Islam

Question 1

What is Tawhid?

Answer 1

+Oneness of Allah

+Allah has no equal, so to worship anyone or anything else is considered shirk

Question 2

What is Shirk?

Answer 2

+The sin of regarding anything as an equal or partner of Allah.
+Acknowledged in the first pillar of islam

Question 3

Who are the shiah?

Answer 3

+Muslims, or Shi’ites, who believe in the Imamah, leadership of Ali and his descendants after the Prophet Muhammad.

Question 4

Who are the sunni?

Answer 4

Muslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali as leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad

Question 5

What is the Qur’an?

Answer 5

The Recitation or Reading. Allah’s eternal utterance revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel as his final revelation to humankind.

Question 6

What happens on the day of judement?

Answer 6

all people will be judged by Allah
everyone will be raised from the grave and will have their faith in Allah and their earthly good and bad deeds weighed up
those who can cross the bridge over Hell (known as Sirat), carrying their book of life, will enter Paradise and gain eternal happiness
those who cannot cross the bridge will fall into Hell forever

Question 7

What are the five pillars of Islam?

Answer 7

The five observances which must be followed by all practising Muslims, eg Salah - to pray five times a day.

Question 8

What are the six articles of faith?

Answer 8

Belief in Allah as the one and only God
Belief in angels
Belief in the holy books
Belief in the Prophets…
e.g. Adam, Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Dawud (David), Isa (Jesus).
Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the final prophet.

Question 9

Name the five pillars of Islam

Answer 9

Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith
Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day
Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy
Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan
Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 10

Surah 112

Answer 10

“Say: he is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He did not give birth nor was he
born; and there is none like him.” (Surah 112)

Question 11

(Qur’an 11:7)

Answer 11

“And it is He [Allah] who created the heavens and the earth in six days.” – (Qur’an 11:7)