Lecture 2 Handout
Names and Terms from the previous class
- Life of the Prophet Muhammad (ca. 570 - 632 CE)
- Allah
- Muhammad b. ‘Abdallah
- Khadija
- Mt. Hira
- al-Qur’an
- hijra (622)
- umma
- Ansar (“Helpers”) - in Medina
- Muhajirun (“Emigrants”) - from Mecca to Medina
- Battle of Badr (624)
- Battle of Uhud (626)
- Treaty of Hudaybiyya (628)
- Fall of Mecca (630 CE)
The Islamic World after the Prophet
- 632-661: Era of the four "Rightly-Guided Caliphs;" who were close Companions of the Prophet
- Caliph: from Arabic khalifa : “a Successor”
- Abu Bakr: 632-634
- ‘Umar: 634-44
- ‘Uthman: 644-656
- ‘Ali: 656-661
- Circa 652: final written codification of the Qur’an.
- Sunni: short for ahl al-sunna (“people of the custom [of the Prophet]”)
- Shi‘a: short for shi‘at ‘Ali (“supporters of ‘Ali”)
- Umayyad dynasty: 661-750 CE
- ‘Abbasid dynasty: 750-1258
- Five Pillars:
- shahada: profession of faith;
- salat: prayer;
- zakat: almsgiving
- sawm: fasting;
- Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
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