islam beliefs and practices

• what are sunni muslims

  Majority of Muslims- believe Abu Bakr should lead the group after Muhammed.
• what are shia muslims

  Minority of Muslims- believe that Ali should lead the group after the death of Muhammed.

   
• what is transcendance 


  idea that god is outside of time and space
• what is immanence 


  idea that god is close and present in the world
• what is tawhid 


  belief in one god
• what is Akhira 


  afterlife
• what is Al-Qudar/predestination 


  allah has decided everything that will happen
• what is imamate 


  shias believe it is muhammeds bloodline descendants that should lead the faith after his death
• what are angels


  no free will and made out of light
• what are Jinn's


  can tempt people away from Allah and are made of smokeless fire
• what is Jannah


  heaven
• what is jahannam 


  hell
• what is Barzakh 


  time of waiting in the grave before judgement day
• what is revelation

  to reveal e.g jibril revealed the Quran
• what is Risalah 


  Prophethood/ Messengership- the way Allah communicates with humans
• what are the six articles of faith (Sunni)

  Tawhid, Angels, holy books, prophets, Akhirah, predestination
• what are the five roots of Usa-ad-din (Shia)

  Tawhid, justice, prophethood, imams, day of resurrection
• who are the key prophets

  Adam, Ibrahim, Muhammed
• what did the prothet adam do 


  first man and muslim made mistake and forgiven by god
• what did the prophet ibrahim do

  believed in one god only was prepared to sacrifice his son for god
• what did the prohet muhammed do

  visited by angel jibril(gabriel) in a cave and given the message from god. Shared this with people and was written down to make the Qu'ran
• what did the angel jibril do

  messenger, chief angel, revealed qu'ran to muhammed
• what did the angel Mika'il do


  asks allah to forgive peoples sins
• what did the angel Izrail(Azrail) do

  angel of death, takes souls from people when they die
• what does the angel israfil do

  blows the trumpet at the end of the world (day of judgement)
• whats shahadah?


  declaration of faith
• what is zakah 


  giving money to charity (2.5% of their earnings)
• what is jihad 


  striving/struggle to follow Allahs teachings and become a better muslim
• what is salah 


  prayer
• what is wudu 


  washing before prayer
• what is eid ul fitr?

  festival at end of ramadan
• what is eid ul adha?


  festival at end of hajj-fetsival of sacrifice
• what is khums?


  shias tax towards charity e.g islam education
• what is hajj?


  pilgrimage to mecca
• what is sawm?


  fasting
• what is rak'ahs 


  movement in prayer
• what is jummah?


  friday prayer
• what is ashura?


  shia-to remember suffering e.g whipping themselves
• what do you do during hajj?

  circle the ka'abah, take water from zam zam well, throw pebbles at pillars of mina