practices
Cards (27)
- shahadah
- "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the prophet of Allah" - sunni.
- "and Ali is the friend of god" - shia
- shahadah tells us that
- allah is tawhid
- only god that should be worshipped
- must be omnipotent, everlasting and the creator of everything
- muhammad is most important prophet
- muhammad is the best muslim
- Alishia muslims believe that he is the successor of muhammad and is sinless, allah gave him guidance on qurans meaning
- when does muslim say shahadah
- first and last words
- prayer
- morning and night
- battle
- salah
- in direction of makkah
- to prepare they wash, clean, say niyyah, cover modestly
- do rakahs
- types of prayers
- dua prayers - personal
- jummah prayers - friday midday, men are expected
- how many times a day do they pray
- sunni - 5 - muhammads night journey
- shia - 3 - quran 17 - "establish regular prayers at the Sun's decline till the darkness of the night, and the recital of the quran in the morning prayer; for the recital of dawn is witnessed.
- why is salah important
- 5 pillars
- strengthens faith
- better muslim
- strengthens ummah
- salah more RTs"The 5 prayers remove sins as water removes dirt" - hadith"all praise be to Allah.. You alone do we worship" - sura 1
- why do muslims fast
- "O believers, you must fast so that you may learn self-restraint. Fasting is prescribed for you during a fixed number of days so that you may safeguard yourselves against moral and spiritual ills" - sura 2
- muhammads own example
- sawm
- all that are able to are expected to fast
- fast in daylight, also no drinking, sex, smoking, gum
- avoid evil habits and thoughts - "if you do not give up telling lies God will have no need of your giving up food and drink" - hadith
- why is sawm important
- 5 pillars
- strengthens faith
- better muslim
- strengthens ummah
- commemorates night of power
- zakah
- compulsory
- once a year
- 2.5%
- recieved by the poor, needy, employees, slaves,
- shia pay khums too - 20%
- why do muslims give zakah
- "righteous is he who believes in Allah and gives his wealth, for the love of him... and observes proper worship and pays the poor-due" - sura 2
- muhammads example
- "whoever pays zakah on his wealth will have its evil removed from him" - hadith
- why is zakah important
- 5 pillars
- strengthens faith
- better muslim
- strengthens ummah
- hajj
- go to makkah
- muslims only
- muhammad did his own hajj there
- ihram - consecration
- set apart from daily life
- dress simple - focus on allah
- white - purity
- ka'abawhat do they do
- circle 7 times
- stand at station of ibrahim and pray
why- sura 2 - focal point of all worship
- first house of worship
- footsteps of great muslims
story- built by adam and eve
- destroyed in nuhs flood
- rebuilt by ibrahim
- muhammad restored to worship for allah
- as - safa and al - marwawhat do they do
- run between the hills 7 times
- take water from zamzam well
why- re enacting hajars search for water after sent away
- arafatwhat they do
- beg for forgiveness of sins, pray - hard part
why- forgiveness of sins
- muhammads last sermon here
- copying adam and eve actions
- minawhat do they do
- throw stones
- sacrifice ram
why- stoning the devil
- ibrahims test of faith
- the ummah
- why is hajj important
- 5 pillars
- strengthens faith
- better muslim
- ummah
- jihad
- greater jihad- struggle and challenge to be a good muslim
- lesser jihad - fighting to defend islam - must be through non violent means
- id - ul - adha
- remembers Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son ishmail as a test of faith
- attend prayer
- arrange a sacrifice
- id - ul - fitr
- night of power - first revelation of qur'an to muhammad
- celebration, reward for surviving sawm, stay up reading quran
- sunni ashura
- remembering nuh leaving the arc
- fast
- eat nuhs pudding
- shia ashura
- day of mourning for husayn
- sadness
- fasting
- passion plays
- slap
- flagellate