Islamic Practices

Sawm

fasting

Salah

prayer

Zakah

Charitable giving

Hajj

Pilgrimage

Jihad

Struggle to maintain faith and defend Islam

Khums

20% tax on income after expenses

Tawallah

To be loving towards the friends of God (Imams and Mohammed)

Tabarrah

Disassociating from enemies of God

Amr-Bil-Maruf-

Encouraging people to do what is good

Nahi Anil Munkar

Discouraging people from doing what is wrong

Ramadan

The ninth month of the Islamic calendar during which Muslims have to fast from dusk to sunset.

The Night of Power

The night when the first revelation of the Qur'an was made to Mohammed, it is also the festival that marks the start of God's revelation to Mohammed.

Fasting

Not eating or drinking for a certain length of time, usually for a religious purpose.

Zakah

Purification of wealth, by giving 2.5% of savings each year to the poor.

Sadaqah

Good actions or voluntary payments that are undertaken for charitable reasons.

The amount you are required to give, you only pay Zakah on savings over 87 grams of gold or 612 grams of silver.

Wudu

Ritual washing before prayer to spiritually cleanse

Mihrab

The niche in a wall that indicates the direction of Mecca

Jummah prayer

A weekly communal prayer performed after midday on Friday, which includes a sermon.

Salat al-fajr

prayer at dawn, before sunrise

Salat al-zuhr

Prayer at midday, after the sun passes its highest.

Salat al-'asr

The late part of the afternoon

Salat al-maghrib

Prayer just after sunset

Salat al-'isha

Prayer between sunset and midnight