Religious Studies - Islam (Edexcel)

• Declaration of faith in Allah & PM
• Foundation of Islam
• Supports Tawhid
• Sums all beliefs

When is it used?...

• Repeated in Salah
• Last words you say/hear whe  you die
• Recited in the adhan
• Said when there are new converts to Islam

Significance to life of Muslim...

• Understands absolutness of Allah
• Gives purpose to Muslim existance
• Humans have responsibility to live accordingly to the will of Allah

• Five daily prayers (2nd Pillar of Islam)
• Communication to Allah
• Face Qiblah direction
• Perform actions & recite in arabic

Importance...

• Command to worship in Qu'ran
• Punishment for those who don't pray
• Follows footsteps of PM
• Confirms the Shahadah, commitment to Allah

Significance...

• Allah has priority
• Disciplines a person = punctuated
• Improves the behaviour = away from sin
• Brings identification to Muslims

• Helps fellow Muslims
• Obligatory duty
• Wealth is given to people by Allah, so it should be shared
• Follow footsteps of PM and Allah's commands
• Test for the believers

Importance...

• Submission to Allah's will
• Command in the Qu'ran
• Purifies wealth
• Supports the Ummah
• Removes selfishness and greed
• Creates equality
• Promotes community cohesion

• Muslims have a duty to help others
• PM said, Anyone who eats their fill while their neighbour is hungry is not one of us
• Zakah remids people of equality - gives the same purpose for the Ummah
• Qu'ran commands to pay zakah
• Unites the Ummah - Shows an act of ibahdah (faith)
  
• Giving money to the poor strengthens the ummah
• Helps gain spiritual reward

SHARING IS CARING!

• Fasting - going without food or drink (4th pillar of Islam)
• Make an extra effort NOT to do bad things - discipline
• Act of Ibahdah - showing obedience
• Sharing ecperience with the Ummah

Significance...

• 9th holiest month of the Muslin Calendar
• Night of Power - Qu'ran was revealed to the PM on this night
• Gates of Paradise are OPEN, and Gates of Hell are CLOSED
• Muslims try to complete the Qur'an by the 27th night
• Give charity for extra reward during this month

• Develops self control - Eliminates indulging on ceratin things
• Spend more time focusing on Salah & Ibahdah
• Empathise with those who suffer
• Increase spiritual strength
• Focus on self purification
• Strenghtens the Ummah

When Fasting...

• Read Qur'an
• Pray special 'taraweeh' prayers
• Do good deeds
• Give extra to charity
• Spend the last 10 night in seclusion
• Time to forget and to forgive

• Fesitval of breaking fast
• Signifies breaking of bad habits
• Zakah-ul-Fitr given to poor to enjoy fesitivty
• Prayers are read on open grounds

Importance...

• Time for forgiveness - make ammends
• Id unites the Ummah in joy
• Reminder of harmony/equality/compassion
• Time forgiving and sharing - reflects their own duties to help the needy
• Time to appreciate family, friends = responsibility
• Marks the end of Ramadan = begining of a new focus

• It is the fifth pillar of Islam
• Compulsory duty (excluding those who arent finacially able or are ill)
• Pilgrimage to Makkah
• PM was born there, and the first revelation was revelaed here
• Collective worship = Ummah

Ihram (Clothing) ...

• 2 pieces of white unsewn material
• It shows purity, equality, unity of the Ummah

Forbidden during Hajj...

• Sexual relationships
• Shaving, cutting hair or clipping nails
• Killing/hunting/fighting/arguing
• Women cannot cover their face
• Men cannot wear stitched clothing

• Circling the Ka'bah 7 times
• Awareness of God = God conciousness
• Gives focus to Allah alone
• Gives identity strength
• Shows INSIGNIFICANCE of creation compared to its creator

Events at Hajj, Significance...

• The Ka'bah is the focus for worship - being submissive to Allah
• Following footsteps of PM
• Makkah is the holiest city for Muslims
• Reminds Muslims that they are part of the Ummah

• Awakens the soul - giving spiritual fulfillment
• Oppurtunity to seek forgiveness, and for reward
• Build stronger relationship with Allah

• Muslims travel from Mina to Arafah
• Climax of Hajj
• Where Adam and Eve were separted then reunited
• PM gave his final sermon here
• Stand at this Mt. begging for mercy
• Reminder of Day of Judgement (DoJ)

Significance...

• Allah forgives sins that the Muslims confess to
• Start a fresh new life - much like a new born baby
• Muslims show commitment to Allah = Obeying him, standing there in scorching heat
• Reminds people of their INSIGNIFICANCE to Allah, the Creator
• Without this stand, Hajj is invalid

• Valley between Muzdalifah and Arafah
• Camp Overnight, spending the night in prayer
• Shave/clip hair,