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| Holiest sanctuary in Islam. Cubic stone building in Mecca. |
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| Literature preserving Muhammads life and sayings |
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| Muhammads actions and sayings |
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| One who calls the people to prayer from a high place (Abu Bakr was first one) |
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| Migration of Muslims from Mecca to Medina |
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| The first sura (chapter) of the Quran - reveals the essenence of the Quran |
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| The first sentence chated in the ear of an infant, describes the oneness of God and Humanity. |
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| One of the to major sins, associating anything else with divinity except the one God. |
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| One of the two major sins, ungratefulness to God, unbelief, atheism |
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| Satan was originally one, immaterial beings of fire whose nature is between that of humans and angels |
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| Prayer, second of the 5 pillars |
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| charity or almsgiving, 3rd of 5 pillars |
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| fasting, 4th of 5 pillars |
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| Pilgrimage to Mecca, 5th of the 5 pillars |
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| Constant repetition of Shahabah |
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| The sacred law of Islam. Includes the Quran, Sunnah of Muhammed.. |
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| Scholars who devote their lifetimes to developing Shari'ah |
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| Legal opinion from ulama (scholars). Considered authority by Sunni Muslims. |
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| Memorial on the tenth day of Muharram commemorating Husayns struggle against the Umayyad |
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| leaders, guides of Shi'a Muslims |
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| "sevener" Shi'a Muslims, believe in a different seventh Imam |
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| Sect of Muslim believing in the succession of caliphs |
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| Sect of Islam believing in succession of Imams, family of 'Ali |
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| Sect of Islam with esoteric and mystical practices |
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| Poor mendicant mystics, no posessions, no attachment in world |
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| Total annaihiliation of Beloved |
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| Sufi blessings, sacred power passed from shaykh to shaykh |
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| Sufi esoteric orders, spiritual lineage |
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| Protected people, people of the book. |
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| Striving, sometimes considered the 6th pilar |
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| A selfless fighter in the path of Allah |
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| Muslim and Christian term for "non believer", often applied to each other |
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| Person seeking Islamic states in which the rule of God is supreme |
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| Druze practice of avoiding persecution |
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| first month of Islamic Calendar, first day is New Years |
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| Time period including the 4 caliphs, up until the Umayyad Dynasty |
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| Dynasty with much expansion of Muslim , after Rashidum, before Abbasid |
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| Dynasty with a lot of cultural advances, Persian influence, creation of Arabic numbers, civilization, technology... |
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1. Oneness
2. Prophethood
3. Human & Devine relationship
4. Unseen life
5. Judgement Day |
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1. Belief, Witness (Shahadah)
2. Daily Prayer (Salaat)
3. Charity, almsgiving (Zakat)
4. Fasting (Sawm)
5. Pilgrimage (Hajj) |
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1. Abu Bakr
2. Umar
3. Uthmam
4. 'Ali |
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1. 'Ali
2. Hasam
3. Hussayn |
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| 4 Sources & 5 levels of activity of the Shari'ah |
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1. Quran
2. Sunnah
3. Elaborations/reasoning
4. Community consensus
1. Obligatory
2. Recommended
3. Permissable
4. Reprehensible
5. Forbidden |
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