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Islam Flashcards

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570 CE

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Birth of Muhammad

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610 CE

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First Revelation

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622 CE

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The migration of early Muslim community from Mecca to Medina

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632 CE

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Muhammad Dies

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661-750 CE

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Umayyad Dynasty, controversial Muslim dynasty that ruled during this time

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680 CE

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Karbela - husayn martyr

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750-1258 CE

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Abassid Celphate

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What are the five pillars of Islam

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  1. Shahada [confession]
  2. Salat [prayer]
  3. Zakat [almsgiving]
  4. Sawn [fasting]
  5. Hajj [Pilgrimage to Mecca]
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What is Shahada?

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“Confessions”

  • a declaration of faith
  • to become Muslim one must recite the Shahada with sincerity in front of a witness
    “There is no God but God & Mohammad is the messenger of God”
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What is the Sabat?

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“ Prayer”

  • call to prayer
  • facing Mecca
  • ritual washing before prayer
  • 5x a day
  • communal Friday noon prayer
  • use of prayer mat
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What is Zakat?

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“ Almsgiving”

  • % of certain types of property/ income
  • functions like a tax in Muslim majority countries
  • understood as a way of making money ritually pure
  • provides for the poor/ institutions including mosques and schools
  • required for all adults except for those who do not meet minimum wages
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What is Sawn?

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“Fasting during Ramadan”

  • retain from eating, drinking, sexual activity from sunrise to sunset
  • pregnant woman, young children, elderly and the ill are exempt
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What is Hajj?

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“Pilgrimage is o Mecca”

  • second week of phu al-hajj, last month of the year
  • must undertake during a state of ritual purity called Ihram
  • pilgrims walk around the ka’ba seven times counter clockwise in a ritual known as taw-at
  • journey to the Plain of Arafat to commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael
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What are the two major holidays?

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1: Id al-Adha “feast of sacrifice”
2: Id al-fitr “feast of fast-breaking”

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Abbasids

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Important Muslim empire that ruled from 750-1258 CE

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Adhan

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The call to prayer

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Aisha

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beloved wife of Muhammad who is known for transmitting many Hadith

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Ashura

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Tenth day of Muharram, recognized by Shi’a Muslim’s as the anniversary of the martyrdom of Husayn

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Caliph

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Leader of the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad

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Hadith

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Literary tradition recording the sayings and deeds of Muhammad

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Husayn

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Grandson of Muhammad who was killed while challenging the Umayyads

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Imam

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Prayer leader in the Shi’a tradition, one of the leaders of the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad

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Jahiliyya

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“Age of ignorance”, time period after the revelation of the Qur’an

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What are the two types ofJihad?

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Greater jihad: struggle with one’s self to become a better person

Lesser jihad: military conflict in defence of faith

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Khadija

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Muhammad’s first wife

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Mecca

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City in which Muhammad was born; place of pilgrimage for Muslims

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Medina

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City to which Muhammad and his early followers migrated to escape persecution in Mecca

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Miraj

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Muhammad’s night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and from there to heaven, where he met God

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Muezzin

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The person who calls the adhan

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Shari’a

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“The way to the waterhole”

-specifically Islamic law

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Shi’a

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Believed that Ali should have succeeded as leader of the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad. Only the family/ descendants of the prophet Muhammad should lead the Muslim community

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Shirk

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The sin of idolatry, of worshipping anything other than God, the one unforgivable sin of Islam

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Sufi

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Follower of mystic tradition of Islam, Sufism which focuses on the believers personal experience of God and goal of union with God

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Sunnah

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“Way of Life”

Specifically refers to the example of the life of Muhammad; important religious source

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Sunni

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Believed that the Muslim community should decide on a successor to lead after the death of Muhammad

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What are the two main branches of Islam?

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Sunni & Shi’a

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Surah

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Chapter of the Qur’an there are 114 surahs in the Qur’an

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Tafsir

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Interpretation of or commentary on the Qur’an there are several types of tasfir, which aim to explain the meaning of the Qur’an

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Umma

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Worldwide Muslim community

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