islamic practices Flashcards
5 pillars of islam in order
1- shahadah
2- salah
3- zakah
4- sawm
5- hajj
10 obligatory acts
salah
sawm
zakah
hajj
khums
tawalla (loving good)
tabarra (hating evil)
amr bil maroof (encouraging what is right)
nahi anil munkar (forbidding what is wrong)
jihad
importance of shahadah
declaration of faith
reflection of Tawhid (oneness of God)
what makes one a muslim
shows acceptance and commitment to islam
shahadah quote
‘i declare that there is no God but Allah, and Muhammed is his messenger’
shahadah for shia’s
‘i declare that there is no God but Allah, and Muhammed is his messenger, and Ali was the successor of Muhammed’
importance of Salah
seek guidance
ask for forgiveness
talk to God
learn about islam
salah quotes
‘when you are engaged in prayer, you are holding an intimate conversation with God’
‘prayer keeps one from great sin and evil deeds’
‘seek help in patience and prayer’
differences between sunni and shia prayer
shia combine prayers
shia pray onto a clay/wooden block- believe they should prostrate onto a natural substance
muezzin
one who performs the call to prayer
minaret
tower which the call to prayer is performed
jummah prayer quote
‘when the call is proclaimed to prayer on a friday, hasten earnestly to the remembrance of Allah’
wudu quote
‘wash your faces and hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads, and wash your feet up to the ankles’
importance of Sawm
teaches self-descipline
teaches patience
get closer with Allah and Islam
learn to prioritise Allah over food
allows them to empathise with poorer people
Sawm quote
‘fasting is prescribed for you so that you may guard against evil’
‘you should complete the period and magnify Allah for having guided you’
difference in sawm between sunni and shia
sunni eat when the sun is not visible, shia eat after the sun has fully set
Lailat al qadr (the night of power)
when the Quran was revealed to prophet Muhammed (revelation)
shows God communicating with muslims and offering his guidance
lailat al qadr quotes
‘the night of power is better than a thousand months’
‘it was in the month of Ramadan that the Quran was revealed as guidance for humankind’
id al fitr
festival of breaking the fast after ramadan
show gratitude to Allah for giving muslims the strength to fast
id al adha
commemorates prophet ibrahim willing to sacrifice ishmael
muslims slaughter an animal- give one third to poor, one third to friends/families, one third to themselves
importance of zakah
teaches gratitude
teaches kindness and honesty
encourages muslims to be humble and selfless
increases self-disipline
zakah quote
‘be steadfast in prayer, practise regular charity’
‘those who spend in charity will be richly rewarded’
khums
shia muslims give 20% of their earnings to orphans, the poor, travellers.
what does zakah mean
purified
importance of hajj
seek guidance
ask for forgiveness
get closer to God
learn about islam
importance of ihram
Ihram is the white garments worn by all men
it ensures equality and purification and unity
rules of hajj
no arguments
don’t kill anything
no perfume
no sex
order of how hajj is performed
- Tawaf (circling the ka’aba)
- Safa and Marwa
- Mount Arafat- stand in the heat, reminder of judgement day
- Muzdalifah- collect stones
- Mina- throw stones at the pillars symboling the devil
- back to ka’aba
hajj quotes
makkah is ‘full of blessing and guidance for all kinds of beings’
‘pilgrimage to the house is a duty owed to god by humankind’
define greater jihad
the inward struggle- to become a better muslim and please god
define lesser jihad
the outward struggle- to defend islam physically
when can jihad take place
as self-defence
to free Muslims from oppression
to protect Muslims
when can jihad NOT take place
to make money
to force people to become Muslims
to gain political control
‘allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear’
‘at the end of hardship comes ease’
Ashura
Sunni- fast the day of ashura, commemorate when the israelites were freed from Egypt
Shia- whip themselves as a way of mourning the death of Husayn during the battle of karbala, re-enact plays of Husayns death, processions at marble arch
‘indeed, Allah is with the patient’
