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Tenets of Islam “added details”

Tenets of Islam “added details”. Dr. Maggio GLS-220. Five Pillars of Islam. One God, Allah, and Mohammad is His Messenger (Kalima Tayyibah) Daily Prayer 5 times/day (Salaat) Give to the Poor (Zakaat) Fasting in Month of Ramadan (Saum) Pilgrimage (Hajj).

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Tenets of Islam “added details”

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  1. Tenets of Islam“added details” Dr. Maggio GLS-220

  2. Five Pillars of Islam • One God, Allah, and Mohammad is His Messenger (Kalima Tayyibah) • Daily Prayer 5 times/day (Salaat) • Give to the Poor (Zakaat) • Fasting in Month of Ramadan (Saum) • Pilgrimage (Hajj)

  3. One God, Allah, and Mohammad is His Messenger • First Pillar of Islam "I believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, in the Day of Judgment, and that Fate good and bad is given by Allah, and the life after death."

  4. Muslims Must Proclaim these 1. Allah is ONE  2. He alone is worthy of worship and none besides Him is worthy of worship  3. He has no PARTNER 4. Nothing is hidden from Him, He even knows the thoughts that go into a person's mind 5. He is the most POWERFUL 6. He has created the earth, the skies, the sun, the moon, the stars, the angel, human beings and the whole universe 7. He gives life and death8. He gives sustenance to all creation 9. He does not eat, drink or sleep

  5. continued 10. He is forever and will be forever 11. He was not created by anyone  12. He does not have any parents, wife or children  13. He does not depend on anybody. All depend on Him 14. Nobody resembles Allah, and He resembles none  15. He is pure from all faults  16. He does not have eyes, nose or a body like that of human beings  17. We should therefore PRAY to HIM for all our requirements

  6. Daily Prayer 5 times/day (Salaat) • Second Pillar of Islam • Fajr (pre-dawn) • Dhuhr (noon) • 'Asr (late afternoon) • Maghrib (sunset • 'Isha (evening)

  7. Zakaat • Third pillar of Islam • Monetary Devotion • Alms for the poor • Giving to charity • Complex rules & tables & conversions • Typically, 2.5%, No Zakaat if < 30 animals

  8. ZAKAAT 1. Gaining of the pleasure of Allah 2. Increase in wealth3. Protection from losses 4. A cause for Allah's forgiveness and blessings 5. Safety from calamities6. Protection from the wrath of Allah and from a bad death 7. The Zakaat will provide a shelter on the Day of Judgment 8. Security from seventy misfortunes 9. It will serve as a shield from the fires of Jahannam10. It contributes to Barkat in wealth 11. It saves from fear and grief

  9. Fasting in Month of Ramadan (Saum) • Fourth Pillar of Islam • Early dawn to sunset • many physical, moral, and social benefits • Allah has made fasting compulsory so Muslims become pious, God-fearing and God-conscious • No eating, drinking, cohabitation

  10. Pilgrimage (Hajj) • Fifth Pillar of Islam (must be Muslim) • To Mecca and Medina • The Ka’bah • Ritual slaughter of an animal • Mass event • Prayer • Walking in footsteps • At least once in one’s lifetime

  11. The Holy Books“kitab” = book • Revealed to the Prophet Mohammad • Over a period of 23 years • Muslims believe it is the Final Book of Allah • 1. TOURAAT  2. ZABOOR  3. INJEEL  4. QURAN

  12. The Holy Books (2) 5. TOURAAT (OLD TESTAMENT) was given to Moses  6. ZABOOR (PSALMS) were given to David  7. INJEEL (NEW TESTAMENT) was given to Isaiah

  13. Holy Books (3) • Smaller books • Adam • Shies • Iris • Abraham

  14. Messengers from God • First One: Adam, Last One: Mohammad • About 124,000 of them • Perform Miracles, Prophecy • Abraham, Ishmael, Jacob, Solomon

  15. Four Known Angels • Allah created angels out of light, they are not visible to us • Gabriel (Books, Prophets) • Michael (Food, rains, nature) • Israel (death) • Rafael (blow trumpet day of judgment, twice)

  16. Satan • Yes • Shaytan or Iblis (Arabic)

  17. Signs that Judgment Day is Near (a) People will disobey their parents and disrespect respect them (b) Breach of trust(c) Singing, music and dancing will become common (d) Illiterate people will become leaders(e) People will speak ill of their ancestors and the previous pious people (f) People of low means will begin to boast of high buildings(g) Unworthy people will be given high posts

  18. Judgment Day - Islam • Give an Account of one’s deeds • Paradise • Hell • Punishment for evil • Kuffaar • Allah may forgive whomever he wishes

  19. Judgment Day – in Judaismaharit ha-yamimאחרית הימים • End of Days (2240 CE) • Time of redemption (without suffering?) • In-gathering of the exiles to geographic Israel • Re-building of the (third) Temple • Animal Sacrifice (Korban, Arabic: kurbani) • Resurrection of the dead • Jewish Messiah • World to Come (after-life? Messianic world?) • "Let the end of days come, but may I not live to see them“ - Talmud

  20. Judgment Day for Christians • Mirrors the Old Testament, namely, Tribulation, Prophet Daniel • New Testament, Jesus refers to this as the "Great Tribulation", "Affliction", and "days of vengeance” • We know not the day nor the hour (signs?) • Rapture? Armageddon? Apocalypse? • Good and evil

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