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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
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