ISLAMIC RELIGION

 HISTORY OF ISLAM:
 Concerns the political, social, economic and cultural development of the "Islamic"
civilization.
 Most historian beliefs that Islam originated in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th
century.

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 However beliefs that I'd did not start with Mohammad

 But it was the original faith of others whom they regards as prophet
 Such as :
 Jesus
 David
 Moses
 Abraham
 Noah
 Adam

IN 61CE
Mohammad began receiving what Muslim consider to be devine revelations

IN 618:
He lost protection with the death of his influential uncle " abutalib". Muhammad migrated to
the city of yathrib (medina).

IN 632
Muhammad's death

8TH CENTURY
 The Islamic empire extended form "IBERIA" in the west to the INDUS RIVER in
the east.

GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM :

  The Islamic civilization gave rise to many centers of culture and science and
produced notable astronomers , mathematicians, doctors and philosophers

13th CENTURY
 The Delhi sultanate took over northern parts of Indian subcontinent.

13TH AND 14TH CENTURY

 Destructive mongol invasions from the east akong with the lose of population in the
black sea.

19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

 Most part of the Muslims world fell under the influence or direct control of
European " great powers"
 Their efforts to win yo win independence and build modern nation States over the
course of the last 2 century continue to " reverberate"(re- echo) to the present day

ISLAM

 In Arabic means submission

 Adherent 16billions
 Founded in Arabian peninsula in 622CE
 Founder: Muhammad

3MAJOR BRANCHES OF ISLAM

 Sunni, shia ,sufism

5 PILLARS
 Faith( in Arabic shahada)
 Prayer(conversation with god =Salah)
 Alms
 Pilgrimage
 Fasting ( sawn)- abstaining from food and drinks

MOSQUE
 Services on Friday (Muslim church)

ALDATIONS
  Before prayer
 No pork is allowed
 Holiday related to the pilgrimage and fast of Ramadan

3MAIN HOLIDAYS
 Al-hidja
 Almadan
 Eid Al fitr

THE PILLARS OF FAITH

 Faith (shahada)
 The absolute focus of Islamic piety is allah, the supreme,all knowing,

All powerful, and above all, all merciful god, the Arabic word allah means "the god" and
this god is understood to be the god who brought the world into being express their
recognition of and gratitude for the wisdom of creation and live in harmony with the
universe.

 The profession of faith or witness to Faith (shahada)is therefore the prerequisite for
membership in the Muslims community on several Occasions during a typical day
and in the saying of daily prayers , a Muslim repeats the profession "I bear witness
that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is his prophet"
 There are no formal restrictions on the times and places these words can be
repeated. To become a member of the Muslim community ,a person has to profess
and act upon this belief in the oneness of god and the prophet hood of Muhammad.
 To be a true profession of faith that represents a relationship between the speaker
and God. The verbal utterance must Express genuine knowledge of it's meaning as
well as sincere belief a person's deed's can be subject to scrutiny by other Muslims,
but a person's utterance of the profession of faith is sufficient evidence of
membership in the Muslim community and can't be challenged by other members
of this community.

THERE ARE 6 ARTICLES OF FAITH

 Belief in Allah the only one
 Belief in the angels
 Belief in holy books(Quran)
 Belief in prophets
 Belief on the day of judgement
 Belief in god's predestination
PRAYERS
 Is spiritual communication between man and god , a two way relationship in which
man should not only talk god but also listen to him. Prayer to god is like a child's
conversation with his father . It's natural for a child his father the thing he needs.

5 PRAYERS OF ISLAM " Salah= prayers

General feature of Islamic prayer:

 Early morning-suhur/ farj

 Noon-zubur
 Mid- afternoon - asar
 Sunset- magrib
 Evening -I-sha

Raqah -
bowing and prostration represents submission to god

ABLUTION-
symbolic purification by washing , hands , feet and etc with water ( or sand)

QIBLAH-
direction for prayer towards mecca.design by mihrab, niche in the wall.

DUA‘S -
spontaneous private prayer exists but it less important that communication worship

Tahadjud-
prayer for Ramadan from 1-3am

Takbir-
prayer preparation for Eid.

Ramadan,-
 9th month of the slamic Lunar calendar

ELEMENTS OF PUBLIC PRAYER

 Masjid (mosque)
 Minaret(Tower of maudhdhin to announce services)
 Imam leads prayers, worshippers stand behind in straight line
 Imam or other scholars delivers a sermon (khutba) from the pulpit.
 MIMBAR
 Woman are not required to attend prayers , when they do the usually stand behind
the man.
 Friday, yawm aljum ‘ah(day of assembly)
 Main day of public prayer

BOOKS/ TEXT

 Quran( sacred book)

 Kadith( tradition )

SYMBOLS
 Star and crescent
 Name of Allah in Arabic
 Color green
 Mosque silhouette

BELIEFS
 Are very important in Islam
 One must believe and recite statement of faith known as "shahada "( there's no god
but God and Muhammad is his prophet.

ALMS OR ZAKAT

 Alms 'or in Arabic ZAKAT

 This is the 3rd pillar of Islam which sometimes translated as charity . And this is the
one of the most important Institution based on worship directed toward establishing
social justice and balance . Muslim are supposed to donate a fixed amount of their
property to charity every year.

ZAKAT
  Is a certain fixed proportion of the wealth and or every kind of the property liable to
ZAKAT of a Muslim to be paid yearly for the benefit of poor in the Muslim
community.the payment or ZAKAT is obligatory as it one of the 5 Pilars of Islam.

Example of Thanksgiving which zakat are:

 Money
 Food
 Clothing
 And other donation given to the poor or needy and anything given as charity

ZAKAT

 Is the major economic means for establishing social justice and lending the Muslim society
to prosperity and security.
 Zakat= charity ( Muslim are supposed to donate fixed amount of property and charity
every year
 Pitla= held only during Ramadan
 Hadiya= Ramadan giving of charity
 Pilgrimage= Hajj
 Kaaba= Blackstone ( counter clockwise 7×- hagar
 Umra= anytime in a year
 MISCONCEPTION ABOUT ZAKAT
 Zakat given in Ramadan only
 Zakat purifies human health
 Zakat is on gold only
 Zakat is on excess only
 Zakat can't be given to relatives

6 KIND OF PEOPLE WHO CAN RECEIVE ZAKAT

 Poor
 Needy
 New converts
 Travelers
 In course of Allah
 To help someone to pay debt
 Zakat is a form of alms-giving treated in Islam as a religious obligation or tax,
which, by Quranic ranking, is next after prayer in importance. As one of the Five
Pillars of Islam, zakat is a religious duty for all Muslims who meet the necessary
criteria of wealth.
 A poor person is someone whose property, in excess of his basic requirements, does
not reach the nisab threshold. The recipient must not belong to your immediate
family; your spouse, children, parents and grandparents cannot receive your zakat.
Other relatives, however, can receive your zakat.