final- islam Flashcards
islamic statememt of faith: “there is no god but allah and Muhammad is the messenger of god”
Shahada
pilgrimage to mecca
Hajj
prayer 5 times per day
Salat
month of fasting
sawn/Ramadan
sharing wealth with the poor
Zakat
muhammad’s birth
570
“night of power and excellence”, beginning of the recitations
610
flight to yathrib/ medina, aka hijra
622
return of muhammad with troops to mecca
630
muhammad’s death
632
Muhammad is the ____ of Islam
Restorer of islam
were mary and jesus muslims
yes
how do you become a muslim?
Recite the shahada three times in the presence of a witness
the qur’an is the words of __
god transmitted through Gabriel to Mohammad
the oldest son of abraham and hagar through whom Islam traces its ancestry back to Abraham
Ishmael
the mountain on which muhammad prayed and from where the angel Gabriel appeared to him
hira
means “recitation”
Qur’an
What are the customs of the prophet muhammad
Sunna
the book in which the customs of the prophet are written
Hadith
the worldwide community of muslims that transend race, ethnicity, language gender
Umma
islamic law and rules governing every aspect of Muslim life including political
shari’a
one’s struggle for the faith, commonly understood as holy war
jihad
physical center of islam around which muslims pilgrims circle seven times during a hajj
ka’ba
the 114 separate chapters of the qur’an
Surah
the niche in a mosque that one faces to know the direction toward mecca for prayer
mihrab
the tower attahed to a mosque that a person ascends to announce time for prayer
minaret
person who climbs up the tower to announce times for prayer
muzzein
arabic word for mosque
masjid
87% of muslims, follow the customs of the prophet Muhammad and believes successor to Muhammad should be elected
suni
a mystical movement within islam that emphasized extraordinary closeness to allah, some experience closeness by spinning
Sufism
Believes successor of Muhammad must be blood relative and is more politically volitivo of the two main
Shia
