Islam

Question 1

What are the 5 pillars of Islam?

Answer 1

Shahadah - Faith
Salat - Prayer
Zakat - Giving
Sawm - Fasting
Hajj - Pilgrimage

Question 2

What is Shahadah?

Answer 2

The declaration of faith. Saying and believing the words: “There is no god except Allah, Mohammed is the messenger of Allah.”

Question 3

What is salat?

Answer 3

Praying five times a day:
At dawn/ sunrise (Fajr)
At noon (Zohar)
Mid afternoon (Asar)
Sunset (Magrib)
Evening (Isha)

Question 4

What is zakar?

Answer 4

Giving 2.5% of earnings to charity

Question 5

What is sawm?

Answer 5

Fasting: not eating or drinking for a month between sunrise and sunset

Question 6

What is hajj?

Answer 6

Making a pilgrimage once in your lifetime to a special place called Mecca

Question 7

What is sunnah?

Answer 7

The way Mohammed lived and the things he did

Question 8

What is hadith?

Answer 8

What Mohammed said

Question 9

What is the Qur’an?

Answer 9

The holy book in Islam. Muslims believe it is the literal words of Allah

Question 10

How many beautiful names of Allah are there?

Answer 10

99

Question 11

What does the Qur’an teach Muslims?

Answer 11

How to worship and how to behave

Question 12

Why do some Muslims read the Qur’an in Arabic?

Answer 12

So they can see Allah’s original, undistorted message

Question 13

What do Muslims do when they need help?

Answer 13

First they refer to the Qur’an as it is Allah’s words. If that does not help they look to Sunnah and Hadith: Mohammed’s actions and sayings. Then they look at Shar’ia - Muslims scholars and other sources

Question 14

What is Barzakh?

Answer 14

They time where you wait for your soul to be judged

Question 15

What is Jannah?

Answer 15

Paradise or heaven in Islam

Question 16

What is Jahannam?

Answer 16

Hell in Islam

Question 17

What sources does Shari’ah Law come from?

Answer 17

The Qur’an and the example set by the Prophet Mohammed recorded in the Sunnah

Question 18

What is Taqwa?

Answer 18

Thinking of Allah in everything you do, aware of always being before Allah, and that He knows everything

Question 19

What do Mulsims try to do in every part of their life?

Answer 19

Allah’s will

Question 20

What are some parts of a Mosque?

Answer 20

Minaret - tower from which the call to prayer sounds
Adham - call to prayer
Prayer hall - room where prayers happen
Wudhu - ceremonial washing
Dome - architectural piece for beauty, to keep the hall cool and to amplify sounds
Mihrab - facing that way means praying towards Mecca
Minbar - where people give sermons from
Khutba - sermon
Mosque - from ‘masjid’, a place of prostration (bowing down)

Question 21

What is Islamophobia?

Answer 21

Prejudice, hatred or fear if Islam or Muslims