Test 5 Flashcards
What is the importance of Mecca, pre Muhammad?
Many gods and spirits were worshiped at ka’aba
What is the importance of the Bedouin?
Dessert movers, family , courage, warrior skills became part of Muslim life
Pre Muhammad was polytheistic or monotheistic?
They were polytheistic
Muhammad’s life before the age of 40
Muhammad was born into a rich tribe and was a caravan merchant and then he married a women named Khadijah
Who spoke to Muhammad?
Gabriel
At did he tell him?
He told him that he was the last prophet
What was Muhammad’s job after the revelation
He had to tell people about Allah and how he was the last prophet
At does Islam mean
It means submitting to Allah
What does Muslim mean?
Submitted to Allah
How was Muhammad received?
He was not welcomed and people didn’t think that he was credible
What is Hijrah?
The journey that Muhammad made to Yathrib
What happened in Yathrib?
He gained more believers and then they decided to march to Mecca
How did Muhammad take Mecca?
He marched into Mecca with 10,000 believers and the rulers surrendered
What is the Qur’an
It is the holy book of Muslim
What are the 5 pillars?
Pilgrimage, fasting, alms, prayer, faith
What language is the Qur’an written in?
Arabic
What is Sunna?
The perfect example of living (Allah, Muhammad)
What does people of the book mean?
It is Jews and Muslims
What does Calif mean?
It is a ruler that was a descendant of Muhammad
Who were the rightly guided Calif’s?
Aba-Bakr, umah, Ali, utman
Why were they rightly guided?
Because they were descendants of Muhammad
How did they expand the empire?
They moved to different countries because the people saw it as a sign from Allah and they fought for faith. Plus the people they were conjuring were welcoming because they would get to practice any religion they wished
What triggered the civil war in Muslim faith
Sh’Ai Sunni and Sufi
Who were the Umayyad?
They were a family of rulers that we’re wealthy
What were the Umayyads greatest achievements?
They moved the Capitol from Mecca to Damascus cause it was better for trade
What does it mean to be Sufi?
It means that you reject the luxurious life’s of the Umayyads
Who were the Abbasids
They were the longest and most powerful group to take control. They moved the Capitol to Bagdad and created a Berocracy and created skatts which were checks
What is the Shari’a?
This is the code of laws that regulates the moral conduct, daily life, no buissness and community life of the Muslims
How wide is the Arabian peninsula?
It is 1,300 miles wide and 1,200 miles long
Who was the source of authority for Muslims?
Allah
What were the external conflicts?
When Muhammad died groups stopped paying taxes, some stopped believing in Islamic values and some people started calling themselves prophets.
What was the Abbasid capital?
Bagdad
What was the Fatima capital?
Cairo
What is the Fatimid?
It is a group that is created by the Shi’a and they are beloved to be descendants of Fatimid Muhammad’s daughter
What were the four social classes?
- Born Muslims
- People who convert to Islam
- The protected people (people of the book)!
- The slaves who were usually prisoners of war
What was the role of Islamic women
They were supposed to look after the house and the maids and them children, they could go to school but they had to cover their faces when they went out. They had more rights then Indian and Chinese women
What is the house of wisdom?
This is a place in were people would go to share ideas and to get new ideas. It was like a library.
Where is the house of wisdom?
Baghdad
What were the reasons to know math and science in the Islamic faith?
- To know when rahmadon is
- To know when to pray
- Praying toward Mecca
- The month of hajj
Who was Al- Rizi
He was a great physician that wrote “Treatise on Smallpox and Measles, ”
What is calligraphy?
A beautiful way of writing
Who created a book on optics?
In Ali- haytham
Who is al- khwarizmi
A mathematician that read in Italian and made up algebra
