Islam is monotheistic its god is named Allah (the all-powerful being who created the universe and everything in it.). Unlike Christianity, Islam makes no claim to whom the founder of the religion is. During the years 570-632 B.C.E lived a man named Muhammad. Just like Abraham, Moses, and other figures of the Old Testament Muhammad was a prophet. According the the Qur’an because earlier prophets had corrupted his revelations, Allah sent his complete revelation through Muhammad (The Essential World History Pg 170-171). The Qur’an with its basic message that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet; consists of 114 suras or chapters drawn together by a committee established after Muhammad’s death. The Qur’an is not only the sacred
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As Islam evolved a number of fundamental tenants were developed known as the Five Pillars of Islam. The first pillar was faith; faith in the oneness of Allah and the finality of the prophet hood of Muhammad. The second pillar was keeping of the five scheduled daily prayers one at dawn, one at noon, another in the afternoon, at sunset, and before bed. These prayers may be performed alone or in a group. Friday is the Muslim Sabbath, so people may gather in a mosque for the noon prayer. This is called juma'a. The third pillar was Almsgiving (zakat), Muslims are required to give of their bounty to those who have less. This is called zakat, which literally mean "purification." It is a tax of 2.5% of one's annual savings. The fourth pillar was Fasting during the month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. They abstain from food, water, sex, cigarettes, gossip, anger, backbiting, and other …show more content…
The second through fifth pillars prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage are aspects shared by many religions. The finality of the prophet hood of Muhammad, however, is unique to Islam. To understand Islam and what it means to be a Muslim, we must come to understand Muhammad as well as the revelations given through him by Allah, which make up the Quran. (http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam-101). In Islam, “Muhammad is considered al-insan al-kamil (the “ideal man”). Muhammad is in no way considered divine, nor is he worshipped, but he is the model par excellence for all Muslims in how they should conduct themselves. It is through Muhammad’s personal teachings and actions which make up the “way of the Prophet,” the Sunnah that Muslims discern what is a good and holy life. Details about the Prophet how he lived, what he did, his non-Quranic utterances, his personal habits are indispensable knowledge for any faithful Muslim.” (http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam-101) In Islam, there is “no “natural” sense of morality or justice that transcends the specific examples and injunctions outlined in the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Because Muhammad is considered Allah’s final prophet and the Quran the eternal, unalterable words of Allah himself, there is also no evolving morality that permits the modification or integration of Islamic morality with that
As Islam evolved a number of fundamental tenants were developed known as the Five Pillars of Islam. The first pillar was faith; faith in the oneness of Allah and the finality of the prophet hood of Muhammad. The second pillar was keeping of the five scheduled daily prayers one at dawn, one at noon, another in the afternoon, at sunset, and before bed. These prayers may be performed alone or in a group. Friday is the Muslim Sabbath, so people may gather in a mosque for the noon prayer. This is called juma'a. The third pillar was Almsgiving (zakat), Muslims are required to give of their bounty to those who have less. This is called zakat, which literally mean "purification." It is a tax of 2.5% of one's annual savings. The fourth pillar was Fasting during the month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. They abstain from food, water, sex, cigarettes, gossip, anger, backbiting, and other …show more content…
The second through fifth pillars prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage are aspects shared by many religions. The finality of the prophet hood of Muhammad, however, is unique to Islam. To understand Islam and what it means to be a Muslim, we must come to understand Muhammad as well as the revelations given through him by Allah, which make up the Quran. (http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam-101). In Islam, “Muhammad is considered al-insan al-kamil (the “ideal man”). Muhammad is in no way considered divine, nor is he worshipped, but he is the model par excellence for all Muslims in how they should conduct themselves. It is through Muhammad’s personal teachings and actions which make up the “way of the Prophet,” the Sunnah that Muslims discern what is a good and holy life. Details about the Prophet how he lived, what he did, his non-Quranic utterances, his personal habits are indispensable knowledge for any faithful Muslim.” (http://www.jihadwatch.org/islam-101) In Islam, there is “no “natural” sense of morality or justice that transcends the specific examples and injunctions outlined in the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Because Muhammad is considered Allah’s final prophet and the Quran the eternal, unalterable words of Allah himself, there is also no evolving morality that permits the modification or integration of Islamic morality with that