islam

Question 1

What is the koran

Answer 1

The very word of God

Question 2

What is the sunnah

Answer 2

Example of the prophet

Question 3

The Koran and sunnah

Answer 3

you can not practise Islam without both of these books. Muslims are encouraged to adopt the sunnah into their everyday lives

Question 4

the hadith

Answer 4

similar to the sunnah but not identical. It is a report from the life of the prophet Muhammad or a confirmation of what he approved

Question 5

What does Islam mean

Answer 5

submission, surrendering yourself to Allah

Question 6

what does Muslim mean

Answer 6

one who submits to Allah

Question 7

how to become a Muslim

Answer 7

Recite Shahada 3 times infront of a witness. Out loud and with full understanding. “ I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is his servent and messenger”

Question 8

what are the 5 pillars of Islam

Answer 8

Shahadah (faith)
salah (prayer)
Sawm (fasting)
Zakah (almsgiving)
Hajj (pilgrimage)
These are the foundation of Islam

Question 9

Explain Shahadah (faith) pillar

Answer 9

Believe in no God but Allah and that Muhammad is his prophet and the messenger of Allah

Question 10

Explain Salah (prayer) pillar

Answer 10

to pray five times each day. Before sunrise, early arvo, late arvo, after sunset, night

Question 11

Explain Sawm (fasting) pillar

Answer 11

To give up food and drink during daylight hours in the month of Ramadan

Question 12

Explain Zakah (almsgiving) pillar

Answer 12

to give a share of personal wealth and help people in need and support the Muslim community

Question 13

Explain Hajj (pilgrimage) pillar

Answer 13

To perform a pilgrimage to Makkah at least once in a lifetime
Step#1- Circulating the Kaaba Seven Times
Step#2 – Pray All Day on Mount Arafat
Step#3 – Stay Overnight in Muzdalifah
Step #4- Stoning of the Devil
Step#5 – Run 7 Times between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa
Step#6 –Perform Stoning of the Devil Up to Three Days in Mina
Step#7 –Perform Farewell Tawaaf in Counter-Clock Wise Direction

Question 14

Where was Muhammad born

Answer 14

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Question 15

What year was Islam born?

Answer 15

7th century

Question 16

What is the place of worship for Muslims? What are the main features?

Answer 16

A mosque. Remove shoes, ritual hand wash, sit on floor

Question 17

What is a muezzin

Answer 17

the servant of the mosque He stands either at the door or side of a small mosque. HE faces all directions and says “Allah is most great”

Question 18

Why is the city of Mecca so important

Answer 18

hometown of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and the place where he states that Allah revealed their holy book, the Koran, to him.

Question 19

What is Hajj

Answer 19

Hajj is the greater Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, which takes place in the last month of the year and which all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime if they can afford to do so. It is taken place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is over five to six days, extending from the 8th to the 12th or 13th of Dhu al-Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar

Question 20

What is the Kaaba?

Answer 20

All Muslims pray in the direction of the sacred building called the Ka’bah, which is found within the Great Mosque of Mecca

Question 21

Who was Khadijah?

Answer 21

Muhammad’s wife

Question 22

What happened in AD610?

Answer 22

Muhammad is visited by the angel Gabriel while on retreat in a cave near Mecca. The angel recites to him the first revelations of the Quran and informs him that he is God’s prophet

Question 23

What happened in AD630

Answer 23

Muhammad returns to Mecca with a large number of his followers. He enters the city peacefully, and eventually all its citizens accept Islam.

Question 24

Why is the city of Medina important in Islamic history

Answer 24

Medina is celebrated as the place from which Muhammad established the Muslim community

Question 25

What do Sunni and Shia Muslims have in common?

Answer 25

Both Sunnis and Shiites read the Quran, the sayings of the Prophet. Both believe Prophet Muhammad was the messenger of Allah.

Question 26

What do Sunni and Shia Muslims not have in common?

Answer 26

Their beliefs over who should have succeeded the Prophet Muhammad is the key theological difference between the two.

Question 27

What is Ihraam?

Answer 27

a sacred state which a Muslim must enter in order to perform the major pilgrimage or the minor pilgrimage

Question 28

What is halal?

Answer 28

it is the dietary standard, as prescribed in the koran

Question 29

What is a Sura

Answer 29

a chapter or section of the Koran

Question 30

What is the Ummah?

Answer 30

the whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.

Question 31

Who was Ali?

Answer 31

Muhammads cousin

Question 32

What is the Jihad?

Answer 32

striving or struggling, especially with a praiseworthy aim

Question 33

What is a minaret?

Answer 33

a slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer

Question 34

What is a Minbar?

Answer 34

a short flight of steps used as a platform by a preacher in a mosque

Question 35

What is qibla?

Answer 35

The qibla is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca.

Question 36

What is Mihrab?

Answer 36

a niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, towards which the congregation faces to pray

Question 37

How many names does Allah have?

Answer 37

99 names

Question 38

What is the ‘judgement’ for Muslims

Answer 38

Yawm ad-Din is the Day of Judgement when Allah will decide how people will spend their afterlife.