The _____ made the generosity to the poor a formal obligation with specific rules, and it has become so important that it is the fourth pillar of Islam, called zakat, "almsgiving" or "charity."
A) ?Shari'a
B) ?hadith
C) ?Mahdi
D) ?al-Fatihah
A
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a. motivated by power. b. inferior to the profession of being a philosopher. c. more concerned with the interests of those they serve than with their own interests. d. practicing crafts that require a great deal of skill.
Which of the following should be done during a Zoroastrian funeral ritual?
A) ?The body should be burnt on a funeral pyre. B) ?Care should be taken to protect the earth from direct contact with bodies of the dead. C) ?Placement of the body in a tower of silence should be done during the night. D) ?The body should be washed and wrapped in a simple red garment.
According to empiricists, all synthetic truths are knowable a-posteriori.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to the text, the planning fallacy may be caused by the fact that we...
A. assume that every individual part of our plan is likely to go smoothly without thinking through each probability B. fail to realize that although each individual part of our plan is very likely to go smoothly, it doesn't follow that the whole plan is likely to go smoothly C. fail to realize that we must add up (not multiply) the probabilities of each individual plan going smoothly D. fail to realize that the individual parts of our plan are not mutually exclusive.