islam practices

• 5 pillars


  shahadah

  salah

  sawm

  zakah

  hajj
• 10 obligatory acts 


  salah

  sawm

  zakah

  khums

  hajj

  jihad

  amr bil maroof

  nahi anil munkar

  tawallah

  tabarra
• the shahadah 


  there is no god but allah and muhammad is the prophet of Allah
• preparing for pilgrimage 


  state of ihram

  white cloth - shows equality
• tawaf around kaba x7
• hills of safa and marwa

  do the walk x7
• mount arafat

  muhammad preached his last sermon

  teaches that god will forgive sins
• mina

  3 stone walls called the jamarat

  walls represent devil and temptation

  pilgrims throw pebbles they collected to show they reject evil

  pilgrims will then cut their hair
• ashura shia 


  remember the death of husayn in karbala

  beat and cut themselves to connect with husayns suffering and death

  some will go on pilgrimage to the tomb of husayn
• ashura sunni 


  remembers the day when the Israelites were freed from slavery

  some believe that muhammad nominated it to be a day of fasting

  show kindness to the family and the poor
• 'so woe to those who pray but are heedless of their prayer'
• 'your lord says call on me and i will answer you'
• 'believers when the call to prayer is made on the day of congregation, hurry towards the reminder of god and leave off your training'
• 'it was in the month of ramadan that the quran was revealed as guidance for mankind...so any one of you who is present that month should fast'
• 'read in the name of your lord who created'
• 'the night of glory is better than a thousand months'
• 'god is well aware of whatever you do'
• 'those who hoard silver and gold will receive a painful punishment'
• 'alms are meant only for the poor, the needy'
• 'pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to god by people who are able to undertake it'
• 'safa and marwa are among the rites of god, so for those who make major or mini pilgrimage to the House it is not offence to circulate between them'
• 'this is My path, leading straight so follow it'
• 'but those who have believed, migrated and striven for gods cause it is they who can look forward to gods mercy'