ISLAM EXAM 1

What is the Jahiliyya

Age of ignorance before islam.

Where was Prophet Muhammad born

Mecca

When did Muhammed recieve his first revelation

610 during Ramadan in cave of Hira when the angel Jibril told him to recite

What is the seal of the prophets

Final prophet in the Abrahamic line, no new revelations after him

Where is the ka’aba located

Mecca

What is the Ka’aba

Cube shaped shrine in Mecca originally for polytheism, Islam rededicated t to Allah. 

What is the Hijra

Muhammed’s migration from Mecca to Medina after assasination threats

Where was the first muslim community

Medina

Where did Muhammed become a political leader and judge

Medina

What was the first mosque

Muhammed’s house in Medina

What was night journey and ascension

Muhammed traveled from mecca to Jerusalem and acsended to heaven

What affirmed jerusalem’s importance

Night journey and ascension

What was the outcome of the Meccan-Medinan war

Muslim conquest of Mecca

How many Surahs in the Qu’ran

114

Ae Meccan surah’s short or long

Short

Al-Fatihah

Opening chapter in the Quran, recited in every unit of prayer

Tafsir

Interpretation of the Quran that explains meanings, legal and spiritual implications.

What do muslims think about Jesus

Prophet that is not divine, will return at end times. They do not regard him as son of god

What do Sunni Muslims believe about Muhammad

Muhammad was the perfect and last example of how to live in submission to the will of God. 

How did early Sunni Muslims learn

From Muhammed himself

What is a Hadith

Reports of Muhammad’s sayings/actions

How many trustworthy Hadith’s are there

2500

How many Hadith collections to Sunni Muslims recognize

6

Caliphate/caliph

Political and administrative leaders after Muhammad

Who was the first caliph

Abu Bakr

Which Caliph was assassinated

Uthman

Who was Ali

Muhammad’s cousin who was the first Imam in Shia belief

What did the Shia argue about Ali, what happened after?

He was the rightful successor to Muhammad, he was killed

Who was Husayn

Ali’s younger son, killed by Umayyad army at the Battle of Karbala

Who was remembered as the Prince of Martyrs

Husayn

What is Karbala

Site in Iraq where Husayn was killed

Shia Imamate (Twelver)

Twelver Shia recognize a line of 12 Imams, beginning with Ali and ending with the 12th imam, Muhammad ibn Hassan al-Mahdi

Why was the 12th Imam important

Believed to return at the end of time to bring justice and righteousness, known as Awaited One or Hidden Imam

What is the largest Shia-majority country, with Twelver Shi’ism as its official state religion

Iran