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BY FAYE AND EADIE Contents • • • • • • Shahada [belief] pg1 Salah [Prayers] pg2 Zakat [giving to charity] pg3 Hajj [pilgrimage] pg4 Saum [fasting] pg 5 Pics pg6 Shahada Muslims believe that there is only one god called Allah. Allah sent an angel,Gabriel To a man named Muhammad who lived in saudi Arabia. The angel told Muhammad That allah wanted to teach others. There are no pictures or statues of Allah or the prophet muhammad inside a mosque. Instead the walls and ceilings are decorated with beautiful patterns and writing. Shahada is the main belief for muslim people because it shows their faith. People say that the english words are there is no god but Allah muhammad is allahs Messenger .But other Muslims believe that it is right to say that there is no god but the one god Allah . The meaning is one god for mankind. pg1 Salah TIMES TO PRAY Muslims pray five times a day all in different times.1 is at dawn before the sunrise. number 2 early afternoon.3 late afternoon.4 after sunset.5 at night fall. WASHING HOW TO PRAY Before praying Muslims have to wash their arms ,face, hands and feet. This is called the wudu. If they are not near water they can touch clean soil/earth. Why they pray Muslims pray to say thanks to their god and to ask for forgiveness and favour. And they allow other people to add to their prayers. Muslims bow then kneel to show that their humble before god. Their god is called Allah. Where they pray They pray on a mat. Prayers can be said anywhere as long as its nice and clean and quiet if it can be. On Fridays at midday they go to a mosque to pray. The boys and girls pray separately. washing Wash hands up to their wrists three times Wash mouth three times Wash nostrils,breathing in and out three times Wash arms up to elbows three times Wipe heads with wet hands,forehead to back,back to forehead Rub outside the ears with wet fingers inside with wet thumbs at the same time • Wash feet up to ankle 3 times • Raise one’s face to the sky pointing up with the index finger • • • • • • Zakat This is about looking after other people . Each Muslim has an amount of money to give each year . The word Zakat means to purify or cleanse. As a person gives up money to charity they become cleansed from their selfishness and greed . This money provides education and is used for building mosques and helps the needy • F THIS IS THE QUARAN THIS IS PEOPLE PRAYING Hajj Only Muslims are allowed to go to the Hajj. Every Muslim in good health and has money should go to the haji as many times as possible in their lives. All Muslims have a duty to go to the mosque as soon as they can.very often in families they send one person at a time . Saum This is all about the Rammadan . The nine month of the islam calender . It is special because it is when Muhammad began receving the messages from god. For the thirty Days muslims fast. • Pg 6 BY FAYE AND EADIE