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The Muslim Empire
Question | Answer |
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Who is The founder of Islam ? | Muhammad (pbuh) |
What are The 5 pillars of Islam? | Deceleration of faith “Allah is the only god and Muhammad (pbuh) is the last and greatest messenger “ Praying 5 times a day in the direction of Mecca Giving Zakat Fasting in Ramadan Going to Hajj |
what is the Muslims holy book , holy day and holy place ? | the Quran , Friday, and the mosque |
Who is Their leader of religious services? | There is no real leader but there is a man called the Imam who calls the Muslims to pray 5 times a day |
What was the hijrah ? | It was the prophet Muhammad's travel from Mecca to Medina |
around what year was Muhammed born ? where ? | around The year 570 in Mecca. |
Why did Meccan merchants object to Muhammad‘s message ? | Because they didn't like Muhammad's idea to end status difference between the rich and the poor |
What times do the Muslims pray ? | Dawn - noon - afternoon - sunset - night . |
Where is the dome of the rock located ?and what is it ? | In Jerusalem it is one of the biggest and most important mosques in Muslim history. |
Who did the Muslim society elect as caliph ?and when did that person become caliph ? | Abu- Bakr and he became Caliph in the year 632 |
what did they use as guides to help them rule the Muslim society | the Quran and Sunna |
Where did the Muslim armies conquer ? And under whose rule | the Muslims conquered Syria and Lower Egypt and part of the Sassined Empire . this all happened under Omar 's rule |
When was Uthman murdered ? | in the year 656 |
When was Ali assassinated ? | in the year 661 |
which family came to power ? where did they move the Muslim capital to ? | the Ummayid's came to power , they moved the Muslim capital to Al Iraq |
what were the 2 Muslim groups called after the split? | Sunni and Shia'a |
how were conquered people treated ? | they allowed conquered people to follow their own religion but they had to pay tax |
How did the Abbasids come to power? | they defeated the Umayyad army in 750 |
who was ibn Sina ? | he was a great physician . |
What was ibn Sina's biggest achievement ? | he wrote a 5 volume encyclopedia containing things very important to medical history. |
what were the reasons that the Muslims always had a thirst for knowledge? name 2 reasons | 1) rulers wanted experienced physicians to heal their ill 2) there was need for mathematicians to calculate the prayer times. |
What was Al Khwarizmi greatest achievement ? | he invented Algebra |
who was Al Khwarizmi ? | he was a Muslim mathematician one of the best there ever was . |
what could be used as evidence of Islamic civilization and scholarship ? | the fact that there was countless number of book stores 37 libraries and 800 schools in Cordoba alone. |
what did Al Qasim 's book the method contain ? | it contained nearly 200 drawings of medical tools . |
who do Muslims consider the people of the book ? | the Jews and the Christians |
what is Ramadan ? | it is the Muslims holy month where they fast from sunrise to sunset |
what is Zakat? what is Hajj? | Zakat is giving charity to the poor Hajj is going on a pilgramage once in a lifetime if you are physically or financially able |