Islam

Question 1

Islam is a

Answer 1

Reformative
Deconstructive

Restoring religion

Abraham as a critical figure

Question 2

Adam

Answer 2

Seen as a prophet

Everyone is a prophet (Jesus etc)
Devil is called to prostrate Adam

Question 3

Islam means

Answer 3

To submit

Question 4

Iblis

Answer 4

Will not submit

Question 5

Abraham

Answer 5

Wife Sarah couldn’t have children
Had child with their maid hajar
First child: ishmael

Sacrifice their son and eventually get Muhammad
Other son is issac
No efficacy in sacrifice

Question 6

Moses

Answer 6

Musa

Question 7

David

Answer 7

Davud

Question 8

Jesus

Answer 8

Son of Mary

Question 9

Jinn

Answer 9

Beings made out of fire

Question 10

Story

Answer 10

Torah got corrupted over time
Christians start to hanger the story, start to put words in Jesus’s mouth

Jesus was a man and a messenger but not the son of god

Plan C- his text can not be corrupted (qur’an)

Question 11

Hadith

Answer 11

Talks about Muhammad’s life
600,000 Hadith
Condensed to 10,000 that are reliable

Follow Muhammad follow the Hadith

Question 12

Qur’an

Answer 12

Talks about himself
Final book
Must believe in the book or you will go to hell
Muhammad is the seal of the prophets

Question 13

Shahadah

Answer 13

No god but allah

One god

Question 14

Muhammad and polemiczation

Answer 14

Muhammad is a founder of a world religion

Question 15

Mecca

Answer 15

Nonviolent
Night journey
Persecuted by Meccans
Flight to yathbrib

Question 16

Medina

Answer 16

Prophet/ military commander 
Use of violence vs meccans and Jews 
War and martyrdom 
Final statements and directives 
Death and burial

Question 17

Two extremes

Answer 17

Terrorism
Or
Peace

Question 18

Where was Muhammad born

Answer 18

Mecca

Question 19

Quran written

Answer 19

610

Question 20

Flees Mecca

Answer 20

622

Question 21

Muhammad dies

Answer 21

632

Question 22

Muhammad tries to get people to

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Worship only allah

Question 23

Ishaq

Answer 23

Writers of Muhammad’s life

Question 24

Relic of Muhammad

Answer 24

Swords
Most celebrated
Learnt how to use it by protecting his caravan

Question 25

First wife

Answer 25

Khadijah Wealthy widow who lives in Mecca Hired him to run her caravan

Question 26

What level is Abraham at in heaven

Answer 26

7th level

Question 27

5 pillars

Answer 27

5 prayers per day Giving of olms Fasting during Ramadan Making pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 28

Abu Bakr

Answer 28

One of Muhammad’s successors | Validated Muhammad’s authority

Question 29

What happens in Medina

Answer 29

Asked to be a political leader after 2 years Sense of authority over the community Come together to fight the Meccans Don’t wash the body of shoulders - they are rewarded in paradise

Question 30

Final words of Muhammad

Answer 30

Hadith most trusted Does in the wife of isha Passes the baton to abu baker who is now his father in law Died: poisoned with lamb by Jews “Allah cursed the Jews and the christians because they took the graves of their prophets as places for praying... expect the pagans from the Arabian peninsula, respect and give gifts to the foreign delegates as you have seen me dealing with them Didn’t die in battle so he was washed