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Question 1

Medina

Answer 1

Medina is a city in western Saudi Arabia. In the city center, the vast Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) is a major Islamic pilgrimage site.

Question 2

The five pillars

Answer 2

The believer worships God directly without the intercession of priests or clergy or saints. The believer’s duties are summed up in five simple rules, the so-called Five Pillars of Islam: Belief, Worship, Fasting, Almsgiving, and Pilgrimage.

Question 3

Khadijah

Answer 3

Khadijah or Khadīja bint Khuwaylid or Khadīja al-Kubra was the first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She is commonly regarded by Muslims as the “Mother of the Believers”, and was the first person to convert to Islam

Question 4

Hadith

Answer 4

a collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad that, with accounts of his daily practice (the Sunna), constitute the major source of guidance for Muslims apart from the Koran.
one of the sayings from the Hadith.

Question 5

Ulama

Answer 5

a body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology.

Question 6

Caliphate

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is an area containing an Islamic steward known as a caliph (Arabic: خَليفة‎‎ khalīfah pronunciation (help. · info))—a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad (Muhammad ibn ʿAbdullāh), and a leader of the entire Muslim community.

Question 7

Ummayad

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The Umayyad Caliphate, also spelled Omayyad, was the second of the four major Arab caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. This caliphate was centered on the Umayyad dynasty, hailing from Mecca.

Question 8

Abbasid

Answer 8

The Abbasid Caliphate was the third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The Abbasid dynasty descended from Muhammad’s youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, from whom the dynasty takes its name.

Question 9

Baghdad

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Capital of Iraq

Question 10

Dowry

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property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.

Question 11

Harem

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(in former times) the separate part of a Muslim household reserved for wives, concubines, and female servants.

Question 12

Translation movement

Answer 12

The Translation Movement was a movement started in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad which translated many Greek classics into Arabic.

Question 13

Medina

Answer 13

Medina is a city in western Saudi Arabia. In the city center, the vast Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) is a major Islamic pilgrimage site. Its striking Green Dome rises above the tombs of the Prophet Muhammad and early Islamic leaders Abu Bakr and Umar. The Masjid al-Qiblatain (Qiblatain Mosque) is… More

Question 14

Mecca

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In a desert valley in western Saudi Arabia it’s Islam holiest city as it birthplace of the prophet Muhammad and the faith itself

Question 15

Astrolabe

Answer 15

The mariner astrolabe also called sea astrolabe was an inclinometer used to determine the latitude of a ship at sea by measuring the Suns noon altitude declination of the meridian altitude of a star of known declination