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32 Cards in this Set
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Four madhhabs
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Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali
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Principles of Hanafi
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istihsan "juristic preference"
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Principles of Maliki
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istihsan"juristic preference, "maslahah"public interest, "Amal al-Madinah"
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Principles of Shafi'i
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nass - istihsan of text
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Principles of Hanbali
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hadith as central authority
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Al-Ghazali
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Philsopher and theoligian of Sunni Islam at a time when Sunni was challenged by Shi'I and Arabic tradition by Aristotelian philosophy
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Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab
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Founder of "Wahhabism" or Salafi Movement which concentrated on tawhidand opposingshirk
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Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
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Muslim modernist that promoted the development of Western education in Muslim countries
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Ibn al-'Arabi
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Author responsible for doctrinal sufism
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Rabi'ah al-'Adawiyyah
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She was a model of mutual love between god and his creations, known for her "pure love of god" and biographed by a sufi saint/poet.
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Emir 'Abd al-Qadir
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Scholar of sufism who became the important leader of rebel forces in Algeria against colonization
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Khalwah
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A spiritual retreat to focus on invocating God's names and attributes without distraction
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Isma'ilis
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One of the major sects of Shi'ism that believe heavily in the imams and their succession
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Zakat
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One of the five pillar of Islam, alms to be given to mosques or personally to the poor
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Nakir
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Angels who tested the faith of the dead by asking three questions: "Who is your lord?" "Who is your prophet" "What is your religion"
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Wali
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"Friends of God" or saints who actualize divine attributes
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Fana'
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Self-annihilation (of the ego) to only leaves God inside of you
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Al-insan al-kamil
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Perfect human who actualizes the divine names and atrributes.
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Wudu'
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State of ritual purity that is necessary to perform daily prayers, salat
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Fatwa
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The legal opinion of a respected scholar
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Qadi
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A judge who deals with practical cases and the enforcement of Shari'ah
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Nifaq
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Hypocrisy of faith, declaring faith but not being faithful
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Tanzih
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Transcendence of God and the distance of humanity to God
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Nawafil
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Voluntary/non-obligatory prayers
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Ma'rifah
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Method of reaching knowledge through experience
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Bay'ah
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Formal initiation of a disciple to master that maintains the chain of transmission
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Kharijites
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Extremely high standards of belief and expelled any Muslim who commited grave sins
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Murji'ites
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Considers any Muslim who doesn't act in contradition to God a believer
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Mu'tazilite
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Doesn't classify sinners as believers/unbelievers
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islam
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surrender
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iman
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faith
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ihsan
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virtue
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