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