mid-term Flashcards
is the study of Islamic history wajib, sunnah, mubah, makruh, or even haram? Why
It is Wajib because if you do not know your history,(Islamic History), you will be easily swayed by the modern ideas
What are the three kinds of conclusion
The three kinds of conclusion are Hukum aqli ( a conclusion of intellect). Hukum Adah ( the conclusion of experience and observation) And hukm Sharii ( the conclusion of revelation)
What is a primary source
A source that came from a witness of the historical event
What do Qati and Zanni mean
Qati means certain Zanni means probable.
What is a secondary source
A secondary source is second to primary sources.
Does the Quran have a history?
Yes because there was an evolution to how it was preserved and it was sent down slowly woven by the time of the prophets life
What are the seven ahruf of the Quran
They are different ways the prophet the prophet taught the Quran
What is a codex
Codex is the ansestor of a book and it is a book that is not made of paper
How many complications of the Quran were completed during the Rashidun era?
2 separated compilations. One when Abu Bakr was in leadership and another when Uthman was in command.
How were the complaints of the Quran performed?
Both times they gathered all the codices they had and would only transcribe it if they brought 2 witnesses that they wrote it down in the presence of the prophet.
What does palimpsest mean
A palimpsest is a codex where a first writing is erased, and over the erased writing, another writing is written
What is Hafs on authority of Asim
it is the recitation of the quranaccording to which 90% of the ummah recites Quran today.
Allah
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Jabrail
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Prophet
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Uthman bn Affan , Zeyd ibn Thabit
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Abu Abd al rahman al-Sulami
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Asim ibn abi nujud
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Hafs
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Us today
What are the two kinds of Hadith from the perspective of how many people narrated it?
1) mutawatir 2) ahad
What were some of the earliest Hadith collections
One of the earliest collections to combine hadith in a single codex is al-Muwatta of Imam-Malik.
What is a musnad
a hadith collection according ttttto their isnad(chain to allah through generations)
What are the Sahih and Sunan Collections
sahih al bukhari
sahih al muslim
sunan of ibn maja
sunan of abu dawud
al sahih al tirmithi
al sunan al nasa
How did the tradition of mentioning isnad (chain of transition) for hadith begin?
(Our master Umar began the tradition of mentioning isnad.) If a companion would narrate to him a hadith he had not heard before, he would demand that they bring witness that the prophet said that. Hence, this began the tradition that when you narrate a hadith, you should narrate who told you that hadith.
What was Fiqh like at the time of the Prophet?
unsystemized they would learn from seeing the prophet
What was fiqh like in the Rashidun era
They would consult the Quran then the Sunnah then Ijma then qias
How did fiqh develop in the time of the Tabiin
they learned from the sahaba
What are some of the main differences between the schools?
hanafi realy on quran
maliki realy on the people of madinas actions
shafii realy on hadith
hambali rely on hadith but use wara
What was Aqida like at the time of the prophet?
It was not systemized. And it wa taught very simply with the basics of Islam because people were with the prophet already and they learned by seeing.
Is there ijtihad of aqida
no
What was Aqida like in the Rashidun era
people often brought ideas from their previous religions and the sahaba would clarify them using quran and sunnah
What was the first sect to deviate
The Kharigites were the first and they believed that Ali and Muawiyah were both sinners because they didn’t agree.
What was aqida like At the time of the Tabiin
it was evolving, for example, Hassan al Basri and Wasil ibn Ata disagreed on whether A sinner was a believer or not. The people who agreed with Hassan Al Basri are now called Mutazilites
What was The al-Mihna (“the Ordeal”)
it was a period in which the Abbasid instituted a formal policy of supporting the belief of the Mutasilites that the Quran was created.
What Schools of aqida Emerge in response to the Mutazilites
Abu al Hassan Al ashari and maturidi.
what was Tasawwuf like at the time of the prophet
It was not systemized.
What was Tasawwuf like in the Rashidun Era
Most people of Tasawwuf had miracles like the stories of ya saria and he was talking to someone 800 miles away