final- islam

Question 1

islamic statememt of faith: “there is no god but allah and Muhammad is the messenger of god”

Answer 1

Shahada

Question 2

pilgrimage to mecca

Answer 2

Hajj

Question 3

prayer 5 times per day

Answer 3

Salat

Question 4

month of fasting

Answer 4

sawn/Ramadan

Question 5

sharing wealth with the poor

Answer 5

Zakat

Question 6

muhammad’s birth

Answer 6

570

Question 7

“night of power and excellence”, beginning of the recitations

Answer 7

610

Question 8

flight to yathrib/ medina, aka hijra

Answer 8

622

Question 9

return of muhammad with troops to mecca

Answer 9

630

Question 10

muhammad’s death

Answer 10

632

Question 11

Muhammad is the ____ of Islam

Answer 11

Restorer of islam

Question 12

were mary and jesus muslims

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

how do you become a muslim?

Answer 13

Recite the shahada three times in the presence of a witness

Question 14

the qur’an is the words of __

Answer 14

god transmitted through Gabriel to Mohammad

Question 15

the oldest son of abraham and hagar through whom Islam traces its ancestry back to Abraham

Answer 15

Ishmael

Question 16

the mountain on which muhammad prayed and from where the angel Gabriel appeared to him

Answer 16

hira

Question 17

means “recitation”

Answer 17

Qur’an

Question 18

What are the customs of the prophet muhammad

Answer 18

Sunna

Question 19

the book in which the customs of the prophet are written

Answer 19

Hadith

Question 20

the worldwide community of muslims that transend race, ethnicity, language gender

Answer 20

Umma

Question 21

islamic law and rules governing every aspect of Muslim life including political

Answer 21

shari’a

Question 22

one’s struggle for the faith, commonly understood as holy war

Answer 22

jihad

Question 23

physical center of islam around which muslims pilgrims circle seven times during a hajj

Answer 23

ka’ba

Question 24

the 114 separate chapters of the qur’an

Answer 24

Surah

Question 25

the niche in a mosque that one faces to know the direction toward mecca for prayer

Answer 25

mihrab

Question 26

the tower attahed to a mosque that a person ascends to announce time for prayer

Answer 26

minaret

Question 27

person who climbs up the tower to announce times for prayer

Answer 27

muzzein

Question 28

arabic word for mosque

Answer 28

masjid

Question 29

87% of muslims, follow the customs of the prophet Muhammad and believes successor to Muhammad should be elected

Answer 29

suni

Question 30

a mystical movement within islam that emphasized extraordinary closeness to allah, some experience closeness by spinning

Answer 30

Sufism

Question 31

Believes successor of Muhammad must be blood relative and is more politically volitivo of the two main

Answer 31

Shia