RELI 1710 Study Guide - Rashidun, Zakat, Medina
26 Feb 2014
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Abbasids: classical muslim dynasty, ruling at baghdad, eighth to thirteenth centuries c. e. Abu bakr: companion of the prophet muhammad and first caliph (d. 634) Al-ghazali: great thinker (1058-1111 c. e. ) who synthesized orthodox islamic thought and. "ali: nephew and son-in-law of the prophet muhammad and the fourth caliph (d. 661); considered by shi"ited to be the first imam or successor to muhammad. Allah: the god ; quranic designation for the one god. Arabia: a peninsula in southwestern asia that lies between the red sea and the persian gulf. Caliph/khalifah: deputy, also successor to the prophet muhammad as leader of islam. Dar al-harb: rest of the world is the abode of warfare because they are not under ummah. Dar al-islam: abode of islam ; territories of the ummah under muslim control. Dhikr: remembrance ; spiritual exercises in sufism focusing the consciousness on god.
