Islamic Practises Flashcards
5 pillars
Shahada - deceleration of faith
Salah- prayer
Sawm- fasting
Zakah- charity
Hajj- pilgrimage
Ten obligatory acts
Shia
All 5 pillars except shahadah
Jihad
Tawallah
Tabarra
What they say in shahada
There is no god but allah and muhammed is the prophet of allah
When is shahadah said
Birth
Death
Conversion
Why is shahadah important
Required to join Muslim community
Rakah
Sequence of movement during prayer
Stand - bow- upright - bow -kneel- sit
Jummah prsyer
Friday prayer for men
Wudu
Prepare for prayer
Washing hands
Clean feet
Cleanse soul
Importance of salah
Connection to god
God commanded Muslims to do it
United Muslims the ummah
Requirement for prayer
Sunni- 5 times a day
Shia - 3
Pray in direction of Meccah using a mirahb
Led by imam
Importance of sawm
Quaran reveleaed to muhammed
Requires self discipline- submission to god
Reminds them of suffering of others
Muslims do in sawm
Fast during daylight hours for a whole month
Give up smoking and sex
Focus on god
Those who are pregnant and have health conditions are dismissed
Night of power
Quaran revealed to muhammed
They devote there time studying the quaran
Zakah
Compulsory giving of 2.5 percent of income to poor
Important to know everything comes from god
Purifies soul
Khums
Muslims donate 20 percentage of exceed charities to income
Hajj
A pilgrimage Muslims should take at least once in life
Story leading to hajj
Prophet Ibrahim got told to take his wife and son to Arabia on there own
-they ran out of foods after a while
-hajjra ran between hills to find a well and god provided a well
Ibrahim built the khabba
Ihram
Sacred state befell hajj for ritual washing and putting clothes
Circling the khabba
Anti clockwise seven times and recite the pilgrims prayer
Arafat
Sit and pray in heat
Reminder of judgement day
Pebbles of Mina
Throw stones at the devil representing temptation
Return to Makkah
Circle khabba 7 more times and spend two nights in Mina
Importance of hajj
Spiritual transformation bring awareness to god
Teaches sincerity and humility and inner peace
Shows self discipline whilst emphasising unity and equality
Reminds Muslim of faith
I’d ul fitr
Festival of breaking the fast
Gather in mosques to pray
Wear best clothes east food and celebrate
I’d ul adha
End of hajj
Celebrated ibrahims sacrifice
Slaughter a ram
Ashura to shia Muslims
Remember the death of husayn
Day of mourning
Re enactments of story
Donate blood
Ashura to Sunni Muslims
Day of atonement
When Moses freed the Israel people
Fats, give charity
