Key terms - Friday prayer

Question 1

Shahada

Answer 1

Statement of faith - witness to Allah & Muhammad, recited communally during Friday prayer

Question 2

Jumu’ah

Answer 2

Friday prayer

Question 3

Imam

Answer 3

Religious leader, leads adherents in Salat al Jumu’ah

Question 4

Muezzin

Answer 4

Calls Muslims to prayer

Question 5

Qur’an

Answer 5

Sacred text of Islam, lays out Allah’s prescribed acts of worship

Question 6

Raka’ah

Answer 6

Prayers said during Friday prayer time (several recited)

Question 7

Wudu

Answer 7

Ritual Cleansing before prayer at communal tap/bathroon

Question 8

Ka’ba

Answer 8

Sacred black box located at mecca, Muslims face this during prayer

Question 9

Adhan

Answer 9

Call to prayer

Question 10

Salat

Answer 10

Ritual prayers 5 times per day

Question 11

Khutbah

Answer 11

Sermon said by the imam

Question 12

Ummah

Answer 12

community

Question 13

Sunnah

Answer 13

Prayer from the words and actions of Muhammad

Question 14

Fatihah

Answer 14

First seven verses of the Qur’an

Question 15

Iqamah

Answer 15

Second call to prayer

Question 16

Islam

Answer 16

Submission

Question 17

Calligraphy

Answer 17

Decorative writing on the walls of the mosque as Allah and Muhammad must never be represented as a picture or statue