islam practices

• shahadah


  declaration of faith
• salah


  five daily prayers
• zakah


  Giving of wealth as a tax to the poor and needy
• Sawm


  fasting during ramadan
• Furu'al-din


  shia 10 obligatory acts
• Khums


  an annual taxation of one-fifth (20%) of savings. It is paid to religious leaders and used to help poor and needy people
• Jihad


  Struggle to live in the way God wants
• Tawalla


  Expressing love towards good. Shi'a Muslims believe in expressing love to those who are righteous and who believe in Allah.
• Amr-bil Maroof


  Commanding what is right. Shi'a Muslims believe they have a duty to promote good actions
• Nahi Anil Munkar


  Forbidding what is wrong. Shi'a Muslims believe that they have a duty to stop wrong if they are able.
• Ummah


  brotherhood/ wider muslim community
• Fajr


  Midday prayer in the early afternoon
• Asr


  Late afternoon prayer
• Maghrib


  Prayer just after sunset
• Isha


  night time prayer
• Tabarra


  Expressing disassociation and hatred towards evil. Shi'a Muslims believe that they have a duty to hate and distance themselves from evildoers and enemies of Islam.
• Wudu


  Ritual washing that a Muslim must do before Salah prayer
• Rak'ah


  A complete sequence of prayer
• Jumm'ah


  friday prayer
• Mihrab


  Semi-circular niche in the wall of the main prayer hall, which indicates the direction of Mecca
• Du'a'


  Private prayer when a Muslim will bring their own special concerns to Allah
• Sadaqah


  Further voluntary donations beyond Zakah.

  volunteering if you cant pay zakat
• Ramadan


  The 9th month of the Islamic year. This is the month when it is believed the Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad ( pbuh).
• Ihram


  State of holiness that Muslims are required to be in before beginning the Hajj
• Tawaf


  Pligrims circle seven times, anti-clockwise around the Kaaba.
• Kaaba


  A large cube-shaped structure, measuring approx 13 metres high. It is believed that it was originally built by Adam and then later rebuilt by the Prophet Ibrahim.
• Niyyah


  A prayer of intent - 'O Allah, I perform Tawaf or Umrah to please You. Make it easy for me and accept it from me.'
• Dhul-Hijjah


  It is a very sacred month in the Islamic calendar, one in which the Hajj takes place
• Id-ul-Adha


  The festival of sacrifice at the end of Hajj. Origins in Ibrahim’s sacrifice of an animal instead of his son, Isma’il
• Id-ul-Fitr


  Festival of ending the fasting of Ramadan when the crescent moon is sighted
• Id-ul-Ghadeer


  Shi'a festival on the 18th of the Islamic month of Dhul-Hijjah, to celebrate the day on which the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) delivered his last semon.
• Greater Jihad


  It is a continuous process as each Muslim strives to follow 'the straight path' and to please Allah
• Khutba


  A sermon pronounced by the imam, who conducts the Muslim Friday prayer service.
• Lesser Jihad


  It is an outward Jihad that is about creating a good and fair Muslim society.
• Sa'y


  It is the running, or hurryng, between two hills known as As-Safa and Al-Marwa.
• Nisab


  The minimum amount that a Muslim must have before being obliged to Zakah