paper two: the religious community Flashcards

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hadith qudsi

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sacred hadith

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a person who knows the Qur'an by heart

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woman who kept the qur'an - wife of prohet Muhammad

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the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which each Muslim must (if possible) take once in their lifetime.

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a musluim woman who has completed the hajj

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a muslim man who has completed the hajj

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any action or thing which is permitted or lawful

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any action or thing which is not permitted lawful

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shi'a belief in a final Imam leader hidden by God and who will return on the day of judgement

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veil, worn by women who are required to cover everything except face and hands

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migration of muhammed from makkah to madinah in 622 CE

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acts of worship performed with the intention of obeying Allah

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Abraham, the prophet to whom the scrolls were given

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feast during hajj

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food tht breaks the fast after sunset

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the person who leads the congregation in prayer

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economic principle for the distribution of wealth

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Jesus, the prophet of Allah, born of the virgin Maryam

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Prayer from night until midnight or dawn

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submission to the will of Allah

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prejudice against, hatred or fear of Islam or Muslims

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Muhammad's miraculous journey from Mecca to Jerusalem

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angel who calls all souls on Yawmuddin

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one name for hell in arabic

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pillars stoned on the hajj

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angel Gabriel, the angel who delivered Allah's messages to His prophets

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personal indiviual struggle against evil in the way of Allah

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the soul inside nature such as rocks and trees

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congregation/assembly

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a cube shaped structre in the centre of Mecca, which Muslims pray towards

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Representative of Allah

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the first wife of prophet Muhammed

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Night of Power when the first revelation of the Qur'an was made to the prophet Muhammad

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fighting to protect Islam

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the second most holy city in Islam. the city of the first Muslim community and the burial place of Muhammad.

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prayer after sunset until daylight ends

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city where the prophet Muhammad was born, the capital of Saudi Arabia and where the Ka'ba is located

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not forbidden but discouraged

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recommended actions

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mosque, place of prostration

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an alcove which indicates the Qiblah wall

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tower of the muezzin calls Muslim to prayer

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the steps where the Imam leads the congregation in prayer/delivers a sermon, he stands at the middle as to not replace Allah

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permissible actions, neither rewarded nor punished

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moses, the prophet of Allah to whom the Tawrah was given

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one who claims to have accepted Islam by professing the Shahadah

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prophet sent without a revelation

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marriage contract

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rightful intention

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divine light

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all powerful

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every present

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all knowing

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the direction which Muslims face when performing the Salah

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an eye for an eye penalties

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the Muslim holy book, Muslims regard it to be the exact word of God

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prophet sent with a revelation

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lending money at interest - forbidden

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apostasy/ giving up on Islam

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the four successors of Muhammad who lead the Ummah in Sunni Islam

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additional voluntary payments to Zakah, - loving charity

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may peace be with you

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prescribed communication with, and worship of Allah; the five daily times of Salah are fixed by Allah

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midday prayers on a Friday for men

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fasting from dawn to sunset, abstinence from all food, drink or smoking

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the Muslim belief that Muhammad is the last prophet sent by God who perfects all previous revelations

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declaration of faith, "there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah"

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muslim law

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branch of Islam.

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association. the greatest sin a muslim can commit - regarding anything to be equal to Allah

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extra meal eaten before first light

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example of the prophet Muhammad - found in the Hadith

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branch of Islam

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divisions/chapters of the Qur'an (114 in total)

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awareness/love and fear of god

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special prayer in Ramadan

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prayer beads

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the belief in the oneness and unity of Allah

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the Torah, a book given to Musa

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small hat worn by men during prayer

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world-wide community of muslims, the nation of Islam

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party after marriage

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day of judgement

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alms giving/purification of wealth

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additional payments at the end of Ramadan

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prayer after midday until afternoon

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speak the words of the Adan into the right ear of the baby. this is so the call to serve Allah is present from the start of the child's life.

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the ceremony on the seventh day after birth

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the child's head is shaved, it is part of the naming ceremony

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the cleansing of the baby from impurities and the start of its life afresh in the presence of Allah.

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a sheep or a goat

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the shaved hair of the baby, and the equivalent weight in silver or gold is given to charity

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honey to reflect the sweetness of the qur'an

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a sacrifice to allah

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the continuing of tradition by Muslims, and following the example of Ibrahim.

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to worship allah for the mutual love and support for the conception and raising of children to support a stable society

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bride's home, led by a respected member of the muslim community.

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mahr (gift to the bride) reading from the qur'an exchange of vows and rings

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two men must witness the marriage contract

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they should say the Shahadah if they can

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the body is washed three times by relatives of the same gender as the deceased, and it is wrapped in white cloth. the body is then taken to an outdoor location, sometimes near a mosque, where muslims will stand and offer prayers for the forgiveness and find peace.

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as soon as possible after death

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laid on it's side, with three mounds of soil under the head, the chin and the shoulder. the head faces towards makkah

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that they enter an intermediate phase in the grave, waiting for Yawmuddin when Allah will raise the body.

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all people will be judged by allah and have their good and bad deeds wieghed up. those who can cross the bridge over hell (sirat) carrying their book of life wil enter paradise and gain eternal happiness, or else fall into hell forever.

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mount of mercy

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pilgrimage during rest of year

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white clothing (to erase social hierachy during the hajj)

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intention to do the spiritual journey

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circling the kaaba 7 times

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belief in angels

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belief in holy books

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belief in the prophets

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``` tawhid malaikah kutub nubuwwah akhirah al-qadr ```

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divine justice

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authority of the imams

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day of resurrection

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early shi'a leaders

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the five roots of Usul ad-Din

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``` tawhid - oneness of allah adl - divine justice nubuwwah - prophethood imamah - leadership (who muslims should follow) mi'ad - day of resurrection ```

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``` made from light no free will tell allah about the behaviour of humans limitless invisible but can reveal themselves ```

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"they exalt him night and day and do not slacken"

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bringer of good news. mentioned in qur'an and hadith. revealed the words of allah to muhammed on the night of power, and is therefore known as the angel of revelation. present on day of judgement

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friend to humanity. angel of mercy. giver of rain, and helps to provide food for the people. present on day of judgement

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the angel of death, who takes the souls from bodies when people die

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the angel who will be present on day of resurrection. | will blow the trumpet to announce the day of judgement.

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the angels responsible for questioning the soul of a person who has died.

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al-kiram and al-katibun

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one of them records the good things the person has done and the other records the bad things the person has done. allah will judge them off of this when deciding whether they are worth of paradise.

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it shows that allah is omniscient, and omnipotent

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yes in the hadith: "there is not one amongst you who has not been allotted his seat in paradise or hell. they said: allah's messenger, then why should we perform good deeds, why not depend upon our destiny? thereupon he said, no, do good deeds, for everyone is facilitated in that for which he has been created."

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shia muslims believe nothing can happen without the will of allah

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"the lord has created and balanced all things and has fixed theri destinies and guided them."

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because lif is a test from Allah, so all humans must make theri own decisions, and they will ebe judged on those decisions by Allah on Yawmuddin.

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"whoever does righeousness - it is for hus (own) soul; and whoever does evil (does so) against it. and your lord is not ever unjust to (his) servants."

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insha'allah (if god is willing/if god wills it so

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"no soul may die except with god's permission at a predestined time"

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where souls wait before Yawmuddin, and divides the living from the dead

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as a beautiful garden, "gardens of pleasure"

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living religiously, asking allah for forgiveness, and showing good actions in their life.

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around 7/many, and each heaven is made of a different material with a different prophet living in every level.

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made of silver and adam and eve live there

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a place of fire and torment, place of scorching fire pits and boiling water.

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be sent to paradise if they have any goodness in them.

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muslim declaratio of faith, all muslims know the words of the shahada and it is repeated multiple times during the day

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prayer. compulsory for muslims to pray five times a day

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(charitable giving) encourages generosity and compassion

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obligation to fast during ramadan. teaches muslims self-discipline, which brings them closer to allah.

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pilgrimage to makkah. compulsory for muslims to make the trip at least once in their lifetime, as long as they are fit and healthy and can afford to go

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the pillars keep the faith strong, so sunni muslims try to keep all five to make them better muslims and support the religion fully.

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they add futher duties. these, along with four of the five pillars are called the ten obligatory acts

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"there is no god but allah, and muhammed is his messenger"

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repeated during salah recited in the adhan whispered to newborn babies. muslim parents aim for these to be the first words a newborn baby hears. muslims aim for it to be the last words they hear or say before they die

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it allows muslims to communicate with allah, listen to allah, and follow in the footsteps of the prohets.

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"establish prayer at the decline of the sun (from its meridian) until the darkness of the night (and also) the qur'an of dawn. indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.

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``` perform wudu pray five times a day at set times face makka perform certain actions which include standing, bowing, prostrating and sitting. recite in arabic ```

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``` fajr zuhr asr maghrib isha ```

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they believe it is their duty to ensure that allah's wealth has been distributed equally as everyone is the same and was created equally.

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'that which purifies'

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muslims can cleanse their wealth. it is importnat that muslims do not get attached to unnecessary things such as money and possessions. islam teaches that focussing on wealth and material possessions doees not make a good muslim

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2.5% of earnings ad then futhur donations

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they will receive back 100 times what they gave as zakah during their life in the afterlife

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in a mosque or other charity

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``` it can only be used for helping the poor helping people in need freeing prisoners, slaves or captives helping people out of debt ```

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"cancel not your charity by reminders of your generosity or injury - like those who spend their wealth to be seen of men, but believe in neither allah nor in the last day. they are in a parable like a hard, barren rock, on which is a little soil: on it falls heavy rain, which leaves it (just) a bare stone"

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during Ramadan in the ninth month of the lunar calendar. it gets 11 days earlier each year.

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it is believed to b ethe month in which muhammed began to recieve revelations of the qu'ran

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muslims give up food, liquid, smoking and sexual activity during daylight.

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"O you who believe! fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self restraint

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``` children who have not reached puberty women who are mensutrating women who are pregnant or breastfeeding people who are physically unwell. the elderly ```

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make it up at the end or donate some extra money to charity.

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12th month of the lunar calendar

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saudi arabia, where the prohet muhammed was born and had his first revelation from allah

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a well where muslims can drink water on the hajj

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asking allah for forgiveness at mount arafat

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walking between al-safa and al-marwa hills 7 times

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``` wear ihram walk around the ka'bah 7 times walk quickly between the hills visit mina for midday prayers stand at arafat from noon until sunset collect pebbles from muzdalifah stone the pillars in mina celebrate id-ul adha ```

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``` salah sawm zakah hajj jihad khums amr-bil-maroof nahil anril munkar tawalia tabarra ```

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20% annual tax. this is paid on any profit earned by muslims. the money is split between charities supporting islamic education and anyone descended from muhammed who is in need.

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encouraging people to do what is good. "enjoy what is right and forbid what is wrong" maruf is anything that has been approved in shariah law.

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forbidding evil by discouraging people from doing what is wrong

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showing love. this includes both love for god and love for those who follow him.

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disassociation. shi'a muslims should not associate with god's enemies.

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anything that has been approved in shariah law.

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shia muslims combine some prayers and so only pray three times a day. sunni muslims only do this with very good reason. shia muslims often use natural elements when praying, like clay, shia muslims pray with their hands by their sides and sunnni muslims often pray with their hands folded (or by their sides)

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both a struggle for faith and a struggle against evil

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making the effort to be a good muslim through a personal struggle to improve spiritually. it is a duty and an act of worship

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``` follow the five pillars forgive others work for social justice study the qur'an help those in need avoid negative qualities, eg greed avoid temptations eg alchohol ```

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defending islam from threat

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must be approved by a religious leader, fought in self-defence and not used to either convert people to islam or gain land. no harm must be doen and peace must be restored and mercy shown.

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"fight in the way of god those who fight against you, but do not transgress."

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festival that marks the end of ramadan. it means 'the festival of breaking the fast'.

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give money to the poor in zakat-ul-fitr

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marks the end of a month of fasting brings the ummah together time for sharing and being graeteful time to appreciate all the positive things in life

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approx 30 days after id-ul-fitr

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the idea of sacrifice for allah. muslims remember how ibrahim believed in allah so much he was prepared to sacrifice his son to show his love and dedication. it celebrates ibrahims willingness to put his trust in allah. in muslim countries its a public holiday.

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an animal is sacrificed. the animal is killed in the halal way by a specialist. the animal is then divided between family, friends and the poor.. the ummah then comes together to pray

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ihram is removed for normal clothes. | men and women cut their hair to show personal sacrifice. the ummah then comes together to pray

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it allows muslims across the world to participatae in the hajj with family and friends even if they are unable tot travel to makkah.

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only celebraed by shia muslims. rmembers when muhammed announced in public that ali would be his successor at ghadir khum.

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18th day of the twelth month

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"Of whomsoever I am Lord. Then Ali is also his Lord. O God! Be thou the supporter of whoever supports Ali and the enemy of whoever opposes him."

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10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar.

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a voluntary day of fasting.

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commemeratuing the death of husayn in battle, they remember the day Noah left the Ark and the day Musa was saved from the Egyptians by God.

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a period of mourning

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many Muslims wear black and there are often parades through the streets. Plays re-enacting the death of Husayn are often performed to remind Muslims of the events that led to his death.

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``` tawhid transcendance fairness immanence omnipotence adalat (in shia) ```

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in the Qur’an (Surah 16:35-36),

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Al Hakim - The Wise Ar-Rahmaan - The Beneficent Ar-Raheem - The Merciful Al-Quddus - The Most Sacred

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the belief that Allah is everywhere and that he knows everything and everyone.

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"We create man - We know what his soul whispers to him: We are closer to him than his jugular vein."

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Allah is just and created the world in a fair way.

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imamah - disagreements that arose between Muslims after the Prophet Muhammad died. The disagreements were about who should be the next leader. Today, Sunni and Shi’a Muslims recognise different leaders as the successors of Muhammad.

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prophethood

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all of Allah’s prophets carried the same message, but that Allah’s words had been changed or even lost by people over the centuries.

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to finish the teachings of Allah

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because Muslims believe that Allah revealed the Qur’an as his final message to humanity.

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All of the prophets chosen by Allah were human, and 25 of them are mentioned directly in the Qur’an. Some of these prophets are also key role models in other religions, such as Christianity and Judaism.

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first man, who was created by Allah in his own image.

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the first woman, was created from one of Adam’s ribs

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they disobeyed his orders.

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when he confessedhis wondoings.

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the father of the human race. He is also seen as Allah’s khalifah and the angels were expected to serve him

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brought up in a polythestic culture, but only belived in one god (monothesistic)

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He had two sons, named Ishaq (Isaac) and Isma’il (Ishmael). He was also an ancestor of Muhammad.

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"Abraham [Ibrahim] was truly an example: devoutly obedient to God and true in faith […] he was thankful for the blessings of God who chose him and guided him to a straight path. We gave him blessings in this world, and he is among the righteous in the Hereafter."

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one of Allah’s most important revelations, called the Injul

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tawhid, and because of this many Muslims wish to follow in his footsteps by worshipping Allah as the one God.

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he was given the Al-Kitab (scripture) and Al-Furqan (the ability to know right from wrong). He was the only prophet to speak directly with Allah. Like Isa, Musa performed miracles. One of these was the parting of the seas, which allowed the Israelites to gain their freedom from slavery.

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he killed jalut

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son of Ibrahim but also a prophet himself. He is seen as the father of the Arabs, or Abul Arab. Ismail helped his father to build the Ka’bah which is considered to be the house of Allah

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"God and His angels bless the Prophet so, you who believe, bless him too and give him greetings of peace."

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his parents dieed when he was young so his uncle raised him

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Muhammad was in a cave and an angel appeared to him. This was the angel Jibril who revealed to him that he had been chosen to be the next prophet of Allah.

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yes he went to tell his wife straight away.

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He removed all the idols that people were worshipping in order to allow people to focus their worship on Allah

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through Jibril. Some Muslims believe that the revelation took up to 23 years.

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5, each given by a different prophet

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the teachings of Allah given to the Prophet Muhammad.

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"Nor could this Qur’an have been devised by anyone other than God. It is a confirmation of what was revealed before it and an explanation of the Scripture. Let there be no doubt about it, it is from the Lord of the Worlds."

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the ten commandments and other good teachings and laws

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it contains the judgement of allah

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book of pslams/psmals of dacid

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prayers, poems and songs intended to inspire people.

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book given to isa

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first holy book within islam. some parts have beenlost but some have been preserevd.

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ibrahimand musa

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aby-bakr, the prophets closeset companion would be the first caliph.

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Ali, the Prophet’s son-in-law should lead the community. These Muslims came to be known as Shi’a, which means ‘Party of Ali’

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610-632 CE, cave of hira, mount nur

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the division of the qu'ran into 30, enabling it to be read in a month

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22 years, 5 months

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night of power, when muhammad recieved the qu'ran

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4 copies of it were made/translated, and sent out to four islamic cities in case converts couldn't speak arabic

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revelation

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it allows muslims a glimpse into allah, as he is beyong human understanding and imagining.

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adam and eve the sahifah, scroll given to prophet. zabur, psalms revealed to prophet dawud injil, gospel revealed to isa

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reciting qu'ran with correct pronounciation

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ordering life sensibly

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"Allah! There is no God but He - the living, the self-subsisting, eternal

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because the words of allah, and same since muhammad, no muslim would seriously suggest changing it

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the english and arabic qu'ran side by side for practice.

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the sayings and deeds

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the indiviual verbal traditions

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sirah, by Hisham who knew a'isha, first wife of muhammad

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wise sayings and advice

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quotes from allah not in qu'ran

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gather the 600,000 different ahadith and checked the isnad, selecting 2762.

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chain of credentials that gurantee the authenticity of a hadith

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comparisons between hadith and qur'an

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compulsory

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recommended

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frowned upon

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guardians and transmitters and interpretrers of religious knowledge in islam

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born into hashemite clan parents, then grandfather died young so cared for by uncle, abu talib gained name of al-amin, the trustworthy one

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muhammad called to be a prophet in 611CE jibril appeared whilst he was meditating in cave of hira. commanded him to read but he couldnt, wife khadijah believed this was an experience so brought him to christian cousin who confirmed it

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ali, abu bakr, haritha, khadijah

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"life and property of muslims as sacred trust" "return the things kept with you as a trusst to their rightful owners" "your wives have certain rights over you, and you have certain rights over them" "all believers are brothers"

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mount arafat at the end of the hajj

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seal = last muhammed not divine but human chosen as messenger for allah sign on shoulder

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only shia transmited ones

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abu bakr umar uthman ali

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as the first imam not fourth caliph

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aka isma'ilis, folow ism'ail as last prophet

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muhammad al-muntazarces

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muhammed led his followers into battle to defend their safety in medinah from makkan violence . this confimed his authority and all arab clans converted

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3000 makkans marched on all-madinah | technically a makkan victory but muhammad left in charge of trade route.

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10,000 makkans marhed on al-madinah | huge trench dug before their arrval, causing their retreat. in 628 there was a treaty

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led pilgramage to makkah

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makkan forces broke treaty and attacked. many makkans sympathised with muhammads side. muhammad warned everyone to stay inside and they would not be hurt. makkan forces surrender and muhammad rides around the kaaba 7 times.

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verse (means sign)

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after muhammads death, kept safe by hafsa.

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