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Miscellaneous
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Islam started with this prophet.
Who was Muhammad?
100
This is a Muslim ruler whose name means "successor" or "deputy."
What is caliph?
100
This was the Islamic capital built by the Abbasids.
What is Baghdad?
100
This is what Muslims are required to do five times a day.
What is pray?
100
The Muslim holy book.
What is the Qur'an?
200
This was the ancient house of worship used by both pre-Islamic and Islamic religions.
What is the Ka'aba?
200
This word literally means "striving" in Arabic.
What is jihad
200
A combination library, academy, and translation center.
What is the House of Wisdom?
200
The official name of the pilgrimage all Muslim's must take if they are physically and financially able.
What is the hajj?
200
This is the combination of the Sunna and Qur'an into a legal text.
What is shari'a?
300
The Arabic name for god.
What is Allah?
300
He was Muhammad's first successor.
Who was Abu-Bakr?
300
This book contained such stories as Aladdin, Sinbad, and Scheherazade.
What is The Thousand and One Nights
300
The financial assistance Muslims must give to the less fortunate.
What are alms?
300
These are considered the "people of the book."
Who are the Christians and Jews?
400
This was the journey of early Muslims from Mecca to Medina (Yathrib).
What was the hijrah?
400
This was the Muslim group who moved the Islamic capital to Damascus, Syria.
Who were the Umayyads?
400
The art of beautiful handwriting.
What is calligraphy?
400
“There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," is the statement of this.
What is faith?
400
The Muslim sect who devotes their life to spirituality.
Who are the Sufi?
500
This means living your life by Muhammad's example.
What is Sunna?
500
This was the Islamic sect descended from Muhammad's daughter.
Who are the Fatimids?
500
He wrote a treatise on measles and smallpox.
Who was al-Razi?
500
During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims are expected to abstain from eating from sunrise to sunset.
What is fasting?
500
This was the Muslim state located in the Cordoba.
What is al-Andalus?