Islam : Practises

Question 1

Shahadah
[ Shi’a teaching ]

Answer 1

‘There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the prophet of God’ [and Ali is the friend of God]

Question 2

Salah
(Muhammad’s final sermon)

Answer 2

‘O people listen to me in ernest, worship God, perform your five daily prayers’

Question 3

Hajj
(Muhammad’s final sermon)

Answer 3

‘Perform Hajj if you have the means’

Question 4

Sawm

Answer 4

‘Oh you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting’

Question 5

Sawm/Jihad
(restraint)

Answer 5

‘Allah is with those who restrain themselves’

Question 6

Zakah
(purpose)

Answer 6

‘alms are only for the poor, the needy’

Question 7

Zakah
(moral good)

Answer 7

‘And you shall give zakah, and therewith lend God a most goodly loan’

Question 8

Jihad
(Greater Jihad; lesser jihad as a last resort)

Answer 8

‘No bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another’

Question 9

Eid ul fitr
(Hadith - Muhammads words)

Answer 9

‘the day of Fitr is appointed as Eid so that Muslims have a gathering and come out for the sake of God’

Question 10

Eid ul adha
(Ibrahim)

Answer 10

‘he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to Allah’

Question 11

Ashura
(Bukhari)

Answer 11

‘This is a righteous day, it is the day when Allah saved the Children of Israel from their enemies, so Musa fasted on this day’

Question 12

Zakah
(charity) in the hadith

Answer 12

‘none of you can be a true believer until you love for your brother what you love for yourself’