Week 5

Question 1

Mawali

Answer 1

Non-Arab Muslims

Question 2

Imam

Answer 2

The name for leadership with the Ali party

Question 3

ilm

Answer 3

Divine, sacred knowledge

Question 4

Hashimiyya

Answer 4

The collective of non-descendent and descendent leaders who supported Ali who overthrew Umayyad dynasty.

Question 5

Hadith Folk

Answer 5

Those who did not like Umayyad but were pacifists. (Called Sunni?)

Question 6

Jabrites

Answer 6

A sect of the Hadith folk who didn’t challenge Umayyad

Question 7

Qadarites

Answer 7

A sect of Hadith folk who did challenge Umayyad.

Question 8

Walid II

Answer 8

A caliph who was murdered within his own Umayyad dynasty

Question 9

Prince Abd al-Rahman

Answer 9

Only survivor of the Umayyad overthrow. Escaped to Spain and founded the Umayyad dynasty in the Iberian peninsula.

Question 10

Golden Age of Islam

Answer 10

From the 8th to 13th century under the Abbasid dynasty.

Question 11

Idda

Answer 11

Waiting period between wanting a divorce and getting one

Question 12

6 Regional Schools of Thought

Answer 12

1. Maliki/Medinan
2. Hanafi
3. Shafi
4. Hanbali
5. Ja’fali
6. Isma’il

Question 13

4 Sunni Schools

Answer 13

1. Maliki/Medinan
2. Hanafi
3. Shafi
4. Hanbali

Question 14

2 Shi’a Schools

Answer 14

1. Ja’fali

2. Isma’il

Question 15

Mazalim

Answer 15

Not an official Islamic school, but needed to enforce certain things that the Qur’an didn’t mention.

Question 16

Kalam

Answer 16

An Islamic theological discourse.

Question 17

2 Major Influences of Islamic Theology

Answer 17

Internal Factor: The issue of just ruler, and the concept of God
External factor: Islamic theology was founded as a response to Jews and Christians.

Question 18

Mutakallim

Answer 18

One who practices Kalam.

Question 19

Divine predestination of free will?

Answer 19

Jabrites believed in divine predestination and Qadarites believed in free will.

Question 20

Murji’a

Answer 20

Believed we shouldn’t judge, only God can judge, no matter how wrong people may seem.

Question 21

Mu’tazilite

Answer 21

A theological school of thought that emphasized human reason. Rejected God as a human-like thing.

Question 22

Munafia

Answer 22

A hypocrite.

Question 23

Bid’a

Answer 23

A blamable innovation according to Mu’tazilites.

Question 24

Ash’arism

Answer 24

An off-shoot of Mu’tazilite.

Question 25

Maturidism

Answer 25

Idfk. Some theology shit.