Islamic festival that takes place on the 10th Muharram, has different meanings for Sunni and Shi'a Muslims
Amr-bil-Maroof
Encouraging others to do good
Du'a
A personal form of prayer that has no set routine, actions or preparations
Id-ul-Adha
Islamic festival that commemorates the actions of Ibrahim and Ismail
Id-ul-Fitr
Islamic festival that marks the completion of Sawm
Ihram
White clothes worn whilst on Hajj, that represent equality and also it is the name for the state of purity pilgrims enter into whilst on Hajj
Jihad
The struggles you encounter well trying to carry out your faith
Khums
Paying an additional 20% to charity by Shi'as. It is one the Ten Obligatory Acts
Khutbah
A talk or speech that the imam gives from the minbar before Jumu'ah prayer
Nahil Anril Munkar
Forbidding doing bad/ evil
Nisab
The minimum wealth needed to be owned before Muslims must pay Zakat
Qurbani
Term referring to the sacrificial slaughter of an animal as an act of worship
Rami al-Jamarat
Throwing stones at pillars in Mina, to symbolise rejecting Satan
Salah
The pillar requiring 5 daily prayers
Sawm
The pillar of fasting during daylight hours that occurs during the month of Ramadan
Tawaf
Circling the Ka'ba 7 times at the start and end of the pilgrimage
Tabarra
Expressing hatred towards those who oppose (go against) Allah
Tawalla
Expressing love towards the good i.e. those following Allah
Wudu
Ritual washing to be performed in preparation for prayer and worship
Zakat
Paying of 2.5% of your additional wealth to charity
"I did not create jinn and humans except to worship me .": 'Qur'an 51:56'
"Woe to those who pray, but are unmindful of their prayer, or who pray only to be seen by people. ": 'Qur'an 107:4-6'
"Indeed, I am Allah; there is no god except Myself; so worship Me and establish Salah to remember Me.": 'Qur'an 20:14'
"When the call is proclaimed for the Salah on Al-Jumu`ah, then hasten to the remembrance of Allah and leave off business.": 'Qur'an 62:9'
"The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. ": 'Qur'an 97:3'
"…fasting is decreed upon you as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous.": 'Qur'an 2:183'
"Alms are meant only for the poor, the needy, those who administer them, those whose hearts need winning over, to free slaves and to help those in debt, for God's cause and for travellers in need'. ": 'Qur'an 9:60'
"Those who do not give Zakah, and in the Hereafter they are disbelievers. ": 'Qur'an 41:7'
"God is well aware of whatever good you do.": 'Qur'an 2:215'
"The Messenger of Allah said: Allah has substituted for them something better than them, the day of sacrifice and the day of the breaking of the fast.": 'Hadith'
"O my son! I see in a vision that I offer you in a sacrifice … thus indeed do I reward those who do right. For this was obviously a trial.": 'Qur'an 37:100-108'
"I will never give Yazid my hand like a man who has been humiliated, nor will I flee like a slave…I have not risen to spread evil or to show off…I only desire to enjoin good and prevent evil. ": 'Hadith'
"You (Muslims) have more right to celebrate Moses' victory than they have, so observe the fast on this day.": 'Hadith'
"Pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to God by people who are able to undertake it ": 'Qur'an 3:97'
"Whoever performs Hajj and does not commit sin, nor disputes unjustly (during Hajj), then he returns from Hajj as pure and free from sins as on the day on which his mother gave birth to him ": 'Hadith'