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Islam. By: Jackie Nietert & Josh Oleksiak. Video. Practiced Originally. Shahadah Basic confession of faith Said many times daily “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah” 2 nd part sums up the Muslim principle of revelation
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Islam By:Jackie Nietert & Josh Oleksiak
Practiced Originally • Shahadah • Basic confession of faith • Said many times daily • “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah” • 2nd part sums up the Muslim principle of revelation • Confess Muhammad is prophet of Allah, confess Quran verses are word of Allah
Practiced Originally • Salat • Second pillar of Islam • Pray five times a day, at daybreak, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and before bed • Made up of prescribed ritual washings and portions of the Quran to be recited in Arabic • 1st surah is always recited • Every Friday must perform Salat in communal setting with imam (teacher)
Practiced Originally • Zakat • Third pillar • Almsgiving • Islam regards all wealth as belonging to god • Every Muslim has to give 2 and a half percent of his wealth • Zakat means “sweetening”
Practiced Originally • Sawm • Fourth pillar • Fasting • Fast during month of Ramadan • Ramadan is the month in which Muhammad obtained his 1st revelation • Every adult Muslim has to abstain from food, drink, and sexual intercourse dawn to sunset for entire month • Fasting is done to increase self-discipline and for the praise of Allah
Practiced Originally • Hajj • Fifth pillar • Pilgrimage to Mecca • During the first to twelfth days of the last month of the year • Only if you have the money to make trip, and have paid Zakat • Pilgrimage includes: visiting the great mosque, kissing the Black Stone, and circling the Kabah seven times • Purpose is to strengthen a Muslim’s faith
Original Beliefs • Muhammad • Preached that there is only one god • Claimed Islam is the only true religion • Declared himself a prophet and messenger of God • Claimed that his revelations were the eternal, unalterable, and perfect word of god
Texts of Islam • Quran • Final recordings of Muhammad’s revelations from the Angel Gabriel • Written in 650 A.D. • In perfect Arabic • Contains 114 chapter, arranged from longest to shortest in length
Texts of Islam • Hadith • Means “story; tradition” • Sayings and actions of Muhammad • Also actions and sayings of his close followers • When the Quran does not give guidance for a specific situation, the Hadith is used
Texts of Islam • Shariah • Law of Islam • Combines Quran, Hadith, and other Islamic laws and codes of ethics • In countries where Islam is dominant, Shariah is the governing law • Allows no separation from the sacred and the worldly
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