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Islam
Islamic religion and traditions
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
04/30/2008

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627
Definition
battle of the trench.
breaking of the pact of medina.
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632
Definition
death of muhammed
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malcolm x
Definition
went on hajj and changed his ideology to be less black islam and more suni orthodox
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muhammed
Definition
prophed and messenger
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jihad
Definition
"holy war"--2 struggles
-internal/spiritual-> submission
-military struggle
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five pillars
Definition
1.zakat-almsgiving
2.shahadah-proclomation of faith
3.salat-prayer
4.hajj-pilgrimage to mecca
5.sawm-fasting during ramadan
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yathrib
Definition
Medina Al-nabi-->name of the city before muhammed got there
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jahiliyyah
Definition
"era of ignorance" (towards god)
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Ali
Definition
4th caleph according to suni's
1st caleph according to shi'is
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ka'ba
Definition
built by abraham
it was a trade center
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hijra
Definition
muhammed's move to medina from mecca
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622
Definition
hijra->muhammed's move to medina fro mecca
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abbasid dynasty
Definition
Baghdad
cultural center
algebra invented
golden age
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Allah
Definition
islamic god
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qur'an
Definition
main islamic text
direct literal word of god
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610
Definition
first revelation
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hanif
Definition
monotheism without religion
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khadijah
Definition
muhammeds first wife
older than muhammed
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muslim
Definition
"one who submits"
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hadith
Definition
recorded actions and saying of muhammed
sound, weak, or fraudulent
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aisha
Definition
muhammads favorite and youngest wife
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abu bakr
Definition
one of the first leaders of islam after the death of muhammed
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fatima
Definition
daughter of muhammed
married to ali
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umar
Definition
ruled after abu bakr until he was murdered
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caliph
Definition
name of islamic leaders
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shi'i
Definition
believe that the first leader of islam after muhammed was ali
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sunni
Definition
"rightly guided caliphs"
1.Abu Bakr 2.Umar 3.Uthman 4.Ali
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Umayyad Dynasty
Definition
syria (damascus)
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Sufi
Definition
islamic mysticism
belief that one can know god through his actions. mainstream muslims believe only god can know god
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sheikh
Definition
group leader in sufism
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medina
Definition
first place muhammed lived
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mecca
Definition
holy city of islam
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elijah muhammed
Definition
leader of nation of islam after w. fard muhammed
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w. fard muhammed
Definition
founder of nation of islam
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zakat
Definition
almsgiving
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shahadah
Definition
proclomation of faith
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hajj
Definition
pilgrimage to mecca
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salat
Definition
prayer
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sawm
Definition
fasting during ramadan
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ijtihad
Definition
making legal decisions by interpreting the qur'an
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imam
Definition
mosque prayer leader
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dhikr
Definition
devotional acts to god
-counting beads
-reciting qur'an
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islam
Definition
submission
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mahdi/mehdi
Definition
"messiah" if sufism
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mosque
Definition
islamic place of worship
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qiblah
Definition
direction of prayer
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quraysh
Definition
dominant tribe of mecca upon emergence of islam
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ramadan
Definition
during the month the qur'an began to be revealed
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seal of the prophets
Definition
title given to muhammed that he was the last prophet
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shariah
Definition
islamic law
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sunnah
Definition
real life examples of muhammed word
hadith is its source
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shirk
Definition
sin of polytheism or worshipping other gods
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ummayad
Definition
first dynasty of the caliphs
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ummah
Definition
muslim community
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tawhid
Definition
believing that god is one and is unique
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uthman
Definition
third caliph
muhammeds son in law
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