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Living the Muslim life Flashcards

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Amr bil Ma’roof

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Encouraging good actions

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Nahi anil munkar

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Discouraging evil actions

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Ten obligatory Acts

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The most important duties of a Shi’a Muslim

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Five pillars

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The most important duties of a Muslim.

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Shahadah

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Declaration of faith

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Shirk

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A sin that involves setting up equals to Allah, worshipping anyone or anything other than Allah

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Imam

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Person who leads Salah

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Jummah prayer

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A special congregation held every Friday, usually in the Mosque

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Qiblah

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The direction Muslims face (towards Makkah) during Salah

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Rak’ah

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Set of movements and words in each Salah

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Salah

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The Muslim prayer

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Wudu

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Purification ritual to ensure one is clean before prayer

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I’tikaf

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A period of retreat in the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan for worship

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Laylay al-Qadr

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The Night of Power

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Sawm

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To ‘keep away’ from something, also known as fasting

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Ramadan

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Month of fasting, one of the pillars of Islam

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Khums

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A system for Shi’a Muslims to pay an additional 20% of their savings towards community causes

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Nisab

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The amount of wealth above which a Muslim needs to pay Zakah

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Sadaqah

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Voluntary charity, not fixed at any rate.

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Zakah

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Literally purification (of wealth), one of the pillars of Islam

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Hajj

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The pilgrimage made by Muslims to Makkah

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Ka’bah

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Cube shaped building in Makkah which Muslims believe was the first house of Allah on earth, rebuilt by Ibrahim and Isma’il

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Pilgrimage

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A journey to a place which is special for religious reasons

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Tawaf

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Anti-clockwise circuit of the Kabah, completed seven times during Hajj

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Greater Jihad

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Striving spiritually to resist evil within oneself

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Jihad

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Struggle or striving

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Lesser Jihad

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Striving physically to resist an evil in the world

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Ashura

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Shi’a commemoration of Imam Hussain’s Martyrdom

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Id-ul-Adha

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Festival commemorating the devotion of Ibrahim and Isma’il

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Id-ul-Fitr

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Festival celebrated at the end of Ramadan

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Id-ul-Ghadeer

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Shi’a festival commemorating the prophet Muhammad’s choice of Ali as a leader of Muslims.

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