This essay will be discussing Ramadan and what Muslims have to do during Ramadan.
Question 1 This essay will be discussing Ramadan and what Muslims have to do during Ramadan. It will also be explaining when Muslims get up during Ramadan, what they have to do and when the fast starts. Also how the fast can be broken and how Eid-Ul-Fitr is celebrated at the end of the month, after a month of fasting. Ramadan is a time for spiritual purification achieved through fasting, self-sacrifice and prayers. Celebrated during the ninth month of Islamic calendar, the fast is observed each day from sunrise to sunset. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five Pillars of Islam. The five pillars are: In Islam there are 5 pillars which are: * Shahadah: This Pillar is to believe and say the words. "There is no god except Allah; Muhammad is the messenger of Allah". * Salah: This Pillar is praying five times a day. There are set prayers which Muslims should say, and all Muslims should face Mecca in Arabia when praying, and should pray on a prayer mat. People should wash before they pray. There are fixed movements, which include kneeling with the forehead placed on the ground in front. This expresses the servant status of the human being in relation to Allah. * Zakah: Each year, Muslims are supposed to give a fixed proportion of their savings for events such as helping the poor. In this way, they believe that their wealth is "made pure" * Sawm: Refraining from food
Founders, prophets, avatars and gurus (Muslim History)
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Islam Coursework
Islam Coursework: Ramadan: In this piece of coursework I am going to describe what happens at Ramadan and what fasting is. I am also going to explain the importance of the special month and the ways in which it affects their lives in terms of what Ramadan teaches them. Finally I am going to give my opinion on whether I think that Ramadan has advantages and disadvantages. I will also show that I have considered others points of view and understood them. a) Describe what happens at the fast of Ramadan. Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar year. This month changes every year. It is a special time of the year when all Muslims across the globe have to fast to fulfil one of their five pillars which is known as Sawm. This special month lasts 29/30 days depending on the moon sighting. Fasting is about not eating from sunrise up and till sunset and is obligatory as it is one of the 5 pillars of Islam. It is also about thinking about the poor and needy and what they have to go through each and every day without food. It is about learning to sacrifice your ordinary life in order to fulfil Allah's (saw) commands. A typical day for an average secondary school child during the month of Ramadan can become very difficult and exhausting. The first thing they do is wake up a couple of hours before sunrise and eat an energizing meal which keeps them alive through out the day,
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Islam Family Life coursework
Religious Education - Islam Coursework i) What does Islam teach about the family? Family in Islam is very important and crucial for Muslims. The Qur'an itself have guidelines for family life, how that no child should hurt or disrespect their parents. The reason for this is, your parents have cared and love for you since the day you was born, and looked after you when you got ill and so on. Family life in Islam is very tight compared to western families, where their children is allowed to go out and do whatever they please, to sleep with whoever they want, which results in broken families, children born outside marriage, and elderly parents who are not looked after and forgotten in elderly homes, hospitals as such.. This is why, as your parents get older and less able; they will need their children's support, just as when they were babies they needed their parents. Ways the children help is to live with them and help them out financially also. This continues until the parent's death. However the parents do expect this to happen, and expect their children to obey them, because for what they have done for them all their life, which is why Muslim families are so tightly bonded with each other. Children are expected to treat their elders, and parents with high respect: * They should listen when they speak * Not to walk in front of them * Not to sit down before they do * Do
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Existence of God Many people over time have tried to prove the existence of God in many ways, from Religious Scholars to Philosophers, and even regular folks like you and I. In this essay, I hope to show why belief in the existence God is a reasonable position to hold and also show how people's belief about God varies. Muslims are theists and believe in one God, whom they believe to be the Creator. Islam is a monotheistic religion therefore Monotheists accept this concept. Other monotheistic religions include Judaism and Christianity. Polytheists reject this belief and believe in more than one God, where as atheists decline the existence of God completely. Monotheistic faiths, such as Islam and Christianity believe in one God. They are similar to each other in ways, but do still stand differently with their beliefs. The main differences between these two religions are their beliefs about God. One of these differences is that according to Christians even though they are known to be a Monotheistic faith, is that God can be found in three forms, more formally known to be the Trinity, God the spirit, God the son and God the Holy Ghost. Muslims totally disagree with this, and declare it wrong. Muslims believe that God can only be found in one state and God has no relatives what so ever. The Christian belief also states that Jesus was God's son (God the son) - Muslims accept
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Muhammad In Islam
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Explain the origins of the Quran and the importance with which it is regarded by Muslims
Islam coursework Explain the origins of the Quran and the importance with which it is regarded by Muslims Prophet Muhammad (peace is up on him) was born in 570 in the city of Mecca. His father Abdullah died before he was born, and his mother aminah died when he was six years old. Allah did this to him because he was testing him, how is he going to control his anger or he well do the opposite which is aggressively and he well disobey Allah but prophet Muhammad (peace be up on him) controlled his anger he was clam. He was raised by his grandfather Abu mutallib until age of eight and after his grandfather death by his uncle Abu talib, Muhammad then started to work with his uncle to earn living as a business and trader. When he was 25, Muhammad married a wealthy widow khadija; she was 15 years older than him. The prophet and his wife give birth to six children two sons who died in a childhood, and four daughters. Muhammad started preaching in Mecca in about 610. During that time Muhammad (peace be up on him) used to spend nights in a cave in mount hira to pray and meditate, he was praying in mount because in Mecca the people were worshipping different idols and people were doing bad things such as gambling etc. In year 610 in month of Ramadan when Muhammad was meditating he had a vision and angel Gabriel said to him iqraa which means recite. But Rasulullah (peace be up on him)
Human Rights in Islam
A man named Ali once said: "May God have mercy upon the person who services a right and removes a wrong, or refutes an injustice and establishes justice" In this quote, Ali speaks of the rights of fellow Muslims, proving to us the importance of justice in Islam. Islam has outlined some universal fundamental rights for humanity as a whole, irrespective of whether they belong to the Islamic community or not. So to begin with, let us first understand what exactly is meant by human rights in Islam. When we speak of these rights, we speak of the rights that have been granted by none other than Allah. They are a part of the Islamic faith, and every person who claims himself to be a Muslim will have to recognize them. As for those who fail to enforce them, Allah says in the Holy Quran in Chapter Maideh Verse 44, "Those who do not judge by what God has sent down are the disbelievers." Now that we have understood what is meant by human rights, let us go into more detail about these rights. Allah has created us all from clay, as equals, none more important than another...in fact; Allah mentions this in suratul Insan when he says, "there surely came over man a period of time when he was a thing not worth mentioning." Infact these rights are not only mentioned in Islam, but also in the Universal Declaration of Human rights which clearly states that "All human beings are born free and