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ISLAM monotheistic/Theocracy (Five Pillars (Hajj (Pilgrimage - 3 day…
ISLAM monotheistic/Theocracy
Feast Days and Celebrations
Ramadan - fasting period during the 9th month of the calendar; no eating between sunrise and sunset
Night of Power and Excellence - Gabriel appears go Muhammad on Mount Hira
Muslims - name for the Islam people
Considers fellow monotheistic people "People of the Book"
Important People
Muhammad: the last prophet/messenger, was born in Mecca about 570 AD, orphaned at early age, married Khadija
PBOH: Peace Be Upon Him
Khadija: wife of Muhammad, was a business woman and owned a company of caravans
Abu Bakr: Muhammad's successor and father-in-law; first caliph for Sunnis
Inman: Prayer leader in Muslim community
Gabriel: Angel who came to Muhammad
Moses: 613 Commandments and Prophet of the Law
Jesus: Prophet of Golden Rule
Adam: Original Marriage and Prophet of Children
Ishmael: Son of Hagar and was banished to desert because he is the illegitimate son of Abraham
Mahdi: The last Caliph (NOT JESUS), leader that will come and unite the world (will make everyone Muslim)
Caliph: Militaristic leader
Sharia - governs all aspects of Muslim's private and public life
Sharia Law
Obligatory
Daily prayer, burying the dead
You must do it
Recommended
additional giving of income, beyond what is required
Encouraged to do so
Indifferent
Drinking tea, approved food,
have no opinion about it
Disapproved
eating garlic pre-mosque, divorce, using too much water
discouraged against
Forbidden
Adultery, Murder, Alcohol. theft, pre-marital sex, tattoos
never allowed to do
Umma: Muslim community
Five Pillars
Zakat
Charity (must donate 2.5% to poor)
Swam
Fasting
Ramadan - occurs during the 9th month of the Muslin calendar
(no eating from sunrise to sunset)
Salat
Mosque - Muslim place of worship (noon on Fridays)
Imam - prayer leader guides believers in prayer (own interpretation)
Hajj
Pilgrimage - 3 day journey/pilgrimage of prayer and sacrifice
all Muslims are required to complete the Hajj at least once in their lifetime
Ka'ba (Kabaa) - God's House --> Muslims circle around this once reaching Mecca during their pilgrimage
Shahada
Confession of faith
Role of Muhammed - prophet not to be worshiped
5x a day - facing Mecca
People of the book
Arabian Culture
Social Jihad - Convert the world
Personal Jihad - Everyday struggle within our life
Prayers
Quran
"recitation"
Al-fana - extinction of mind; what sufis wanted to achieve
Sunni Muslims
90% of Arabs
Believe Caliph should be "rightly guided one"
Shia Muslims
Persians and smaller percentage
Believe Caliph should be from lineage of Muhammad
Caliph should be Ali