Reli 2070

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Four madhhabs

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Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali

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Principles of Hanafi

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istihsan "juristic preference"

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Principles of Maliki

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istihsan"juristic preference, "maslahah"public interest, "Amal al-Madinah"

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Principles of Shafi'i

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nass - istihsan of text

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Principles of Hanbali

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hadith as central authority

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Al-Ghazali

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Philsopher and theoligian of Sunni Islam at a time when Sunni was challenged by Shi'I and Arabic tradition by Aristotelian philosophy

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Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab

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Founder of "Wahhabism" or Salafi Movement which concentrated on tawhidand opposingshirk

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Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan

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Muslim modernist that promoted the development of Western education in Muslim countries

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Ibn al-'Arabi

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Author responsible for doctrinal sufism

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Rabi'ah al-'Adawiyyah

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She was a model of mutual love between god and his creations, known for her "pure love of god" and biographed by a sufi saint/poet.

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Emir 'Abd al-Qadir

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Scholar of sufism who became the important leader of rebel forces in Algeria against colonization

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Khalwah

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A spiritual retreat to focus on invocating God's names and attributes without distraction

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Isma'ilis

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One of the major sects of Shi'ism that believe heavily in the imams and their succession

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Zakat

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One of the five pillar of Islam, alms to be given to mosques or personally to the poor

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Nakir

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Angels who tested the faith of the dead by asking three questions: "Who is your lord?" "Who is your prophet" "What is your religion"

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Wali

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"Friends of God" or saints who actualize divine attributes

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Fana'

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Self-annihilation (of the ego) to only leaves God inside of you

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Al-insan al-kamil

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Perfect human who actualizes the divine names and atrributes.

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Wudu'

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State of ritual purity that is necessary to perform daily prayers, salat

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Fatwa

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The legal opinion of a respected scholar

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Qadi

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A judge who deals with practical cases and the enforcement of Shari'ah

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Nifaq

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Hypocrisy of faith, declaring faith but not being faithful

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Tanzih

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Transcendence of God and the distance of humanity to God

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Nawafil

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Voluntary/non-obligatory prayers

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Ma'rifah

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Method of reaching knowledge through experience

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Bay'ah

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Formal initiation of a disciple to master that maintains the chain of transmission

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Kharijites

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Extremely high standards of belief and expelled any Muslim who commited grave sins

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Murji'ites

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Considers any Muslim who doesn't act in contradition to God a believer

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Mu'tazilite

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Doesn't classify sinners as believers/unbelievers

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islam

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surrender

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iman

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faith

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ihsan

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virtue