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Comparative Religion
Islam
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
04/06/2009

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Dhikr
Definition
"rememberance" - continual chanting of the names of God, continuous Salat, breathing exercises, and ecstatic dances
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Fitra
Definition
"good constitution" - orginial framework or nature of humans as created by God. Humans are inncitetly good but are granted "free will" as well. Cannot be destroyed.
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Hadith
Definition
"report" or "account" - individual units that make the sunna
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Hijra
Definition
Situation provided which Muhammad made a decision to have pilgramage to Mecca and for the source of stories are required to make a pilgramage to Mecca at least once over the course of their lives.
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Sharia
Definition
Sources of Islamic law. "the way". Qur'an, Sunna, Human reason and consenssu of the Umma.
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Shirk
Definition
Association of something with God that is not God. Ex: wealth, success, self. A way to avoid it is by practicing the 5 pillars of Islam
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Sura
Definition
The chapters of the Koran, there is 114 of them; each chapter goes in decending order
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Umma
Definition
The world wide community of Muslims; the Hija is considered the beginning of the Umma
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Caliph
Definition
"successor" - religious and political leader of the Umma. First 4 captains: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali
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Baraka
Definition
spiritual wisdom and blessing transmitted from God; Surname
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