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Flashcards by Megan Lyons, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Megan Lyons
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is Tawhid? | The oneness of Allah |
| What is Risalah? | How Allah communicates with humans |
| What is Akirah? | Beliefs about life after death |
| What is Al-Qadr? | Beliefs about Pre-destination |
| What is Pre-destination? | Where everything in the universe follows Allah's masterplan |
| What are the six articles of faith in Sunni Islam? | - Tawhid - Beliefs about angels - Beliefs about the holy books - Beliefs about the prophets - Akirah - Al-Qadr (The Apple Ham Pie Ate Allah) |
| What are Imams? | Shi'a priests |
| What are the 5 roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi'a? | - Tawhid - Beliefs about Divine Justice Beliefs about Prophets - Beliefs about Imams - Belief in the Day of Resurrection (The Demon Pie In Rome) |
| What are the roots of Shi'a called? | The Roots of Usul ad-Din |
| Where does the word Sunni come from? | Sunnah (What Muhammad (pbuh) did in his life) |
| How many Muslims are Sunni Muslims? | 85% // 1.5Billion |
| Who are the Shi'a Muslims? | The followers of Ali |
| Why do Shi'a and Sunni Muslims disagree? | After Muhammad (pbuh)'s death, there was an argument over who should take leadership of the Ummah. Shi'a thought it should be Ali and Sunni thought it should be Abu Bakr. |
| What is the Ummah? | The worldwide community of Muslims |
| Who was Abu Bakr? | He became the leader of the Ummah after Muhammad (pbuh). He was a friend of Muhammad (pbuh) |
| Why do Shi'a believe that Ali should have led the Ummah after Muhammad (pbuh)? | Because Ali was related to Muhammad (pbuh) (Married to Muhammad's (pbuh) daughter). Shi'a believe that the leaders had to be related to Muhammad (pbuh) |
| What do Sunni's believe the leader of the Ummah must be like? | Sunni's don't care who leads as long as they care about the Ummah |
| What is the keyword for a Successor of Muhammad (pbuh)? | Caliph |
| What is a Caliph? | A successor of Muhammad (pbuh) |
| Who was the first Caliph? | Abu Bakr |
| Which Caliph was Ali? | The fourth |
| What did Sunnis do to Ali? | Sunni Muslims killed Ali's children |
| What do Shi'a believe about Caliphs? | Leaders must come from the direct birthline of Muhammad (pbuh) |
| What do Sunni and Shi'a Muslims agree on? | - Tawhid - Prophets - Life after death |
| What do Sunni and Shi'a Muslims disagree on and explain | - Predestination (Sunni) and Divine Justice (Shi'a) - Imams (Shi'a believe Imams should be directly descended from Muhammah (pbuh)) |
| What is Divine Justice? | Free-Will |
| Why can't there be both Pre-Destination and Free-Will? | Because one means we choose what we do and one means Allah controls what we do. They are opposites |
| What are Imams and what do they do in Shi'a/Sunni Islam? | - Imams are spiritual leaders of Islam - Shi'a Imams appoint a successor from their family to keep the direct connection to the Prophet - Sunni believe Imams can be anyone as long as they care about the Ummah |
| What happened to the first 11 Imams? | They were martyred by Sunni |
| What do Shi'a believe about the 12th Imam? | He is still alive today but can't be seen by human unless he chooses to be seen. He will bring peace and justice at the end of the world (Messiah) |
| What do Shi'a Muslims do that aren't how the Sunni Muslims pray? | - They put their five daily prayers into three - They put their head on a brick when praying - They call their mosques Imambara - They start Ramadan at different times |
| What does Islam mean? | To submit/give in to God |
| What is Tawhid? | The Oneness of Allah |
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