RS FLASHCARDS -ISLAMIC BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

WHAT DOES ISLAM MEAN?

SUBMISSION TO GOD

WHAT TYPE OF RELIGION IS ISLAM?

MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION STEMMING FROM ABRAHAMIC IDEAS

WHAT DO MUSLIMS SAY WHEN THEY PROSTRATE AND PRAY?

‘GOD IS THE GREATEST’

‘HE IS (————————)’

‘GOD THE ONE GOD THE ENTERNAL NO ONE IS COMPARABLE TO HIM’

‘YOU WHO(———————)’

‘BELIEVE OBEY GOD AND HIS MESSENGER’

WHAT ARE THE TWO DIVISIONS OF ISLAM

SHI’A AND SUNNI

WHAT DID SUNNI MUSLIMS BELIEVE ABOUT THE NEXT LEADER OF ISLAM?

THEY BELIEVED ABU BAKR(A CLOSE FRIEND OF MOHAMMED) SHOULD BE THE NEXT LEADER AS THEIR ROLE SHOULD SIMPLY BE TO INTERPRET THE SACRED TEXTS

WHAT ARE THE SACRED TEXTS IN ISLAM CALLED

THE SUNNAH

WHAT DID SHI’A MUSLIMS BELEIVE ABOUT THE NEXT LEADER OF ISLAM?

THEY BELIEVED IT SHOULD BE ALI WHO WAS MOHAMMED’S COUSIN AS THEY BELIEVED THE LEADERS OF ISLAM SHOULD BE CHOSEN IN A MONARCHY TYPE WAY

WHAT ARE MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS

SUNNI MUSLIMS

HOW DO SUNNI MUSLIMS DEMONSTRATE THEIR FAITH?

.THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM

.THE SIX ARTICLES OF FAITH

HOW DO SHI’A MUSLIMS DEMONSTRATE THEIR FAITH?

.THE 5 ROOTS OF USUL AL ADIN

.THE TEN OBLIGATORY ACTS

WHAT ARETHE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM?

-SHAHADAH-declaration of faith

-SALAH-act of prayer

-SAWM-fasting during ramadan

-HAJJ-pilgrimage

-ZAKAH-2.5% to charity

WHAT ARE THE SIX ARTICLES OF FAITH?

-TAWHID-belief in one god

-DAY OF JUDGEMENT-

-ANGELS

-PROPHETS

-SUPREMACY OF WILL

-HOLY BOOKS

WHAT ARE THE 5 ROOTS OF USUL AD ADIN

-TAWHID-oneness of god

-IMAMATE-the authority of the imams

-ADALAT-divine justice

-NUBUWWAH-the prophets

-AL MA’AD-the day of ressurection

GIVE TWO TEACHINGS ABOUT IMAMATE?

-TWELVER SHI’A MUSLIMS BELIEVE THAT 12 IMAMS WOULD SUCCEED MOHAMMED

-THE IMAMS PROTECT THE FAITH BY NOT ALLOWING THE QUR’AN TO BE CORRUPTED

‘ISLAM WILL CONTINUE(————-)’

‘TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE TWELVE CALIPHS’

WHAT IS A CALIPH?

AN IMAM

WHAT ARE THE TEN OBLIGATORY ACTS?

-KHUMS-20% tax on income

-JIHAD-struggle of a muslim

-AMR BIL MARUF-encouraging what is good

-NAHIL ANIL MUNKAR-discouraging what is wrong

-TAWALLAH-showing love towards friends of God

TABARRA-disassociating from the enemies of God

WHAT DO MUSLIMS BELIEVE ABOUT GOD?

THEY BELIEVE GOD IS AN UNDIVIDED COMPLETE ENTITY

WHAT IS SHIRK?

WORSHIPPING FALSE IDOLS

HOW MANY NAMES DO MUSLIMS HAVE FOR GOD?

99 NAMES

‘THERE IS NO(——————)’

‘GOD BUT ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER’

WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF GOD

OMNIBENEVOLENT-all loving

-OMNISCIENT-all knowing

-OMNIPOTENT-all powerful

-MERCIFUL

‘ALLAH WILL————-)’

‘LOVE YOU AND FORIGVE YOU OF ALL YOUR FAULTS’

WHAT DOES IMMANENCE MEAN?

WHAT DOES TRANSENDENCE MEAN?

ALLAH IS PRESENT IN ALL THINGS

ALLAH IS BEYOND HUMAN COMPREHENSION

‘HE IS BEYOND—————)’

‘ALL COMPREHENSION’

‘HE IS WITH YOU————’

‘WHEREVER YOU ARE’

WHAT DO MUSLIMS BELIEVE ABOUT ANGELS?

-ANGELS LOOK AFTER HUMANS FROM CONCEPTION TO DEATH

-ANGELS RECORD HUMAN’S ACTION IN A BOOK OF DEEDS TO PRESENT TO GOD ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT

WHAT ARE THE JOBS OF PROMINENT ANGELS?

-THE ANGEL ISRAFIL WILL BLOW A TRUMPET TO ANNOUNCE THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT

-THE ANGEL RIDWAN IS THE KEEPER OF PARADISE’S GATES

WHO IS THE ANGEL JIBRIL?

HE WAS THE ANGEL WHO REVEALED THE QUR’AN TO MOHAMMED ON MOUNT HIRA

-HE TOLD MARY SHE WILL HAVE A BABY NAMED ISA

WHO IS THE ANGEL MIKA’IL?

THE ANGEL WHO MUSLIMS BELIEVE GOD ASSIGNED THE TASK OF REWARDING THOSE WHO DO GOOD DEEDS

‘WE ARE YOUR——————————’

‘PROTECTING FRIENDS IN THIS LIFE AND IN THE NEXT’

‘EACH PERSON HAS ———————————’

‘ANGELS BEFORE HIM AND BEHIND’

WHAT IS RISALAH?

THE BELIEF IN PROPHETS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE

WHAT DO PROPHETS DO?

THEY PROVIDE HUMANS WITH A CONNECTION TO GOD AND DIRECT THEM ON HOW TO LIVE THEIR LIVES

WHO IS ADAM?

THE FATHER OF HUMANITY WHO GOD FIRST GAVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND CREATED THE NEXT GENERATION OF MUSLIMS WITH EVE

WHO WAS IBRAHIM?

-THE MAN THROUGH WHICH GOD PROMISED TO BRING FORTH ALL NATIONS AND CREATED THE MONOTHEISTIC IDEAS

-THE PERSON MOHAMMAD DESCENDED FROM

HOW DID ABRAHAM DEAL WITH IDOL WORSHIP?

ABRAHAM DESTROYED ALL THE IDOLS IN THE TEMPLE EXCEPT THE BIGGEST ONE AND WHEN THE PEOPLE RETURNED THEY WERE ANGRY SO ABRAHAM TOLD THEM TO ASK THEIR IDOLS WHAT HAPPENED AS TO CONDEMN WHY THEY CHOOSE TO WORSHIP IDOLS THAT CAN’T SPEAK

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE PEOPLE TRIED TO PUNISH ABRAHAM?

HE CAME OUT UNHARMED TO WHICH THE PEOPLE WERE AMAZED AND BEGAN TO WORSHIP GOD

‘GOD TOOK IBRAHIM(————-)’

‘AS A FRIEND’

‘AND EVERY UMMAH(—————————-)’

‘HAD A MESSENGER’

WHAT WAS THE NIGHT OF POWER?

THE NIGHT ON WHICH THE QUR’AN WAS REVEALED TO MOHAMMAD BY GOD VIA THE ANGEL JIBRIL

WHAT IS THE FESTIVAL OF RAMADAN?

THE FESTIVAL THAT REMEMBERS THE NIGHT OF POWER THROUGH FASTING, ABSTAINING FROM DRINKING AND SMOKING

WHAT IS THE FESTIVAL OF ID-UL-FITR?

THE FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES THE END OF RAMADAN

WHAT IS THE NIGHT JOURNEY

WHEN MOHAMMAD TRAVELLED FROM MECCA TO JERUSALEM IN A SINGLE NIGHT ON A STRANGE WINGED CREATURE CALLED BURAQ AND ASCENDED TO HEAVEN MET THE PROPHETS AND WAS INFORMED ON PRACTICING SALAH 5 TIMES A DAY

‘MOHAMMAD IS GOD’S MESSNGER AND(————)’

'THE SEAL OF THE PROPHETS

‘READ IN THE NAME (—————)’

‘OF YOUR LORD’

HOW DO MUSLIMS TREAT THE QUR’AN’

-THEY KEEP IT ON THE HIGHEST SHELF

-WASH HANDS BEFORE TOUCHING IT

-LEARN ARABIC

WHAT HOLY BOOKS IS THE QURAN MADE UP OF?

-TORAH

-PSALMS

-GOSPELS

-SCROLLS OF IBRAHIM

‘THIS IS THE SCRIPTURE(—————-)’

‘IN WHICH THERE IS NO DOUBT’

‘NONE SHALL TOUCH IT(——————)’

‘EXCEPT THOSE WHO ARE CLEAN’

‘A REVELATION(—————-)’

‘FROM THE LORD OF WORLDS’

WHAT IS PREDESTINATION?

THE BELIEF THAT GOD KNOWS OR DETERMINES EVERYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN

WHAT IS THE SUNNI BELIEF ABOUT PREDESTINATION?

GOD DETERMINES EVERYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN

WHAT IS THE SHI’A BELIEF ABOUT PREDESTINATION?

GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN BUT DOES NOT DETERMINE IT

HOW DOES PREDESTINATION INFLUENCE MUSLIMS?

-THEY MAY NOT BE AFRAID OF DEATH AS THE OUTCOME IS ALREADY DETERMINED BY ALLAH

-MANY MUSLIMS MAY FEEL THE PRESENCE OF ALLAH MORE AND SO CHOOSE TO DO GOOD TO GAIN HIS FAVOUR

‘ALLAH KNOWS(——————————)’

‘ALL THAT YOU WILL DO’

‘ONLY WHAT GOD(————————-)’

‘HAS DECREED WILL HAPPEN TO US’

WHAT IS AKHIRAH?

LIFE AFTER DEATH

HOW DOES LIFE AFTER DEATH INLFUENCE MUSLIMS?

URGES PEOPLE TO DO GOOD SO THEY CAN GO TO HEAVEN AND ATTAIN ENTERNAL LIFE

WHAT IS BARZAKH?

THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE SOUL IS EXTRACTED TO WAIT FOR JUDGEMENT DAY

WHAT HAPPENS ON JUDGEMENT DAY?

-THE ANGEL ISRAFIL BLOWS THE TRUMPET AND THE WORLD IS DESTROYED AS TO TRANSFORM IT INTO A NEW ONE

-THE BOOK OF DEEDS THEN DETERMINES WHERE PEOPLE GO IN THE AFTERLIFE

‘IF THE GOOD DEEDS(——————————-)’

‘OUTWEIGH THE BAD DEEDS THE PERSON WILL GO TO HEAVEN’

‘WHAT NO EYE HAS EVER SEEN(————)’

‘WHAT THE DEEPEST MINDS COULD NEVER IMAGINE’

ISLAMIC PRACTICES

WHAT DO SHI’A MUSLIMS ADD TO THE SHAHADAH?

‘THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER AND ALI IS HIS FRIEND’

WHEN DO MUSLIMS SAY THE SHAHADAH?

-DURING PRAYER

-WHEN A MUSLIM CONVERTS

-AT DEATH

WHAT IS SALAH?

MUSLIM PRAYER 5 TIMES A DAY

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHI’A AND SUNNI PRAYER?

-SUNNI MUSLIMS PRAY AT NORMAL INTERVALS 5 TIMES A DAY

-SHI’A MUSLIMS COMBINE THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON PRAYERS

WHAT IS WUDU AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

-WUDU IS THE ACT OF WASHING YOURSELF BEFORE PRAYER

-THEY DO THIS SO THEY ARE CLEAN AND PURE IN ALLAH’S PRESENCE AS A SIGN OF RESPECT

WHAT IS RAK’AH

THE SET SEQUENCE OF MOVEMENTS PERFORMED BY A MUSLIM DURING PRAYER

WHAT IS THE DIFFERNCE BETWEEN THE OBJECT SHI’A AND SUNNI MUSLIMS USE TO PRAY?

-SUNNI MUSLIMS USE A PRAYER MAT TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE DIRT

-SHI’A MUSLIMS USE A SMALL BRICK TO PROTECT THEIR HEADS DURING PRAYER

WHAT DOES RAK’AH INCLUDE?

TURNING TO FACE THE KABBA IN MECCA AND THEN PERFORM A SERIES OF BOWS ,KNEELING AND PLACING THE HEAD ON THE GROUND

WHAT IS NIYYAH?

HAVING THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND OR INTENTION DURING PRAYER

WHAT IS JUMMAH PRAYER?

THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF PRAYER FOR A MUSLIM ON A FRIDAY

‘SO WOE TO THOSE(—————-)’

‘WHO PRAY BUT ARE HEEDLESS OF THEIR PRAYER’

‘CALL ON ME AND(——————)’

‘I WILL ANSWER YOU’

‘BELIEVERS WHEN THE(—————————)’

‘CALL TO PRAYER IS MADE HURRY TO THE REMINDER OF GOD’

WHAT IS ZAKAH?

GIVEN 2.5% OF YOUR INCOME TO CHARITY

‘ALLAH IS AWARE(———————)’

‘OF WHATEVER GOOD YOU DO’

WHO DOES KHUMS GO TO?

-20% OF INCOME

-A TAX PAID WITH HALF GOING TO CHARITY

-THE OTHER HALF TO RELIGIOUS LEADERS

‘ALLAH WILL BLESS(———————————)’

‘CHARITY AND CONDEMN USURY’

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF FASTING DURING RAMADAN?

-THEY FEEL THE HUNGER AND SUFFERING FELT BY POOR PEOPLE IN ORDER TO HAVE MORE APPRECIATION FOR WHAT THEY HAVE

-WHEN THEY FEEL HUNGER THEY GET REMINDED OF GOD AND WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS

‘THE NIGHT OF POWER IS(——————)

‘BETTER THAN A THOUSAND MONTHS’

‘IT WAS IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN THAT(———————)’

‘THE QUR’AN WAS REVEALED AS GUIDANCE FOR MANKIND SO THAT MONTH YOU SHOULD FAST’

WHAT IS IHRAM?

THE FIRST STAGE OF HAJJ WHERE MUSLIMS WHERE WHITE CLOTHS

WHAT IS TAWAFF?

CIRLCLING THE KAABA SEVEN TIMES TO REMEMBER HOW MUHAMMAD CIRCLED THE KAABA BEFORE DESTROYING ALL THE IDOLS

WHAT ARE THE TWO HILLS MUSLIMS RUN BEWTEEN?

SAFA AND MARWAH

WHY DO THEY DO THIS?

TO SYMBOLISE THE JOURNEY MADE BY IBRAHIM’S WIFE WHEN SHE WAS SEARCHING FOR WATER

-THEY THEN DRINK ZAMZAM WATER TO REMEMBER HOW GOD PROVIDED WATER FOR HER AFTER ISMAIL KICKED THE GORUND

WHY DO MUSLIMS STAND AT ARAFAT?

TO TRY AND SURVIVE THE SCORCHING SUN AS IT SYMBOLISES GOD’S GAZE ON JUDGEMENT DAY

WHY DO THEY THROW STONES AT MINA?

TO SYMBOLISE IBRAHIM’S REJECTION OF THE SHAYTAN AND THEIR REJECTION ASWELL

‘PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOUSE (——————-)’

‘

‘IS A DUTY OWED TO GOD BY THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE IT’

‘SAFA AND MARWA(———————)’

‘ARE AMONG THE RIGHTS OF GOD’

HOW DO MUSLIMS CELEBRATE EID-UL-FITR?

-ATTEND SPECIAL MOSQUE SERVICES

-CELEBRATE WITH FAMILY

-GIVE ZAKAH

WHAT DOES EID-UL-ADHA CELEBRATE?

IBRAHIM’S WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE HIS SON

HOW DOES THE STORY OF ISSAC AND IBRAHIM INFLUENCE MUSLIMS?

MAKES THEM WANT TO HAVE THE SAME OBEDIENCE TO GOD IBRAHIM HAD

HOW DO MUSLIMS CELEBRATE EID-UL-ADHA?

-THEY SLAUGHTER A LAMB

-GO TO PRAY TO SHOW OBEDIENCE TO GOD

WHO CELEBRATES ASHURA?

SHI’A MUSLIMS A SUNNI MUSLIMS BUT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF ASHURA?

HUSSEIN (ALI’S SON) WAS SET TO BECOME THE NEXT LEADER OF ISLAM BUT HE WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF ASHURA