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| The call to prayer, recited from mosques 5 times a day. |
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"People of the book"- Muhammad's immediate family
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| "People of the book"- members of other religions with scriptures. (Christians and Jews) |
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| "Praise God"- repeated by Muslims when something good happens |
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| God in Arabic. 99 names for God in Quran |
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| "signs"- verses of the Quran |
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| "Bismillah ir Rahman ir Rahim" |
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| "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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Rulers who succeeded Muhammad.
Sunnis:First four caliphs are "rashindun"(rightly guided caliphs) |
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| "religion"- system of conduct and way of life |
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| A non-binding legal verdict given by a qualified Muslim religious scholar |
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| Islamic jurisprudence (theory of law and legal rulings) |
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Splitting of the Muslim community into sects.
First two refer to the two Civil Wars in the Muslim community |
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| texts that record what Muhammad said or did or what he approved of. Revelatory source of Islam |
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Muslim yearly pilgrimage that is a Pillar of Islam.
Hajj must be performed once in a lifetime |
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"permitted or lawful"- often used for permitted foods
Similar to kosher (Jewish) |
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| Forbidden or prohibited. Can also refer to a sanctuary or holy place |
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| A curtain and refers to the head covering of Muslim women |
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Emmigration- When Muhammad and his early Muslim following fled Mecca for Medina in 622 C.E.
-Beginning of Muslim calendar |
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| Daily evening meal during Ramadan after fasting ends at sunset |
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"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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| Independant judgment based on Quran and hadith by trained Islamic scholars |
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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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| "If God wills"- referring to anything happening in the future |
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| "Submission to the will of Allah"- Islam demands submission to God to live in peace |
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| "ignorance"- period of polytheistic worship in Arabia before Muhammad established Islam |
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| "to strive or exert to the utmost"- all forms of struggle to make the Word of God prevail |
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| 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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| 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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| One of four Sunni schools of law |
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| Prayer niche in mosques that signify direction of prayer |
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"analogy"-one of four sources of Islamic law
-other three are Quran, hadith, and ijma |
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| Direction Muslims turn to for prayer (Towards Ka'ba) |
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| the Arab tribe Muhammad belonged to and later became the first Islamic dynasty (Umayyads) |
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| Muslim holy book containing the word of God told to Muhammad |
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Ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
-One of five Pillars of Islam |
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| A messenger of God who is a prophet receiving revelations for humanity to hear |
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| Five daily prayers. Fajr, Duhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, Isha |
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| Five daily prayers. Fajr, Duhr, 'Asr, Maghrib, Isha |
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| Fasting usually during Ramadan |
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| Profession of faith said when one converts to Islam. One of Five Pillars of Islam |
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| "The path to be followed"-Islamic law |
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| 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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| The practice of Muhammad which was recorded in the hadith |
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| Majority of Muslims who believe that succession of Muhammad should be communally decided |
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| A chapter of the Quran. 114 total in Quran |
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| refers to the works of Quranic exegis |
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| Monotheism believed by Islam |
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| Religious trained scholars of Islam |
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| "community"- Muslim community worldwide |
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| yearly charity Muslims give as a Pillar of Islam |
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