Paper 1 Islam Defenitions

Question 1

Caliph

Answer 1

Leader of Sunni Muslim community

Question 2

Hadith

Answer 2

The teachings of Muhammad

Question 3

Hajj

Answer 3

Pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 4

Haram

Answer 4

Forbidden for Muslims

Question 5

Imamate

Answer 5

Leadership

Question 6

Jihad

Answer 6

Struggle against evil

Question 7

Jummah

Answer 7

Weekly communal prayer on a Friday

Question 8

Kuhms

Answer 8

Tax in Shia Islam

Question 9

Mihrab

Answer 9

Archway in the mosque showing the direction of the ka’ ba

Question 10

Night of power

Answer 10

The night Muhammad received the first revelations of the Qur’an

Question 11

Lesser / greater jihad

Answer 11

The lesser or greater struggle against evil

Question 12

Rak’ah

Answer 12

A sequence of prayer containing actions and words

Question 13

Ramadan

Answer 13

The holy month of fasting for 29/ 30 days

Question 14

Risalah

Answer 14

Communication between man and allah in the form of books, angels and prophets

Question 15

Salah

Answer 15

Compulsory prayer five times a day - second pillar of Islam

Question 16

Sawm

Answer 16

Pillar of fasting

Question 17

Tawhid

Answer 17

The belief in the onenesss of allah

Question 18

Wudu

Answer 18

The symbolic washing and purification of the mind and body before Salah

Question 19

Zakah

Answer 19

Giving 2.5% of savings to charity