A Critical Study on the Claim of Islamic Teaching of Hereafter As Being Indirectly Affected by Zoroastrianism

The author has intended to study the question if Islamic teaching the hereafter is indirectly affected by Zoroastrianism or not. Some have viewed Islamic teaching the hereafter to be affected by Zoroastrianism via Judaism and Christianity and Salman Farsi, a Zoroastrian at the beginning of his life, as the Prophet's teacher in the field of Zoroastrian concepts. This paper, with a critical and analytical approach, has studied both views. The main reason for them is the effect of apparent and relative similarity of Islamic teaching the afterlife with that of Zoroastrianism. Several criticisms against the views may be referred to as: the resurrection of Islam is of a revealed nature; the similarity of doctrines in two religions may not be known as such an effect; Jewish scholars have denied any effect made by Zoroastrian religion on Judaism in the teachings of the Resurrection; Salman met the Prophet in Medina, while more Islamic teachings were revealed in Mecca.