The Early Caliphate Caliph – “Successor” Abu Bakr (632-34) Umar (634-44) –635: Damascus –636: Battle of Yarmuk –638: Jerusalem & Antioch –639-46: Egypt Uthman (644-56) - assassinated
Islamic Expansion ca. 656
Civil War & Umayyads Ali (656-61) Shi’i & Sunni Mu‘awiya (661-80) Umayyad dynasty ( ) Damascus 711: Conquest of Spain
Umayyad Caliphate, ca. 732
Expansion of Islam
Abbasids Baghdad Harun al-Rashid ( ) Early 900s - decline
The Five Pillars of Islam 1.Shahādah 2.Salat (prayer) –5 times / day –mu’adhdhin (muezzin) –mosque—masjid; rak‘ah 3.Zakāt (alms) 4.Fasting in Ramadān
Five Pillars (cont.) 5. Hajj Lesser Hajj – Ka‘ba
Hajj (cont.) al-Safā & al-Marwā Hagar & Ishmael Plain of Arafāt
Hajj (cont.) Minā