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Muslim Beliefs and Practices

Muslim Beliefs and Practices. 5 Pillars - Practices. Saying the creed Praying five times a day Fasting in the month of Ramadan Giving Zakat (2 ½ % of income) Performing Hajj Jihad – holy struggle. Saying the Shahaddah. لا الله الالله ومحمد رسول الله

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Muslim Beliefs and Practices

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  1. Muslim Beliefs and Practices

  2. 5 Pillars - Practices • Saying the creed • Praying five times a day • Fasting in the month of Ramadan • Giving Zakat (2 ½ % of income) • Performing Hajj • Jihad – holy struggle

  3. Saying the Shahaddah لا الله الالله ومحمد رسول الله • There is no god but God and Muhammad is His prophet

  4. Salat – Prayer • Preceded by ablutions (or full washing) • Five times a day • Facing Mecca • Set words / actions

  5. Mid-winter prayer times in a Middle Eastern mosque • Dawn: 56-4 • Sunrise: 30-6 • Midday: 31-11 • Afternoon: 11-2 • Sunset: 32-4 • Evening: 5-35

  6. Prayer permutations

  7. Fasting in Ramadan • No food, drink, smoking, sexual intercourse during the daylight hours • Before dawn to sunset • Ends with Eid al-Fitr

  8. Zakat • 2.5% of a person’s savings or assets • To be given to the poor

  9. Pilgrimage – Hajj • Making the pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime • For every adult Muslim of sound mind, who can afford it and is physically able • Dhu al-Hijjah (12th month)

  10. Jihad • Da’wah • Calling people on the path to God • Jihad • Fighting in the cause of God • Encouraging the good and forbidding the evil

  11. As a Christian, how do you connect with these practices? • Muslim creed • Prayer 5 times daily • Fasting • Zakat (2 ½%) • Pilgrimage • Jihad

  12. Five Articles of Faith of Islam • Belief in one God • Belief in His angels • Belief in His books • Belief in His prophets • Belief in the day of judgement • Belief in predestination

  13. Allah • Tawhid – the unity of God

  14. Angels • Jibraeel, Israfeel, Iz’raeeel, Mikha’eel • The angels on each shoulder, recording the good deeds and bad deeds • Jinn

  15. The Books • Scrolls of Ibrahim • Torah of Moses • Zaboor of David • Injeel of Jesus • Qur’an of Mohammad

  16. Prophets of God • Prophets, with a revelation from God • Messengers, with a book

  17. Day of Judgement

  18. قدر - Predestination • The good and the bad that befalls a person is from God

  19. As a Christian, how do you connect with these beliefs? • One God • His Angels • His Books • His Prophets • Day of Judgement • Predestination

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