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Islam - Key words
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- 1shahadahdeclaration of faith the first pillar of islam
- 2Muzdalifahthe place where pilgrims hold a night prayer and rest during hajj after the stand on mount arafat
- 3paradisea place of perfect happiness, the afterlife
- 4Pillars of islamto believe shahadah, to pray, salah, to give to charity, zakah, to fast sawn, and to go on a pilgimage, Hajj - the five most important duties of a muslim
- 5Polygamybeing married to more than one person at once
- 6Purdahcomplete seclusion, women covering their face and hands when in public
- 7Qur'anthe holy book revealed to the prophet muhammad by the angel Jibril, allahs final revelation to human kind
- 8rak'ahactions made during salah cosisting of recitations, standing, bowing and prostration
- 9Ramadana month of fasting from dawn to sunset (ninth month of the islamic calender)
- 10recitationthe act of reciting from memory
- 11revelationAllah showing himself to believers
- 12risalahprophecy
- 13salahprayer and worship of allah - 5 times a day - second pillar of islam
- 14Sawmfasting of all pleasures from dawn till dusk during the 9th month of the islamic calender - ramadan
- 15Mu'adhinthe person who calls muslims to prayer
- 16Shari'ahIslamic law based on the qur'an and the sunnah
- 17Shi'ahmuslims who believe in the imamah - successorship of ali
- 18sunnahthe teachings and deeds of muhammad
- 19Sunnimuslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, umar, uthman and ali
- 20Suraha division (chapter) of the Qur'an there are 144
- 21Tawhidoneness and unity of allah
- 22ummahthe brotherhood of islam
- 23Masjidthe mosque
- 24minaretthe tower of the mosque that the call to prayer is said from
- 25sadaqahgood actions or voluntary payments undertaken for charitable reasons
- 26wurduablutions - ritual washing before prayer
- 27wuqufthe stand on mount arafat
- 28zakahpurification of wealth by giving to the poor - an act of obligatory worship for muslims
- 29Hajjan annual pilgimage to makkah that all muslims must undertake at least once in their life
- 30adulterysex outside marriage where one or both of the couple are married to someone else
- 31AllahIslamic God
- 32Akhiraheverlasting life after death
- 33ArafatA plain near Makkah where pilgrims gather to worship, pray and ask for forgiveness on the day before Eid ul Adha
- 34arranged marriageA marriage for which parents take a leading role in choosing the partner
- 35compilationgathering together into one book material from more than one source
- 36customsaccepted or habitual practice
- 37Day of judgementthe day Allah will decide about individual deeds and reward or punish people
- 38discriminationto act against someone on the basis of sex, race, religion ect
- 39du'apersonal prayer
- 40Eid ul AdhaCelebration of the prophet ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son to Allah, ends Hajj period
- 41Eid ul FitrCelebration at the end of Ramadan
- 42Hadithwords and action of Muhammad
- 43Adhancall to prayer
- 44Halalany action or thing that is permitted or lawful
- 45haramany action or thing that is not allowed
- 46helleternal separation from allah
- 47Hijabmodest dress for a woman means cover
- 48the Hijrahthe emigration of the prophet muhammad from makkah to madinah in 622 CE, the start of the muslim calender
- 49Imam1.A person who leads communal prayer
2. In Shi'ah the title of Ali and his successors - 50Jumuahweekly communal salah performed after midday on a friday
- 51Ka'abathe black cube shaped building at the center of the grand mosque in makkah, all muslims always face this when they pray
- 52MadinahFrom here, muhammad traveled to makkah in 622 CE, the burial place of muhammad
- 53Makkahwhere muhammad was born - the center of Islam
- 54Mihraba niche indicating the direction of Makkah
- 55Minaa place visited on Hajj - stoning of pillars
- 56Minbara pulpit for giving friday sermons
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