Muhammad’s Successors Spread Islam
What problem arose when Muhammad died?
He did not name a successor
What was the cause of the civil war in which various groups struggled for power?
Uthman was murdered
What did the Abbasids do when they came to power?
They ruthlessly murdered the remaining members of the Umayyads
What caliph chose Baghdad as the capital on the west bank?
al-Mansur
What Is the hajj?
The pilgrimage to Mecca
Abu Bakr
The Umayyads
What was the name of the price that escaped to Spain?
Abd al-Rahman
Until the construction of Baghdad, what was the leading city?
Damascus
How many times should a Muslim play per day?
5 times per day
The inner struggle against evil
Where did the Umayyads move the Muslim capital to?
Damascus, Syria
Where did the Abassads move the Islamic capital in 762?
Baghdad, Iraq
What was the uppermost class in the social classes?
The people who were born Muslim
What is the Islamic scholar class called?
The ulama
How did the caliphs easily spread islam?
The armies were well disciplined and the two empires were already weak
What group believed the caliph needed to be a descendent of the prophet?
The Shi’a
What language did Muslim merchants need to know?
They only needed to know Arabic
What does the Qur’an say that men and women are?
They are equal
What is the holy book of the Muslims?
The Qur’an
What two caliphs continued to expand Muslim territory?
Uthman and Ali
In the year 750, what group took control of the empire?
The Abbasids
Sakks
In order for a man to divorce his wife, what must he repeat three times?
“I dismiss thee, I dismiss thee, I dismiss thee”
What is the earliest surviving Islamic monument?
The Dome of the Rock?