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28 Cards in this Set
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Hijra
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migration to Yathrib
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Umma
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unified Muslim community
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Hadith
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records of the Prophet's actions and pronouncements
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Hajj
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pilgrimage
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Imams
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leaders of the umma
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Dhimmi
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Christians and Jews
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Sharia
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Muslim legal codes
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Hanbali school
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adheres closely to religious text and is the smallest of the sects
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Malikis
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allows judges some latitude to voice informed opinions on points of law and permit use of analogies in interpreting the law
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Sufism
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sought ways to reach God through intense religious experience
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Jihad
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struggle of faith; fight for your beliefs and way of God but do not begin hostilities
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Sunni
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believe that Muhammad died without setting forth rules of succession for leadership
and that succession was based on the descent from Muhammad's clan (Quraysh) |
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Shiites
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stress the legitimacy of rule of only Ali's descendants
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Kharajites
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rulers should be chosen not based on clans and could be changed as new needs arose
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Shaykhas
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female religious teachers
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Sira
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attempts to take the Quranic references and create narratives our of them
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Mawlid
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celebration of birth of Muhammad
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Sunna
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the custom of way the forefathers did things
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Jahiliyya
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a mode of consciousness that represents an anxiety in the heart due to the lack of faith with God
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Miraj
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heavenly ascension
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ziyarat
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local shrine
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Abu Bakr
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first caliphate after Muhammad died
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Umar
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second caliphate
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Uthman
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third caliphate
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Ali
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fourth caliphate
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Sahih
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authentic
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Isnad
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chain of transmission
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Matn
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text
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