Muhammad and Islam

Question 1

What is Hijra mean?

Answer 1

• marks the beginning of islamic calendar

- Muhammad leaves city of Mecca to Medina

Question 2

Why causes Muhammad to leave the city of Mecca into Medina?

Answer 2

-After his uncle and wife death he didnt have protection from his tribe

Question 3

Why did the city of Medina invite Muhammad?

Answer 3

• in a civil war

- divided in jewish an arab tribes with a blood feud

Question 4

What year does Muhammad migrate to Medina?

Answer 4

622

Question 5

What do Muslims consider Muhammad?

Answer 5

• consider Muhammad a prophet
• restored back to unadulterated faith of Abraham and other prophets
• Was given messages in revalations

Question 6

What do Muslims consider Muhammad?

Answer 6

• consider Muhammad a prophet

- restored back to unadulterated faith of Abraham

Question 7

Who was Abu Bakr?

Answer 7

• first Caliphate
• fist successor of Muhammad
• Muhammad’s father in law

Question 8

Who were the Caliphs?

Answer 8

• Abu Barker
• Umar
• Uthman
• Ali

Question 9

What is the Sunnah?

Answer 9

way of life based on Quran and the practices/teachings of Muhammad

Question 10

What is the Hadith?

Answer 10

• recorded the saying of Prophet of Muhammad
• i heard from my great grandfather from his great grandfather that Muhammad said this…
• muhammad is attributed to saying something

Question 11

What occurred during the rule of Uthman?

Answer 11

the Qu’ran was written

Question 12

What is Sharia?

Answer 12

is the moral and religious law of Islam

Question 13

What are the 5 pillar of Islam?

Answer 13

1. Shahada “one God and Muhammad is his prophet”
2. Prayer 5 times a day
3. Fasting:
   sun up till sun down
4. Alm:
   3.5% of persons income goes to charity
5. Mecca:
   travel to holy place one time in life if financially able to

Question 14

What are the 2 Islamic Dynasties?

Answer 14

• Umayyad Caliphate

- Abbasids Caliphate

Question 15

Who founded the Umayyad Dynasty?

Answer 15

Mu’awiya

Question 16

Where is the Umayyad Dynasty centered at?

Answer 16

Syria

Question 17

What occurred under the Umayyad Dynasty?

Answer 17

• Non arab muslims and jews were forced to pay a tax
• arabization of bureaucracy, kept all records in arabic
• minted all new coins
• constructed the Dome of the Rock

Question 18

What year are the Umayyad conquered?

Answer 18

750

Question 19

What is Jizya?

Answer 19

the taxation of Arabs Jews and Christians

Question 20

What are the beliefs of the Sunnis?

Answer 20

• accepted Abu Barker as the successor of Muhammad & 4 rightly guided caliphs
• religious issues are controlled by the ulama
• No mahdi

Question 21

What is the Imam?

Answer 21

• in Shi’ites denomination
• Leader of the community
• successors of Muhammad
• control over community
• interpreting the divine law

Question 22

What is the Mahdi?

Answer 22

• “The guided one”
• messiah
• purge the earth of sins

Question 23

When do the Shi’s and Sunnis split?

Answer 23

750

Question 24

What do the Abbasid Dynasty base there revolution of the Umayyad Dynasty on?

Answer 24

-all muslims should be treated equally

Question 25

What does Al-Rashid do for the Abbasid Dynasty?

Answer 25

-brings into the golden age of Islam

Question 26

Where is Abbasid Dynasty centered at?

Answer 26

Baghdad

Question 27

What brought in the medieval green revolution?

Answer 27

• rice
• citrus fruit
• bananas
• sugar cane
• coffee

Question 28

What is Sufism?

Answer 28

practice in islam that focus on mysticism of the religion

Question 29

What muslim denomination makes up the majority of the population?

Answer 29

Sunnis

Question 30

Who did the Shi’ites consider the fist successor of Muhammad?

Answer 30

Ali

Question 31

What is the second largest denomination of Muslims?

Answer 31

Shi’its

Question 32

What denomination of muslims are the Imams found?

Answer 32

shi’ites