Islam Flashcards

(54 cards)

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Mecca

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Muhammad born

pray towards mecca

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Medina

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Muhammad buried

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two kinds of muslims

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Sunnhi

Shia

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4
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geographics

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Indonesia largest
200 million

20-30% in the middle east

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5
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ISLAM

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=Submission

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ISLAM - SLM

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=peace submitting to god, reflection of peace

AsalaMu-alaykum

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Abrahamic connections

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Accepts the jewish and christian prophets

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Abraham

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the father of monotheism
lineage through
ischmael abrahams son

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Beliefs of Jesus

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Jesus is a prophet and a messia, not the son of god. Jesus asend to heaven but was not crucified.
believe in the virgin birth

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Universialism and proselytizing

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akin to christianity
for everybody
easy to convert

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Judaism

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import of practice
Judaism - kosher and halal

legalistic practicebased

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christianity

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what we believe. creedle orthodox

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islam accepts

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the torah and new testament

but not all the laws (judaism) and not all the theology (christianity)

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14
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Surah

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chapter

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15
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Al-Ikhlas

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pure faith

not allowed to have pictures

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16
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Islam

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surrender submit to god

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17
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how many muslims?

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1.7 billion

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18
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Allah

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the god, monotheism

gods oneness essential

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Muhammad

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the final prophet, sealed the prophets

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M refers to a person

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Muslim - someone who submits to god

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21
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Shahada

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faith not practice based

I bear witness - shahada

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Two sources

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  1. Qur’an the text of god prays five times

2. Hadith/Sunna - the word of Muhammad - the report practice

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3 main groups

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Sunni (majority) and shiite and sufi

mystics in islam, more about getting close to god than practice

24
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The cube in mecca

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Ka’aba
circle around 7 times
the axis mundi

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The hajj
once a year, 5th pillar, travel to the ka'aba
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the ka'aba
center of the world built by Abraham and ishmael 5 daily prayers, white dress equality of all, sacrifice of abraham economic resource 360 idols circle= perfect
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places in order
1. mecca 2. medina 3. jerusalem
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Preislamic Arabia
Henotheism-polytheism, paganism Jews- crucial, ritual, fast not eat pork Christians- confirms mohammed status as a prophet he understood the christian world
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zoroastrians
Iran- Muhammad respected these groups | heaven and hell
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Hanits
pure monotheists
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Cultural practices
Tribal - war leader, elder, judge, seer, poet Belief -based on the present not afterlife protection by the tribe Law of retribution and warfare
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female infanticide
chaos and ignorance | -Muhammad preach against
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Muhammad and the reform
-born in 570 CE in Mecca
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Mecca
greed usury and crecelty freeing a lot of slaves -stories of his birth (his mother his father)
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Muhammad child
Mother had a dream - give birth to a great man father was seduced because he had a light in his eyes Muhammad was orphaned aware of the injustance of being orphaned
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Muhammads upbringing
by his uncle Abu Talib and his cousin ALi takes him in and protects him Ali first male to convert to Islam. Alis should have taken over after Muhammad
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The monk Bahira
christian monk christians understood that he was a great prophet
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Muhammah merchant
``` life as a merchant His wife Khadija married for 25 years ages 25 and 50 model for muslim women, strong woman model for a marriage (perfect) Khadija first woman to convert to islam ```
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Muhammad
revelation and his early messeage Religious and cultrual reform his followers - spend time getting followers in Mecca 40 hade the element of perfection
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Escape to Medina
622 CE | THE migration/ HIJRA (AH) There is only one god
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Medina
established the first muslim community | city medina of the prophet
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Muhammad equal
``` Muhammad is the best among equals victory in Mecca - 630 CE goes in the Ka'aba and destroys all the idols =monotheistic everybody had amnesty ```
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Muhammads death
632 CE ALI ABU Bakr the issue of succetion shiites and sunnis Muhammad as an examplar
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Hadith
reports of what muhammad said and did
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hadith 2 parts
1. Isnad- chain of transmission | 2. Matn - the report
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The hadith of Gabriel
5 pillars first represented chain of transmission (isnad) zayn told bla bla
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The five pillars
1. bearing witness THe SHAHADAH 2. prayer 5 times a day facing mecca SALAT 3. Alms tax (charity) ZAKAT 4. fasting during ramadan purifying SAWM id al-Fitr (marks the end of ramadan 5. Pilgrimige HAJJ -if one is able to community and the individual
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a man of the age of 40
is ready to recieve god
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Angel Gabriel
a great force/pain on his chest Recite 3x the verses of the angel traumatic process -comforted by Khadija -He is not a medicin a crazy poet or seer
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The Qur'an
Recitation 114 chapters | goes from the shortest to the longest
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Surah = chapter AL-Alaq: chapter 96
The clot in the name of Allah , the beneficient, the murcifull arabic makes it a sacred text
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Surah Al-Fatina
the opening
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reflect upon the qur'an
from the prophet muhammad until today the qur'an is the miracle of islam Revelead to muhammad in 610CE through the angel Gabriel
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koranen experienced attributes
orally recited written language specific arabic memorized a point of connections for muslims to god allah to the prophet muhammad to each other