Islam

Question 0

What is Shahadah?

Answer 0

Belief and faith in Allah.

Question 1

What are the five pillars of Islam?

Answer 1

Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj.

Question 2

What is Salat?

Answer 2

Praying to Allah five times a day.

Question 3

While praying, what direction do Muslims face (and why)?

Answer 3

Towards Mecca, because it contains the Kaaba, a stone connecting the line of prophets. Mecca was also where Muhammad received gods message.

Question 4

What is Zakat?

Answer 4

Giving to the poor (charity).

Question 5

Why is giving to the poor important?

Answer 5

Because everyone is created by God and therefore important, so everyone should be treated with kindness.

Question 6

What is Sawm?

Answer 6

Fasting from dawn to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan.

Question 7

What is Ramadan?

Answer 7

The holy month when the Qur’an was revieled.

Question 8

Why do Muslims fast?

Answer 8

Because it reminds them to think of others, and that their spiritual needs are more important than their physical ones.

Question 9

What is the Hajj?

Answer 9

A journey into Mecca that every Muslim is expected to make during their lifetime.

Question 10

What is the significance of the Hajj?

Answer 10

It is believed that after journeying to Mecca, your sins are washed away.

Question 11

What is the Qur’an?

Answer 11

The written word of Allah, in Arabic.

Question 12

Why is the Qur’an significant?

Answer 12

It is God’s exact messages and strictures.

Question 13

What is paradise and hell for Muslims?

Answer 13

Paradise—good deeds outweigh bad deeds, and submission to God
Hell—bad deeds outweigh good deeds

Question 14

What is Islam?

Answer 14

Submission to the will of Allah.

Question 15

What is a Muslim?

Answer 15

Someone who has submitted to Allah.

Question 16

True or false? Christians are more strict than Muslims.

Answer 16

False.

Question 17

List the prophets in order:

Answer 17

Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.

Question 18

Why is Muhammad considered to be the most important prophet in Muslim traditions?

Answer 18

Because he is the only prophet to get God’s message completely right.

Question 19

What is the Qu’ran?

Answer 19

Muhammad’s revelations, put together years after his death.

Question 20

What is the significance of Mecca?

Answer 20

It was a center point of Arabian religion and trade.

Question 21

Why is the first pillar of Islam to “declare faith”?

Answer 21

Because Muslims must accept that there is no god but God.

Question 22

Why do Muslims pray daily?

Answer 22

To bring them closer to God.

Question 23

Why is the Ka’aba significant?

Answer 23

It connects Muslims to Abraham, who constructed the Ka’aba.

Question 24

Why is the Hijrah so significant to Muslims?

Answer 24

Because Muhammad was accepted as a political leader in Medina.

Question 25

What are activities that Muslims must participate in during the Hajj?

Answer 25

They must wear all white, and circle the Ka’aba.

Question 26

Why are Jews and Christians referred to as “People of the Book”?

Answer 26

Because they are guided by holy writings that come from God.

Question 27

Why was Muhammad’s return to Mecca important?

Answer 27

Because he took over the city, and converted it into the most important Islam city.

Question 28

What is the Shari’a?

Answer 28

An Islam system that regulated morality.