Faith and Belief
Which pillar of Islam deals with belief?
Shahada
What is tawhid?
The oneness of Allah (or belief in the oneness of Allah)
What does Kufr mean?
To cover up, to deny, to hide, rejecting the truth
What does kafir mean?
A person who holds the opposite view of iman, someone that displays ingratitude, someone who hides or covers.
What does nifaq mean?
Hypocrisy
What is another name for the Arkan of islam and what are they?
The pillars of Islam: Shahada, Salah, Sawm, Zakat, Hajj
Which prophets/messengers taught tawhid?
All of them
What is the opposite of Kufr?
Iman
What is the punishment of people who deny iman (kuffar)?
The the fire
What does hypocrisy mean?
When someone says they have a certain belief but in their hearts they believe something else.
What is the definition of faith?
Believing in a statement AND acting on that belief.
If there were multiple gods, what would happen?
Chaos, the heavens and the earth would be destroyed or never made.
What does Iman mean?
The recognition of truth
What does shirk mean?
To share, to be a partner, to associate someone with someone else. To associate someone or something with Allah.
What does munafiq mean?
A person who is never fully committed to Islam. If it benefits them, they pretend to be muslim. But if not, they will leave Islam
What is the definition of belief?
Acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
to be one
What is an athiest?
A person who does not believe in God.
Who shares the same traits of Allah?
No one
Give an example of someone who does/does not something just because people are looking, but they wouldn't/ would do it if no one was looking
Make an example (up to interpretation)
What is the shahada and what does it mean?
ashadu an la ilaha ila allah wa ashhadu an muhammadun rasul allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that the prophet muhammed is the last messenger.
The word Wahid comes from the word wahada. What does the word Wahid mean?
one
A person who believes that there is more than one god.
Why would visiting a shrine (statue or representation of god) and offering food to a shrine be considered shirk?
Because you are associating the trait of eating to god and you are associating the trait that god has a form that you can see on earth.
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