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List the 10 obligatory acts

Salat

Sawm

Hajj

Zakah

Khums

Jihad

Encouraging good actions

Discouraging bad actions

Associating with good people

Disassociating with bad people

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List the 5 pillars

Shahadah

Salat

Sawm

Zakah

Hajj

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What is the shahadah

(Declaration of faith)

I bear witness that there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger

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When is shahadah said (3)

First words to a newborn baby (welcoming into the world)

Repeated in prayer (at least every day)

At burial (last words before judgment day)

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Why shahadah is important (7)

  • Upholds Tawid and provides a reason for Shirk

  • Differentiates from other religions

  • Reminds them of their faith + admission

  • A complete submission to Allah’s power

  • Reinforces personal understanding

  • One of the 5 pillars

  • Follows them through life

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What is salat

(Prayer)

Done 5 times a day → dawn + midday + late afternoon + after sunset + before midnight

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Salat quote

Keep up the prayer, prayer restrains outrageous and unacceptable behaviour

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Adhan

The call to prayer + sung from minaret

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Jummah prayer

Friday lunchtime prayer to be done together

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Wudu

The preparation before prayer where they remove shoes, wash and be in clean environment

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Qiblah

The direction they face (Mecca’s Holy Kabbah)

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Rak’ah

A specific ritual with bowing or kneeling to symbolise respect and devotion

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Sawm quote 1

Prescribed to you is fasting

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Suhur

The last meal before dawn

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Iftar

The first meal after sunset

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You don’t need to fast if (4)

  • Old

  • ill

  • Young

  • Medically can’t

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Why is Sawm important (7)

  • One of the 5 pillars

  • Joins community

  • Get closer to allah through prayer

  • More understanding for Zakah

  • More grateful

  • Better self discipline

  • Proves devotion to Allah

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What is Sawm

Not eating from sunrise to sunset for the month of Ramadan

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Importance of salat (5)

  • Builds community

  • strengthens faith

  • Shows devotion

  • One of the 5 pillars

  • Muhammad encouraged it

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Sawm quote 2

So you will be thankful

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What is Zakah

(Purification)

Giving 2.5% of spare income to those in need

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Zakah quote

He who eats and drinks while his brother goes hungry is not one of us

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Why is Zakah important (9)

  • One of the 5 pillars

  • Considered a form of prayer

  • All good acts are rewarded on judgement day

  • Islam means peace so giving to charity helps create harmony

  • Helps purify greed and selfishness

  • Follows Muhammad’s example

  • Builds better community/helps less fortunate

  • Strengths relationship with Allah

  • Gives better access to education

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Khums

A system for Shia Muslims to pay an additional 20%

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Khums quote

Know that one fifth of your battle gains belongs to God and the messenger, to the close relatives and orphans, to the needy…

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Nisab

The amount of wealth needed to start paying Zakah

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Sadaqah

Voluntary charity

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Hajj journey

Mecca → Mina → Arafat → Muzdalifah → Mina → Mecca

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Kabbah

The cubic building in the centre of Mecca

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Ihram

The clothing they wear during Hajj

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Arafat

The plain they pray on to be close to God, where Muhammad gave his last sermon and God is closer to earth

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In mina

  1. Pray and prepare for journey

  2. Throw pebbles collected from Muzdalifah, at wall representing Shaytan

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Safa and marwa

2 mountains in Mecca they run between like moth looking for water, then all drink Zhum Zuhm water

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Jihad

The strive or struggle for faith

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Greater jihad + examples

Internal

→ writing, praying, telling others

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Lesser jihad + examples

External

→ physical fighting against injustice

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Lesser jihad quote 1

“Fight them until there is no persecution, and worship is devoted to God”

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Jihad quote 1

“You who believe , be mindful of God… and strive for his cause, so that you may prosper”

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Lesser jihad quote 2

“Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms”

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Lesser Jihad quote 3

The story of Muhammad

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Lesser jihad is allowed if…

  • There is extreme persecution

  • Religious freedoms are taken away

  • Islam needed to be defended

  • It’s authorised by a Muslim leader

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Lesser Jihad must not…

  • Target innocent civilians

  • Attack other religions

  • Be started by a Muslim

  • Used to convert others

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Pilgrimage

A special journey to a special place

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Tawaf

The process of circling the kabah 7 times (some try to touch rock of heaven too)

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Id-Ul-Adha

Commemorates: Story of Abraham sacrificing his son

Celebrated: sheep are sacrificed and donated, some shave their hair, pray, embrace

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Id-Ul-Fitr

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