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Islam beleifs Flashcards

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Two main branches, which is bigger

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Sunni and Shia
Sunni is bigger

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Things sunni and Shia agree on

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Tawhid- oneness of allah
Belief in prophets
Share the Quaran and the Sunnah

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Shia big belief

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Absolutely love Ali who they think is the right sucessor of muhamed and they dont accept the three caliphs who werent ali. Liteerally means followers of ali.

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Sunni big beleif

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bg fans of muhammed and try to emulate him

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Name of six sunni beleifs

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Six articles of faith

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Name the six sunni beleifs

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Tawhid- oneness of allah
Existence of angels who spread allahs message
Holy books eg Quaran
Big respect to 25 prophets esp muhamed pbuh
judgement day and afterlife
predestination

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Name of five Shia beleifs

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Roots of Usal ah din

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Name five shia beliefs

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Tawhid, Allah is one
Divine justice so allah judes everything
respect to 25 prophets
12 imams who were chosen by allah to lead after muhammed pbuh
day of resurection basica;lly same as justice allah judges everyone
Prophets

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Some atributes of allah

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Trancendant
Benevolent
mericiful
just
omniscient
imminent
He has 99 attributes

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surrah for allahs justness

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surrah 1
allah is most gracious and merciful

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surrah for twahid

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surrah 112
allah is the only one

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whats shirk

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unforgivable sin of trying to diminish allah by drawing him or polytheism

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what are imams

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-a shia belief of leaders who are descended from ali/ muhammed
-put here by allah and can interpret the quaran perfectly and protect the religion
- without sin and exemplary characters

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how many original imams are there

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12

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whats thr word for how allah communicates with humans

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risallah

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what is revelation

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allahs way of guiding people to goodness through prophets

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what are the key features of prophets

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-angels sent messages to prophets/ connect Allah and humans
-25 prophets
-many have books of allahs revelations to them/ they are responsible for allahs revelations
-Should be respected but never worshipped

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key actions of adam

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first human
given knowlege to pass to his ascestors
givem the role of steward
muslims dont believe in origanial sin but we cna learn from adams sins
Some believe he built the kaba

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key actions of ibrahim

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-hated idoltry/ first person to preach monotheism
-known as the father of arabs
-allah tested him and he kept faith- should be emulated
-Rebuilt the kaba

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key actions of musa

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taught monothiesm
only prophet who actually saw allah

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key actions of dawud

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got the psalms/zabur
very strong and brave- killed Goliath
Because of this he was made a king

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isa key actions

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born to a virign, miracle
NOT son of god
will come back for day of judgement

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what is the importance of the quaran

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-all of the older revelations were contradictory or lost but the quaran is the clear word of god
- confirms past revelations to other prophets but takes priority
- the only true book of how to conduct your life

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whats ibrahims revelation book

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the suhuf

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whats moses revelation book

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the tawrat
has the 10 commandments
Sets out the judgement of Allah

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Beliefs around the 12 imams

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  • Shia belief- after Mohammed died there were 12 imams
  • not blood related to muhammed but spiritually
  • the twelfth has been kept alive and is hiding in earth
  • one day he will become known and bring equity
  • another idea is isma il is the seventh
    Imam and is the last hereditary imam, all others can chose their successor
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Ismail

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  • associated w kaba and Mecca
  • Ibrahims son
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Key traits of Mohamed

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  • last prophet
    -recieved the quaran
  • seal of prophets/ final one of allahs revelations
  • NOT divine- quaran says he’s ‘no more than a messanger’
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Night of power

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  • Jibril appeared to Mohamed when he was meditating in a cave
  • Mohamed began to proclaim the message of allah though he could not read
  • the revelations continued for 23 years
  • all of these revelations are allahs final revelations to man and the content in the quaran
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Kutub

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  • books revealed from allah to the other prophets before the quaran was to Mohamed
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What is David’s book

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  • zabur/ psalms
  • poetic prayers similar to bible
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Isas book

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  • Injil
  • reveals coming of Mohamed
  • altered over time
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Hadith

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  • recounts the things Mohamed said aside from his revelations
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Sunnah

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  • recounts the actions of Mohamed
  • gives a model guidance on how a Muslim should conduct themslves
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What book are the pillars outlined in

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The sunnah

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Proof of tawhid

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Allah is the Arabic word for god, there is no plural version which shows he is only one

All prophets give an unchanging lesson on monotheism- shows Allah is real and clear

Primary thing outlined in the shahada

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Reason for risallah

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Allahs greatness is too much to communicate with humans

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Beliefs around adalat

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  • means divine justice
  • Allah is always just and fair even if as humans we don’t understand
  • on the day of judgement all will be responsible for their deeds and Allah will judge with fairness
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Purpose of the prophets

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  • to stop humans from straying from Islam
  • to stop people worshiping false gods
  • to educate the illiterate
  • they come équipe with proof and scripture which should see who is willing to defend Allah
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the first caliphs

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  • means Islamic leader
  • Abu bakr- muhammed father in law was appointed and then two more leaders before Ali
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Sunni/ Shia ideas about the first caliphs/ leaders

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  • Sunnis recognise Abu bakr, the two after and Ali as all four being fair and rightful successors
  • shias think that Ali was the rightful first chosen caliph and after him the 12 following imams were all correct successors
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Important things in the sunnah

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  • praying rituals
  • organisation of zakat
  • fasting in Ramadan

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