St. Teresa’s Day School
Class 7th
Rise and Spread of Islam
Short Answers questions:
Q1. What do you understand by ‘Hijrah’? What is its significance ?
Ans. Muhammad’s escape to Medina in AD 622 is called ‘Hijrah’.
This event marks the Islamic beginning of the Islamic era and the
birth of the Muslim community, or ‘umma’.
Q2. Why there no Clergy in Islamic religion?
Ans. Islam stress on the responsibility of every individual to live a life
of faith without the help of priests. Hence there is no Clergy.
Q3 Name two sectors into which Islam is divided.
Ans. The two seats into which Islam Splitted were
i. Shia
ii. Sunni
Shia regarded Ali as prophet’s true successor whereas the Sunnis
believe that Caliph should be chosen by the whole community.
04. Name the two most Caliphates and their power.
Ans. It was Umayyids of Damascus and later the Abbasids
of Baghdad.
Class 7th
Rise and Spread of Islam
Short Answers questions:
Q1. What do you understand by ‘Hijrah’? What is its significance ?
Ans. Muhammad’s escape to Medina in AD 622 is called ‘Hijrah’.
This event marks the Islamic beginning of the Islamic era and the
birth of the Muslim community, or ‘umma’.
Q2. Why there no Clergy in Islamic religion?
Ans. Islam stress on the responsibility of every individual to live a life
of faith without the help of priests. Hence there is no Clergy.
Q3 Name two sectors into which Islam is divided.
Ans. The two seats into which Islam Splitted were
i. Shia
ii. Sunni
Shia regarded Ali as prophet’s true successor whereas the Sunnis
believe that Caliph should be chosen by the whole community.
04. Name the two most Caliphates and their power.
Ans. It was Umayyids of Damascus and later the Abbasids
of Baghdad.
