ibrahim

Question 1

why is ibrahim important?

Answer 1

• fulfilled all of God’s tests
• muhammed was one of his descendents
• refused to worship idols
• father of all nations
• role model: obedience, kindness, compassion

Question 2

quote

Answer 2

• ‘who could be better than those who direct themselves to God? God took Abraham as a friend’

Question 3

Ka’aba

Answer 3

• small building in the middle of the mosque in Mecca
• House of God and holiest place in Islam
• original built by Adam but was destroyed by the flood at the time of Noah
• Ibrahim and Ishmael, his son, rebuilt it on the same site

Question 4

Ishmael

Answer 4

• Ibrahim had a dream to sacrifice his son to God
• Ibrahim’s willingness to be obedient meant God didn’t take him: showed he was a man of faith
• during festival Id-ul-Adha Muslim’s slaughter an animal to remember Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son

Question 5

Hajj

Answer 5

• at Mina, Muslims throw stones at the pillars in the same way Ibrahim threw stones at the devil that tried to tempt him
• when pilgrims run between the two hills they drink the water from Zamzam, remembers the story of his wife Hagar, who searched for water for her and Ishmael and God rewarded her
• Mecca sometimes known as the city of Ibrahim

Question 6

Ibrahim and idol worship / story is Ibrahim

Answer 6

• Ibrahim always wondered who created the universe
• he declared his belief in one God
• he determined to stop idol worship
• one day he took an axe and destroyed all the idols in the temple
• left an axe around the neck of the biggest idol, he asked why people worship an idol that cannot speak, hear or defend themselves
• Ibrahim was burned alive
• a miracle occurred and burned the chains and he walked out completely unscathed
• many people began to follow God