Umayyad dynasty Flashcards
which stage is the Umayyad dynasty?
the third stage
what year was the Umayyad dynasty?
661-750 CE
what is the Umayyad stage known as?
the building stage (the rising and falling of caliphates
with who’s death did it start with ?
the death of Ali Ibn Abi Talib
what practices were introduced in this era?
- central treasury was turned into personal property of the caliphate and their families
- amusement: dancing girls, music and astrologers
- office of caliphate became hereditary kingship
what does shurah mean?
consultation
what effected the relationships between the scholars and caliphates in this time?
their fiqh opposing practices
what happened when islam started to spread more?
more problems and new issues occurred
how did the scholars compile fiqh?
used Systematic compilation of Fiqh
development of fiqh in this era.
- increase in issues related to fiqh and ijtihad
- spreading and fabrication of Hadith
- emergence of madrasah Ahli al-hadith and madrasah Ahl al-ra’i
what increased issues related to fiqh?
- expansion of islamic empire
- different backgrounds
what increased individual ijtihad?
more questiones arose so more scholars had to refer to text and ijtihad
who was the founder of the Umayyad dynasty?
muawiyah ibn Abi Sufian
what led to the differences in the scholars views of ijtihad?
- dispersion of the scholars
- breakdown of principal of ijma’
- different parts of islamic region followed different methodology
who were the people of Egypt influenced by?
Abdullah Ibn Amr Ibn Al- Aas
