ISLAM ; living the muslim life

Question 1

amr bil ma’roof

Answer 1

encouraging good actions

Question 2

nahi anil munkar

Answer 2

discouraging evil actions

Question 3

ten obligatory acts

Answer 3

the most important duties of a Shi’a muslim

Question 4

5 pillars

Answer 4

the most important duties of a muslim

Question 5

shahadah

Answer 5

declaration of faith

Question 6

shirk

Answer 6

putting anything above or equal to allah

Question 7

imam

Answer 7

person who leads salah

Question 8

jummah prayer

Answer 8

a special congregation held every Friday, usually in the mosque

Question 9

qiblah

Answer 9

the direction muslims face (towards mecca) during salah

Question 10

rak’ah

Answer 10

set of movements and words in each salah

Question 11

wudu

Answer 11

purification ritual to ensure one is clean before prayer

Question 12

I’tikaf

Answer 12

a period of retreat in the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan for worship

Question 13

laylat al-qadr

Answer 13

the night of power

Question 14

sawm

Answer 14

fasting

Question 15

Ramadan

Answer 15

month of fasting, one of the pillars of islam

Question 16

khums

Answer 16

Shi’a muslims give 20% of their savings towards community causes

Question 17

nisab

Answer 17

the amount of wealth which muslims needs to pay zakha

Question 18

sadaqah

Answer 18

voluntary charity

Question 19

zakah

Answer 19

purification of wealth

Question 20

hajj

Answer 20

the pilgrimage made by muslims to mecca

Question 21

ka’bah

Answer 21

cube shaped building in mecca

Question 22

pilgrimage

Answer 22

a journey to a place which is special for religious reasons

Question 23

tawaf

Answer 23

anti-clockwise circuit of the kabah, completed 7 times during hajj

Question 24

greater jihad

Answer 24

striving spiritually to resist evil within oneself

Question 25

jihad

Answer 25

struggle or striving

Question 26

lesser jihad

Answer 26

striving physically to resist an evil in the world

Question 27

Ashura

Answer 27

Shi'a commemoration of imam hussains martyrdom

Question 28

id-ul-adha

Answer 28

festival commemorating the devotion of Ibrahim and isma'il

Question 29

id-ul-fitr

Answer 29

festival celebrated at the end of Ramadan

Question 30

id-ul-ghadeer

Answer 30

Shi'a festival commemorating the prophet Muhammad's choice of Ali as a leader of Muslims