Religion 4th Ed. p.306
Imam al-Shafi'i is the founder of Shafi'i school if Islamic Jurisprudence. From: Cambridge Studies of Religion 2nd Ed. p.307
Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam that began about a hundred years after the death of Muhammad. From: Cambridge Studies of Religion 2nd Ed. p.308
2016 HSC Section II
(b) He who obeys the Messenger, has indeed obeyed Allah. Qur’an 4:80 8 marks
Noorhan Abbas and Eric Atwell. 2009. The University of Leeds Qurany Concepts Tool. online: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/nora/html/To what extent has ONE significant person OR school of thought, other than Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs, demonstrated an obedience to Allah?
2015 HSC Section II
(a) (i) Identify TWO contributions made by ONE significant person or school of thought, other than Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs, to the development of Islam. 2 marks
(ii) Summarise the impact on Islam of the significant person OR school of thought chosen in part (a)(i). 5 marks
2014 HSC Section II
(b) All human beings are called to submit to the will of Allah.
With reference to the statement, discuss the contribution to Islam of ONE significant person OR school thought , other than Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs.
8 marks
2013 HSC Section II
(a) (i) Outline the contribution to Islam of ONE significant person or school of thought other than Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs.
3 marks
(ii) How effective has the significant person or school of thought identified in part (a) (i) been in the development and/or expression of Islam?
6 marks
2012 HSC Section III
Men, women and schools of thought have reformed and/or revitalised the Islamic tradition.
How well does this statement reflect the impact on Islam of ONE significant person or school of thought, other than Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs?
20 marks
2011 HSC Section II
(a) Summarise the contribution of ONE significant person or school of thought, other than Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs, to the development and expression of Islam. 3 marks
(b) Summarise the impact of the significant person or school of thought chosen in part (a). 4 marks
(c) All aspects of life are worship for a Muslim. How well does the statement reflect the impact of the significant person or school of thought chosen in part (a)? 8 marks
2008 HSC
Section II
(c) Explain the impact on Islam of ONE significant person or school of thought other than Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs. 6 marks