Islam terms

Question 1

Adhan

Answer 1

Public call to prayer

Question 2

Dhikr

Answer 2

(Remembrance) Constant awareness of God

Question 3

Fatwa

Answer 3

Legal rulings (no smoking)

Question 4

Fiqh

Answer 4

Understanding the Islamic law

Question 5

Fitna

Answer 5

(civil war/unrest/rebellion) against a rightful ruler

Question 6

Hadith

Answer 6

collected traditions based on sayings of Muhammed.

Question 7

Hajj

Answer 7

Obligation to Mecca

Question 8

Haram

Answer 8

Prohibited

Question 9

Hijab

Answer 9

Head covering

Question 10

Hijra

Answer 10

Islamic Journey to Mecca by Muhammed and his followers

Question 11

Ijma

Answer 11

Framework/agreement of Islamic community

Question 12

Ijtihad

Answer 12

Effort to discover intent of lawgiver

Question 13

Imam

Answer 13

Islamic leadership position

Question 14

Islam

Answer 14

Monotheistic religion centered around Quran

Question 15

Isnad

Answer 15

First part of report. Chain of transmitters

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Jahilliyya

Answer 16

Ignorance (before coming of Islam)

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Jihad

Answer 17

collective obligation for war against polytheists

Question 18

Jinn

Answer 18

Creatures that can cause harm to humans

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Jizya

Answer 19

Head tax for non-muslims

Question 20

Kafir

Answer 20

unbeliever

Question 21

Kalam

Answer 21

Reasoned argument to beat heretics. (philosophical study of Islamic doctrine).

Question 22

Ka’ba

Answer 22

Cube in arabic. pilgrimage to holy site

Question 23

Madhhab

Answer 23

Islamic school of law

Question 24

mahdi

Answer 24

Messianic deliverer who is believed to appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice.

Question 25

Masjid

Answer 25

Place of worship. (mosque)

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Matn

Answer 26

Second part of subject report. Together with Isnad make the Hadith.

Question 27

Mufti

Answer 27

Judge

Question 28

Pillars of Islam

Answer 28

declaration of faith, prayer, pilgrimage, fasting and paying of wealth.

Question 29

Qasida

Answer 29

Poetry

Question 30

Qibla

Answer 30

Direction of prayer towards Mecca

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Qiyas

Answer 31

Applying command from Quran to new situation

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Quran

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Basic source of knowledge. word of God

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Ramadan

Answer 33

abstention from food, drink and sex

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Salaf al-salih

Answer 34

ancestors. (first three generations)

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Salafi

Answer 35

restoring golden age of Islam

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Salat

Answer 36

Prayer 5x a day

Question 37

Shahada

Answer 37

Confession of Faith. There is only one God

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Sharia

Answer 38

Islamic law based on Quran

Question 39

Shirk

Answer 39

God is one

Question 40

Shi’ite

Answer 40

Believe Ali was the successor of Muhammed

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Sira

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Collection of Hadith. Biography of Muhammed

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Sufism

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Spiritual Journey directed experience of God

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Sunna

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Word/actions of Muhammed transmitted in Hadith

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Sunni

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Unadulterated Islam of the Sunna

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Taqlid

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Adherence to authoritative precent

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Tawhid

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God’s oneness is absolute

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Ulama

Answer 47

The learned of Islam

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Umma

Answer 48

Contemporary Muslim community

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Usul al-Fiqh

Answer 49

study of roots of jurisprudence

Question 50

Zakat

Answer 50

Poor tax (paying of wealth 2.5%)