Islamic Culture Flashcards
What is culture ?
It refers to the ideas experiences and tradition that people acquire and form the framework for the views Of life and the patterns of their behaviour
What are the characteristics of Islamic culture?
Divinity or allahiness
Comparability with human nature
Positivity
Comprehensive and Perfection
Moderation
Realism -idealistic
Universality
Change and constancy
What is fitra ?
The most important ethical codes and value of Islam
What is tawheed ?
Monotheistic belief
What is monotheistic belief ?
Where Islam commands It’s believers to worship only one God who has no partner no father no mother no son
Benefits of monotheism ?
Realisation of the aim of human existence
Guidance to man’s fitrah
Peace of mind
freedom from one’s slavery to one’s own selfishness and desires
Resources of Islamic culture
Holy Quran ?
It refers to allah’s speech sent down to his messenger prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
It’s recitation is used in acts of worship and it’s has a miraculous status
Name of Quran
Al kitaab
Al Quran
Al forqan
Al dhikr
Term Quran means ?
To read or to gather
How is the Quran composed ?
Composed of chapters called SURAH
And
Each surah is formed of verses called AYAT
What is Sunnah ?
It refers to what ever -actions -sayings contribute to the prophet Muhammad in terms of : -speech -deeds -approvals or physical characteristic
Second most important source of Islamic law
The function of sunnah ?
Explains any obscure idea in the Quran
What is ijmaa or consensus ?
Ijmaa or consensus
- agreement of recognized Muslim scholars on any debatable issue for which there is no clear statement in the Quran or sunnah
What is qiyas or Analogy
Qiyas or analogy
When there is a clear quranic statement about an issue there must be a cause for that statement
Resources of Islamic culture
1- Holy Koran
2- Sunnah
3-Consensus or ijmaa
4- Qiyas or Analogy
Necessary interests to be protected in Islamic law
1- human life 2- human mind 3- religion 4- honor 5-wealth
What does Islam mean ?
Submission or surrender to God
Five pillars of Islam
1-the shahada - to bear witness that Allah is the only true God and that Mohammad is his messenger
2-salat is pray - To stand in prayer to Allah five times a day
3- fasting - staying from eating drinking and any sexual intercourse during daytime of the month of Ramadan
4 - zakat - Or poor due to give 2.5 out of your annual savings to those in need
5 hajj or pilgrimage - To perform a Journey to Mecca and Medina once-in-a-lifetime
What is Iman ?
Iman means Faith and belief
Iman is based on 6 Articles of faith
1- Believe in the one and only one God
2-Believe in angels as soft creatures made of pure light predisposed to do only good
3- Believe in all Sacred books previewed to all messengers including the Bible and the Quran
4- Believe in all Prophets With no discrimination or excessive love to one over the others
5- Believe in the day of judgement as the day of reward for all good deeds which is heaven or the punishment of bad deeds which is hell
6- Believe in fate or destiny pride destination whether good or bad
What is ihsan?
Ihsan Means excellence in both worship and actions
What is the purpose of man’s creation?
According to the Quran man is Created to perform 2 duties
1-to recognise God and worship him
2- to build a civilisation based on two things
- knowledge
- values
Ethics in Islam
Means any establish attribute of a person to be innate or acquired which influences positively or negatively for his or her behaviour
Positions of ethics in Islam
1-Ethics in Islam are related to faith
2-Islam is nothing but good morals
3 - criterion Of goodness in ethics
4- The Muslim has to deal nicely with everybody
Stages of Islamic culture
1- Stage of formation
2- Stage of development
3- Stage of decline 1492 to 1924 mordern era
What is tawbah?
Repentance is the word that means return a retreat or to regret.
Both quran and sunnah Incorporate the word to refer to the act of leaving what Allah was provided and returning to what he has commanded
Sabr
Patience
Is endurance Or persistence it is characterized As one of the two parts of faith and the other is Shukar
Shafa’s
It means request a favour from Allah by someone to be granted to somebody else
