...The 'Five Pillars' of Islam are the foundation of Muslim life consist of Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophet hood of Muhammad(Iman); Establishment of the daily prayers(Salah); Concern for and almsgiving to the needy(sazak); Self-purification through fasting(sawm); and The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able (hajj). Today I will be talking about sawm or fasting. Fasting is the fourth of the Five Pillars of Islam and involves fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, which is probably the most notable time for fasting among Muslims. Fasting is an ancient and universal practice. The Romans, the Babylonians, the Cynic, Stoic, Pythagorean and Neo-Platonist philosophers commended fasting. The followers of...
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...The Five Pillars of Islam are Muslim requirements that all Muslims are required to follow. The First Pillar is the testimony of faith or also just called faith. This Pillar is also called Shahada, which is known as a simple formula which is ordered to convert Islam.. This Pillar is the belief that their is no god, but God, and Muhammad is prophet. The Second Pillar is Prayer, or also Salah is the name of this Pillar. Each prayer takes about several minutes but not longer than five minutes. Praying performs at: Dawn, noon, mid afternoon, sunset, and night. Each Muslim will pray five times a day with a special prayer mat….if at a store, they will borrow a mat from the owner. When they pray they will turn towards the city of Mecca.The prayer is: God is most great! (Say 4x) I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God! (Say 2x) Come to prayer! (Say 2x) Come to success! (Say 2x) God is most great! (Say 2x) Their is no god but God. (Say 1x)...
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...Material Islam Worksheet When studying Islam, it is important to understand the essential elements of the faith, how they are practiced, and the distinctions among the three branches: Shiite Islam, Sunni Islam, and Sufism. Write a 1- to 2-paragraph response for each of the following directives and note where there are differences among the three branches of Islam. 1. Explain the meaning of the name, Islam. In explanation, the meaning of the Islam means that in their religious beliefs, which are known as Muslims, to simply surrender or perform complete submission to their God. Muslims refer to their God as, Allah. Islam is a word that is also related to words for peace. For example, Islam in Arabic is called Salam. In Islam, Muslims surrender or perform submission to God by prostration of the entire body. As oppose to other religions surrendering to God in kneeling, standing, or other postures. 2. Explain the basic concepts of Islam. The concept of Islam is in order to practice this particular religion you must believe that you must surrender to God, which in Islam is Allah, wholeheartedly. Also, to become Islamic, people are called for prayer several times a day by a muezzin, which is a chanter who announces that Allah is greater than anything else. Muslims pray five times a day. Muslims believe that Allah, which is known as their God, speaks through human beings and prophets. Muslims have to believe and practice the Five Pillars of Islam. Muslims have...
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...Five Pillars of Islam Mishap Livingston HUM/130 When it comes to the central beliefs of Islam, there are the Six Articles of Faith, meaning that all that is required is to believe and recite the Shahada: “There is no God but God, and Muhammad is his Prophet.” This relates to the first pillar of Islam with believing and professing the unity of God and the messenger ship of Muhammad: “There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.” The Qur’an requires the faithful to tell others of Islam; so that they will have the information they need to make an intelligent choice. The second pillar of Islam is Salah, the requirement to pray 5 times a day at fixed times during the day.[3] The time of day to pray are at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and night. Each salah is performed facing towards the Kaaba in Mecca. Salah is intended to focus the mind on Allah; it is seen as a personal communication with Allah, expressing gratitude and worship. According to the Qur'an, the benefit of prayer “restrains one from shameful and evil deeds”. Prayer, for Muslims, shows their belief about God is the single most important belief in Islam and arguably the central theme of Islam. The third pillar is zakat, or spiritual tithing and almsgiving. Its literal meaning is “purity,” for it purifies the distribution of money, helping to keep it in healthy circulation. Muslims believe the founder of Islam, Muhammad, is revered as “the Seal of the...
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...Week 4 – DQ 1 DQ1. What are the Five Pillars of Islam? Why are they significant for the life of Muslims? The Five Pillars of Islam are creed (Shahadah), prayer (Salat), charity to the poor (Zakat), fasting during Ramadan (Sawm) and pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj). These five pillars of Islam are significant for the life of Muslims because its part of their faith and it’s also the basis of the Muslim life. The first pillar is the creed that they stand by and believe which is “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger” (Molloy, 2010, p. 431). This is a testimony of faith and it is the most important pillar. The second pillar is prayer, Muslims perform 5 prayer a day (before dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and nighttime) and they can pray almost anywhere because it only takes a couple of minutes. The third pillar is charity to the poor, in order have a more balance society Muslims are required to donate a certain percentage of their total income to the poor and in their everyday life they are expected to help out the poor by acts of generosity and charity. The fourth pillar is fasting during Ramadan which means that every year in the month of Ramadan all Muslims abstain from food, drink and sexual relations from dawn until sundown as a form of purification. The last pillar is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and it is an obligation once in a lifetime and the only individual that are not expected to do this pilgrimage are the ones that can’t afford to do so or because...
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...has you’re religion class been? Have you learn something new?, I noticed you have some question about Islam that you will like me to help you. I will, I am learning about Islam too in my Bible class and I think it is really interesting. The first thing you have to know is what are the people who follow this religion called, and what they believe. A Muslim is a follower of the religion of Islam. Which means “ One Who Submits” In the Islamic religion they have 5 pillars that almost all Muslim follow. The first one is شحادة (Shahabah) In that pillar you declare you’re faith in the law that Muhammad had. The second one would be زائف (Salah) which is the obligatory 5 times a day prayer. Where before that prayer you would...
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...the deities called? A: Islam is strictly monotheistic. There is no way around it. They only worship one god and that is who they stick with. Some sects of islam might be polytheism but the original religion is all about one god. There true god is Allah and that is the one that they worship and follow. Islam does not have any deities because they don’t believe in other gods and they only worship and are loyal to one god, Allah. 2. Who found the religion? When? A: Muhammad was the one who founded the religion. He was the prophet and the one that everyone referred to as the founder. It was founded in the year 622 CE. Islam means submission. The teaching of Muhammad is what brought...
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...Islam Religion Stephanie Scott Professor Carmen Pai Daschke REL 212 World Religions 12/16/12 Islam Religion Today I am doing my paper over the Islamic Religion. Earlier in the semester I had some misunderstanding about the religion because I didn’t really know the religion and parts of me didn’t want to know. I knew going into this class I had to be opened minded but I wasn’t. I think it took me the whole class to build myself to where I could be open minded. The first thing I did in researching for this paper was to figure out how I wanted to get my information. I felt that I wasn’t quite to the point of actually going to a foreign service so I researched and found a man that goes by the name Yaser Birjas. Instead of emailing we spoke over the phone and it was quite an experience. I realized that I was being judgmental about the Islam Religion because I didn’t know really anything about it. During our discussion we talked about the history of the Islam Religion, the Six Articles of Faith, the 5 Pillars of Islam, and misconceptions. In speaking with Mr. Birjas about the Islam Religion he started out with a small history lesson about what the Islam Religion is about. He states that Islam is a sequel of previous religions and that there are similarities because all religions are born from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Ishmael. This was new to me, I didn’t know this about the Islam religion and I sure didn’t realize this was the beginning of learning something new. Islam...
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...The Five Pillar of Islam Shahadah, have faith that their only one and true God. That you live a life that shows people that God is real in your heart. Not only do you believe in the one true God of Islam you have to believe that Muhammad is the voice of God (his prophet). The book clearly states that Muhammad is a prophet not a God in which a lot of people believe. Muhammad had different higher calling to serve God in a mighty way. According to the book God speaks through Muhammad and not made him a son. God a wonderful name that the Islam people speaks of and you have to believe whole-heartedly that he is the one God to be call a Muslim. Not only believe that he is God but have to know how to pronounce it correctly. Practice and repeated as often as necessary until you can say it correctly. This will prove that you are sincere about your faith in God. The second pillar of Islam is the canonical, prayer is the hardest part of being a Muslim. Muslim faith requires to in constant prayer as you live open this earth. As a prayer is made , it every day, thinking that giving thanks to the creator is the bases of prayer in our life but what we don’t realize is that it the only the outer surface of praying, it goes deeper than that. Praying for the world when someone is sick or someone is in jail. Praying continually everyday till you have satisfied your God. The question comes up, how many times a day does a devout Muslim will pray. That is a question that was left up to Muhammad...
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...Five Pillars of Islam Hum 130 October 5, 2014 Five Pillars of Islam The central beliefs of Islam are to worship the one and only Allah, to do the ritual worships per Quran, which is their Prophet, Muhammad teachings, to do good actions, and to maintain good morals. These factor into Islam five main obligations of life which is called the five pillars of Islam. The five pillars of Islam are Shahadah, Salah, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj. The five pillars of Islam define the basic uniqueness of Muslims, their faith, beliefs and practices. I would say Zakat would be the hardest one for me for me to fulfill. I’m not against giving to people in need. But to have to give a certain of my percentage net worth would be hard. If I’m making a decent living it’s because I work hard for it and my family should benefit from not. I wouldn’t like just giving away my hard earnings because some people are too lazy to do it themselves. Don’t get me wrong there are people out there that cannot help the living condition they are in but some can and I would hate to take away from people who really need it just to give to someone that is lazy. The easiest one for me to full fill would be Sawm. I think the purpose behind this one is to know how it feels to be less fortunate. To be put in someone else’s shoes is educational for some people. To not be able to eat or drink anything for 24 hours is an eye opener. It really makes you understand what it’s like to be hungry or thirsty...
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...Week 6: Five Pillars of Islam HUM130 Week 6: Five Pillars of Islam The central theme of the Islam belief system is that of a monotheistic culture or a culture that believes in One God. The name of the Islamic god is Allah. Allah is similar to Christianity as the major roles God is responsible for is creation, teaching and judgment. As humans following Allah, we are to build a moral foundation in order to live our lives fully while worshiping Allah. These central beliefs tie into the Five Pillars of Islam as well as they help to define a foundation for the faith system to rely back on. The Five pillars of Islam are: Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Sawm and Hajj. The Shahadah is the equivalent to the First commandment for Christians. This pillar is the belief that Allah is the one and only God to be worshiped under the Islam faith. Allah had prophets to help pass on teachings and revelations. The greatest true prophet was Muhammad who delivered the last and final revelation. Prayer is very important to the Islamic faith. The pillar of Salat is the schedule in which the Islamic followers must pray. Their worship schedule occurs 5 times a day, including Early Morning, Noon, Mid-Afternoon, Sunset and evening. The worshipper must be clean and bow to symbolize submission to Allah. The pillar of Zakat is the giving back to the community through taking care of the poor. It is Muslim belief that in order to take care of the poor, it is crucial for the rich...
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...The Islamic worldview is based around Allah, Mohammad, and the Qur’an. The Islam belief began with the birth of Mohammad in 570 A.D. in Saudi Arabia (Hindson, p. 277). By 650 A.D. the Qur’an was established (Outlaw). Allah is considered to be Islam’s one and only God (Allah). Muslim’s belief of origin is that Allah created the universe and everything in it (Yunus 10:3). This includes the creation of the first parents, Adam and his wife. In the beginning there was peace among the land until they were tempted by Iblis and disobeyed his rules. They were banished from paradise (Davis-Stofka). In most cultures people identify themselves from their place of origin, politics, or even their place of work. But in Muslim traditions, they personally identify to Allah (Islam). Their belief impacts their die, dress, work, home, politics, and allegiances (Hindson, p. 279). Muslims believe that their purpose is to know that Allah is the One and to obey the teachings of the Qur’an (Weider, p. 70). The Qur’an is divided up into three divisions: the first being written before the flight to Medina, the second Mohammad writes while in Medina, and the third after the return to Mecca (Hindson p. 280). The teachings of the Qur’an also include the Five Pillars of Islam. The Five Pillars are the confession of faith (Shahada), the daily prayer (Salat), giving alms (Zakat), fasting (Siyam), and the pilgrimage to the Mecca (Haji) (Weider, p. 71). In order to obtain salvation Muslims must study the...
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...Five Pillars of Islam James Williamson HUM 130 February 15, 2012 Philip Towne Five Pillars of Islam The central beliefs of Islam are the unity of Allah (translated means God), (Fisher, 2005) his Angles, and his messenger Muhammad. Another of the central beliefs of this religion is the Day of Judgment and an afterlife when one dies. These core beliefs are reflected in the Five Pillars of this religion in the following ways. 1. The La ilaha ila Allah which is the declaration of faith for all Muslims (Fisher, 2005) which translates into “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet. 2. The Salat which is the daily prayer ritual that is practiced up to five times a day by all Muslims in which they ritually wash themselves (Fisher, 2005), face toward Mecca, and recite the prayer they learned as children. 3. The Zakat or almsgiving is the pillar that helps remind followers to help those who are less fortunate (Fisher, 2005) with two to ten percent of one’s income and is expected to be given voluntarily. 4. Sawm or Fasting takes place during the month of Ramadan during which time no food, drink, smoking, or even sexual intercourse is to take place during daylight hours. Daylight hours are currently determined using a computer, however prior to the use of computers it was generally understood among followers the day began when there was enough light to distinguish between a black and white thread (Fisher, 2005). 5. The last pillar known as Hajj or the Pilgrimage...
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...Expressions Of Faith: * The Muslim goal of devotional submission to God is put into practice through the five pillars of Islam * These 5 duties are performed by practicing Muslims and are a unifying force in Islam. * The five pillars of faith: * Shahada - declaration of faith * Salat - daily prayer * Zakat - obligatory (religious) almsgiving * Hajj - pilgrimage * Sawm - fasting in Ramadan The Hajj: Overview: * 5th pillar of Islam. * Hajji for males and Hajjah for females. * A pilgrimage to the Ka’ba in mecca * A symbolic house of Allah dedicated to the belief and devotion of one God. * Must be undertaken at least once in a lifetime by Muslims that can afford it. * Performed during the period 8 – 13 Dhu’l–Hijja * Twelfth month of the Islamic calendar. * During this period all the barriers of language, territory, colour, race and culture disappear. * What is left in its place is the bond of faith. * Muslims go on the journey to: * Reflect on lives. * Collectively ask for forgiveness. * Be in his presence and worship him. * Fulfill one of the pillars. * Express their Islamic beliefs. * Share the experience with a worldwide community of Muslims. * Approximately 2 million Muslims take part on the journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia every year. * Hajj Journey: 1. Ihram: a. Clean yourself (ghusl) b. Wear ihram...
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...Islam Worksheet When studying Islam, it is important to understand the essential elements of the faith, how they are practiced, and the distinctions among the three branches: Shiite Islam, Sunni Islam, and Sufism. Write a 1- to 2-paragraph response for each of the following directives and note where there are differences among the three branches of Islam. 1. Explain the meaning of the name, Islam. Response: Islam means surrender or submission, signifying whole hearted surrender to God. The word Islam also signals the community of all believers, suggesting inclusion in a large family. The word Islam and Muslim are related to several words of peace. The Islamic religion suggests inner peace that is gained by surrendering to the divine. 2. Explain the basic concepts of Islam. Response: Islam is a precisely monotheistic religion. It directs the existence of one God, his prophet Muhammad who is the Last Prophet in a long line of prophets sent throughout time to cultivation. The Quran as the Word of God revealed to Muhammad through the angel Jibrael. Muslims believe that God is one and unequaled and the purpose of life is to worship him and to adhere to his word, as laid down in the Quran, and in Sunnah, as closely as possible. They believe that Islam is the final, completed and universal version of a faith revealed too many prophets before; most notably Abraham, Moses and Jesus, but whose message has now been distorted. 3. Describe the practices of Islam. Response:...
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