The Prophet's final acts and his achievements
Give two teachings from the Prophet Muhammad's (صلى الله عليه وسلم) Farewell Sermon.
Describe what the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) did in the final year of his life.
Explain why the Prophet's Farewell Sermon was important for Muslims.
First point
Make your first point: explain what the Farewell Sermon contained and why it was a crucial summary of Islamic ethics and values.
Second point
Make your second point: explain how the revelation of Qur'an 5:3 during the Farewell Pilgrimage showed that Islam had now been perfected and completed.
Third point
Make your third point: explain why the Farewell Sermon continues to be important for Muslims around the world today.
'The revelation of Qur'an 5:3 during the Farewell Pilgrimage was the Prophet's greatest achievement.' Assess this statement. You should refer to the significance of the passage provided, using your own or others' views to support your answer.
Passage: refer to this in your answer
Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favour upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin – then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
Suggested length: 250–350 words
Writing guides
- 1Agree: argue why the perfection of the religion, confirmed in Qur'an 5:3, represents the peak and completion of the Prophet's mission.
- 2Further agree: explain how the Farewell Sermon, delivered at the same time, summarised all his teachings and demonstrated the full scope of his achievements.
- 3Disagree: consider whether his earlier achievements, the Hijrah, establishing the Islamic state, military victories, were equally or more foundational for Islam.
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