Essay para 3

Question 1

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Answer 1

Islam is fundamentally monotheistic with the concept of ‘tawhid’- unity and oneness of God.

Question 2

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Answer 2

In demonstrating the pillar of shahada as a part of ‘active submission’ adherents recite: “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.” in an act of professing faith.

Question 3

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Answer 3

Khadija became the first adherent of Islam, following the prophet Muhammad, thus, she was the first to experience the Shada and hence strongly demonstrates “the basis of what it means to be a Muslim.”

Question 4

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Answer 4

Through modelling the shahada to the growing Muslim community she has guided Muslims to live according to the Islam teachings- to demonstrate utmost and “stimulus’

Question 5

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Answer 5

Therefore, adherents are influenced to devote themselves to Allah, which can be done through fulfilling the Hajj, a sacred enactment of faith.

Question 6

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Answer 6

All Muslims are expected to undertake the Hajj if physically and financially able.

Question 7

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Answer 7

It is the pilgrimage to the Kaaba as written in the Quran, Surah 2:169 “Performing the pilgrimage and the visit (to Mecca) for Allah.”

Question 8

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Answer 8

During the Hajj, Pilgrims perform the ‘tarfat’ a circumambulation of the Kaaba seven times anticlockwise, often whilst reciting “we are responding to you O Allah, we are responding to you.”

Question 9

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Answer 9

In doing so, pilgrims are guided to express their belief in Allah as a unified, monotheistic community declaring their eternal belief in one deity to “provide the basis of what it means to be a Muslim.”