Communtiy And Tradition

Question 1

Authority

Answer 1

The power and right to make demands of others

Question 2

Bismillah

Answer 2

The words which begin nearly every Surah

Question 3

Hadith

Answer 3

The saying and actions of Muhammad as recorded by his family and friends

Question 4

Imam

Answer 4

A person who leads salah prayers (SUNNI) or a divinely guided leader (SHI’AH)

Question 5

Masjid

Answer 5

A place of prostration

Question 6

Qadi

Answer 6

A judge in Islamic law

Question 7

Shari’ah

Answer 7

Islamic law based in the Qur’an and Sunnah

Question 8

Sunni

Answer 8

Muslims who believe that the first 4 caliphs were rightly guided

Question 9

Shi’ah

Answer 9

Muslims who believe the only caliph Ali was rightly guided

Question 10

Ulama

Answer 10

Scholars of Islamic law

Question 11

Ummah

Answer 11

The worldwide Muslim community

Question 12

Minaret

Answer 12

The tower - from which a muezzin leads the call to prayer

Question 13

Minbar

Answer 13

Small platform - where the leader of the prayer gives a talk to remind worshippers of their duty to Allah

Question 14

Mihrab

Answer 14

A wall - shows the direction of Makkah where all Muslims face when praying

Question 15

Dome

Answer 15

Symbol of space and therefore a symbol of the universe which Allah has created