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Intro to Islam Vocab
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
01/19/2010

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Adhan
Definition
The call to prayer, recited from mosques 5 times a day.
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Ahl Al-Bayt
Definition

"People of the book"- Muhammad's immediate family

 

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Ahl Al- Kitaab
Definition
"People of the book"- members of other religions with scriptures. (Christians and Jews)
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"Al- hamdu-li-lah"
Definition
"Praise God"- repeated by Muslims when something good happens
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Allah
Definition
God in Arabic. 99 names for God in Quran
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Aya or Ayat
Definition
"signs"- verses of the Quran
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"Bismillah ir Rahman ir Rahim"
Definition
"In the name of God, the most compassionate, the most merciful"- This is the beginning of every verse of the Quran except one
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Caliphate
Definition

Rulers who succeeded Muhammad.

Sunnis:First four caliphs are "rashindun"(rightly guided caliphs)

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Din
Definition
"religion"- system of conduct and way of life
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Fatwa
Definition
A non-binding legal verdict given by a qualified Muslim religious scholar
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Fiqh
Definition
Islamic jurisprudence (theory of law and legal rulings)
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Fitna
Definition

Splitting of the Muslim community into sects.

First two refer to the two Civil Wars in the Muslim community

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Hadith
Definition
texts that record what Muhammad said or did or what he approved of. Revelatory source of Islam
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Hajj
Definition

Muslim yearly pilgrimage that is a Pillar of Islam.

Hajj must be performed once in a lifetime

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Halal
Definition

"permitted or lawful"- often used for permitted foods

Similar to kosher (Jewish)

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Haram
Definition
Forbidden or prohibited. Can also refer to a sanctuary or holy place
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Hijab
Definition
A curtain and refers to the head covering of Muslim women
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Hijrah
Definition

Emmigration- When Muhammad and his early Muslim following fled Mecca for Medina in 622 C.E.

-Beginning of Muslim calendar

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Iftar
Definition
Daily evening meal during Ramadan after fasting ends at sunset
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Ijma

Definition

"Consensus"- Used as one of four sources of Sunni Islamic law as the consensus of religious scholars in any given age.

-Derives Islamic Law

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Ijtihad
Definition
Independant judgment based on Quran and hadith by trained Islamic scholars
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Imam
Definition
Sunni Muslims use this for a leader
Shi'i Muslims refer to the rightful successors of Muhammad from his line of descendants
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"Insha-allah"
Definition
"If God wills"- referring to anything happening in the future
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Islam
Definition
"Submission to the will of Allah"- Islam demands submission to God to live in peace
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Jahaliya
Definition
"ignorance"- period of polytheistic worship in Arabia before Muhammad established Islam
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Jihad
Definition
"to strive or exert to the utmost"- all forms of struggle to make the Word of God prevail
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Jinn
Definition
Creatures created out of fire who have had a divine messsage addressed to them and can choose between good and evil like man
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Ka'ba
Definition
Cube-shaped stone building in Mecca originally believed to be built by Abraham and Ishmael. All Muslims pray in this direction
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Madhab
Definition
One of four Sunni schools of law
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Malak
Definition
Angel
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Masjid
Definition
Mosque
Term
Mihraab
Definition
Prayer niche in mosques that signify direction of prayer
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Mu'min
Definition
"a believer"
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Nabi
Definition
A prophet of God
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Qadi
Definition
An Islamic judge
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Qiyas
Definition
"analogy"-one of four sources of Islamic law
-other three are Quran, hadith, and ijma
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Qiblah
Definition
Direction Muslims turn to for prayer (Towards Ka'ba)
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Quraysh
Definition
the Arab tribe Muhammad belonged to and later became the first Islamic dynasty (Umayyads)
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Quran
Definition
Muslim holy book containing the word of God told to Muhammad
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Ramadan
Definition
Ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
-One of five Pillars of Islam
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Rasul
Definition
A messenger of God who is a prophet receiving revelations for humanity to hear
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Salat
Definition
Five daily prayers. Fajr, Duhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, Isha
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Salat
Definition
Five daily prayers. Fajr, Duhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, Isha
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Sawm
Definition
Fasting usually during Ramadan
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Shahada
Definition
Profession of faith said when one converts to Islam. One of Five Pillars of Islam
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Shari'a
Definition
"The path to be followed"-Islamic law
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Shi'i or Shiite
Definition
Minority of Muslims who believe that the succession of leadership after Muhammad should have passed to his family beginning with Ali
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Sufism
Definition
Islamic mysticism
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Sunna
Definition
The practice of Muhammad which was recorded in the hadith
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Sunni
Definition
Majority of Muslims who believe that succession of Muhammad should be communally decided
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Sura
Definition
A chapter of the Quran. 114 total in Quran
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Tafsir
Definition
refers to the works of Quranic exegis
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Tawhid
Definition
Monotheism believed by Islam
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Ulama
Definition
Religious trained scholars of Islam
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Ummah
Definition
"community"- Muslim community worldwide
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Zakah
Definition
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Zakah
Definition
yearly charity Muslims give as a Pillar of Islam
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