Shahada
This Arabic word means “testimony” and is the closest thing to a creed in Islam.
What is the shahada?
Muslims perform salat this many times each day.
What is five?
Zakat is calculated at this percentage of wealth above the minimum amount.
What is 2.5 percent?
Muslims fast from dawn to sunset during this ninth lunar month.
What is Ramadan?
Pilgrims travel to this city in Saudi Arabia.
What is Mecca?
Saying the shahada just once, freely and as a believer, is enough to do this.
What is become a Muslim?
Worshipers face this direction, toward the Kaaba in Mecca, during prayer.
What is the qibla?
This voluntary charity, given freely and discreetly, is different from zakat.
What is purity?
The daily fast ends at this time of day.
When is Sunset?
Male pilgrims wear this two-piece seamless white garment, which erases differences of wealth and class.
What is the ihram?
This Arabic term for monotheism means “making God one.”
What is tawhid?
Islam has no ordained clergy, but this person stands in front to lead the congregation in prayer.
Who is the imam?
Besides being a kind of tax, the Arabic word zakat carries this secondary meaning.
What is purity?
Muslims believe the Qur’an was first revealed on this night, sought in the last ten days of Ramadan.
What is the Night of Power?
Pilgrims perform this rite of circling the Kaaba seven times, counterclockwise.
What is the tawaf?
The “associating” of something with God, the one unforgivable sin in Islam.
What is shirk?
This ritual washing of the face, hands, arms, head, and feet removes minor impurity before prayer.
What is wudu?
This is the minimum amount of wealth that must be owned before zakat is due.
What is the nisab?
This joyful “Feast of Fast Breaking” begins when the new moon of Shawwal is sighted.
What is Eid al-Fitr?
Standing in prayer on the plain of Arafat from noon to sundown is the heart of the hajj, and it is known by this term.
What is the wuquf?
This early believer was left under a heavy stone in the hot sun but kept crying “One! One!”
Who is Bilal?
The five required daily prayers add up to this many rak’as, or cycles of postures.
What is seventeen?
A manual for converts says zakat is owed on these “three C’s.”
What are cash, cattle, and crops?
Because the lunar year is about eleven days shorter than the solar year, Ramadan passes through all the seasons every this many years.
What is thirty-three?
The rite of sa’y commemorates Hagar running seven times between these two hills.
What are Safa and Marwa?