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Islamic Societies Final
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2011

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Term
Ah'l-al-Bayt
Definition
People of the house; Includes Mohammed, Fatima, Ali, Hassan, and Hussain
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Ah'l-al-Qita
Definition
People of the book- Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrains
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'Ashura
Definition
-Year 61 A.H. (680 A.D.)
-Commemoration of Hussain; 10th day of Muharram (first month of Islamic Calendar)
-Hussain was massacred at Karbala by Yazid
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Dar-al-Islam
Definition
The abode or realm of Islam
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Dar-al-Harb
Definition
Countries not under Islamic jurisdiction that are conflicting with Islamic ones
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Dhimni
Definition
People of the book that are living in Dar-al-Islam
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Faqir
Definition
Someone who is suffering from spiritual poverty
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Ghayba
Definition
Concealment; Related the the twelvers because the 12th Imam goes into hiding and they believe he will return
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Hadith
Definition
-Sayings and actions of the prophet
-Not part of the Quran
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Halal
Definition
sanctioned or permissible under Islamic law.
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