Vocab
The concept of belief in one God
Allah
an Islamic house of worship
Mosque
Angel who spoke to Muhammad
Gabriel
To become a Muslim, a person has to testify to the following statement: “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” This simple statement is heard again and again in Islamic rituals and in Muslim daily life.
Faith
Religious teachers who apply the words and deeds of Muhammad to everyday life.
Ulama
Submission to the will of Allah
Islam
Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage
The Five Pillars
Muhammad took great interest in religion and often spent time alone in _______________.
prayer and meditation.
Five times a day, Muslims face toward Mecca to do this. They may assemble at a mosque (mahsk), an Islamic house of worship, or wherever they find themselves.
Prayer
True/False
Islam have priests and central religious authorities.
False
One who has submitted
Muslim
the holy book of the Muslims
Qur'an
True/False
Believers in the five pillars are forbidden to eat pork or to drink intoxicating beverages.
True
Muhammad taught that all Muslims have a responsibility to support the less fortunate. Muslims meet that social responsibility by giving alms, or money for the poor, through a special religious tax.
Alms
The third most holy place in Islam
The Dome of the Rock
Following a small band of supporters he sent ahead, Muhammad moved to the town of Yathrib, over 200 miles to the north of Mecca.
Hijrah
Muhammed's example
Sunna
The Qur’an is written in __________, and Muslims consider only the _________ version to be the true word of Allah.
Arabic
During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Muslims _______ between dawn and sunset.
Fast
When did Muhammad leave Mecca?
622
Muslim religious community
Umma
The guidance of the Qur’an and Sunna was assembled in a body of law
Shari'a
All three religions believe in heaven and hell and a day of judgment. The Muslims trace their ancestry to _____________, as do the Jews and Christians.
Abraham
Pilgrimage All Muslims who are physically and financially able perform the hajj (haj), or ______ to Mecca, at least once. People wear identical garments so that all stand as equals before Allah.
Pilgrimage
When did Muhammad return to Mecca?
Extra 200 points for how many people followed him.
630
10,000 of his followers