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	Info Lecture 2 Handout Document Actions — filed under: Societies, Religion, Middle East, Culture, Islamic Societies, Arabic, History, Arabic and Middle East Studies, North Africa, Islam MELC 20040 Islamic Societies of the Middle East & North Africa Names and Terms to remember 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” 1. Abu Bakr: 632-634 2. ‘Umar: 634-44 3. ‘Uthman: 644-656 4. ‘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: 1) shahada: profession of faith; 2) salat: prayer; 3) zakat: almsgiving 4) sawm: fasting; 5) Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca Copyright 2009, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Afsaruddin, A. (2006, September 05). Lecture 2 Handout. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/arabic-and-middle-east-studies/islamic-societies-of-the-middle-east-and-north/handouts/Lecture%202%20Handout.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.