Flashcards
Islam - Flashcards
Cards in this deck (21)
- 1Akhiralife after death.
- 2Allahthe God - affirms that there is only one God.
- 3Caliphthe four successors of Muhammad - ’rightly guided’; ‘defenders of the faith’.
- 4Five Pillarsfoundation of faith - confessions of faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting, pilgrimage.
- 5Hadithrecorded traditions which maintain sayings/examples (Sunnah) of Muhammad.
- 6Haramthose things that are forbidden
- 7Islam‘submission’ to the will of God; a further meaning is ‘peace’.
- 8Jurisprudencethe process/science of interpreting Qur’an and Hadith to arrive at a correct decision.
- 9Ka’balocated in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site; the Qur’an states that it was built by Ibrahim and Ishmael
- 10Meccabirthplace of Muhammad-place of sacred pilgrimage for all Muslims
- 11Ramadanthe ninth month of the Muslim calendar when able adults undertake rigorous fasting
- 12Salatprayer-five times daily which assists adherents over their whole day in submission to Allah
- 13Shahadathe first Pillar: ‘There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet’.
- 14Shari’alaw that defines the path a Muslim must follow in life.
- 15Sunnahthe acts and sayings of the Prophet; source of teaching after the Qur’an.
- 16Sunnipath’- the way of Muhammad; approximately 85% of Muslims are Sunni; accepts all four caliphs.
- 17Shi’ia‘the party of Ali’; emphasis on suffering; specific system of law; majority of expression in Islam.
- 18Tawafcircling the Ka’ba during Hajj.
- 19Tawhidthere is only one God and only this one God can be worshipped; pivotal belief of Islam.
- 20Ummahthe universal community of Islam.
- 21Zakata tax to provide for the needs of the poor and needy; usually 2.5% of a person’s income.