Comparative Index to Islam : CALIPHATE Paid Members Public
CALIPHATE Ar: Khilafah. Islamic form of government where the CALIPH * Sir William Muir, The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline, and Fall Go Back to Main Index
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MAHDI Believed to appear in the end-times, and that Jesus, who is also to appear in the end-times, will be a follower of the Mahdi, and prays behind him. Some, however, believe that Jesus and the Mahdi are the same person. All proof texts are based on hadiths.
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FATIMA Fatima bint Muhammad (daughter of Muhammad), the only surviving member of Muhammad's offspring. She was also called by the name Zahra. She married Ali b. Abi Talib, who became the 4th caliph. She is is the mother of Hasan and Hussein. Greatly revered by Shiites. Fatima bint
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QIBLA QIBLAH direction a Muslim faces when praying. Originally, the qibla is towards Jerusalem, just as the Arabian Jews did. However, when the Jews rejected the message of Muhammad, the qibla was changed to Mecca. change in Qibla, * Narrated Al-Bara' (bin 'Azib): When the Prophet came to
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PRAYER al-Baqarah 2:45; at-Taubah 9:103; adh-Dhariyat 51:18; al-Ma`arij 70:22-23; al-Qiyamah 75:31; al-`Alaq 96:10; al-Kauthar 108:2, see also WORSHIP, Salat and Du'a. 5 prescribed prayer: Fajr before sunrist, Zuhr at midday, 'Asr
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PARADISE JANNA Ar: al-janna, "the garden", pl. jannat. The term al-Firdaus has been used to mean a specific region in Paradise. The Qur'an gives eight different names, which Muslim theologians take to be eight different levels or stages of Paradise: s/no Name Reference
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ADHAN Call to (ritual) prayer (Salat. 1. "Allah is most great." (4X) 2. "I witness that there is no god beside Allah." (2X) 3. "I witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah." (2X) 4. "Come to prayer" (2X) 5. "Come
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IMAM Islamic leader; spiritual head of the Muslims; leader of prayer in the mosque. A religious leader must be well versed in Arabic, in the dialect of the tribe of Quraysh (Sahih Bukhari 6.507). The Shi'ites believed in the hidden Imams. Shiites believed in 12 Imams who