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Islam Group 1: Belief page


 * Muslim Beliefs**
 * Belief in Allah as the one and only God
 * Belief in angels
 * [[image:http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/images/mainpromo.jpg width="163" height="147" align="right"]]Belief in the holy books
 * Belief in the Prophets...
 * e.g. Adam, Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Dawud (David), Isa (Jesus).
 * Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the final prophet.
 * Belief in the Day of Judgement.

The day when the life of every human being will be assessed to decide whether they go to heaven or hell.Belief in Predestination, that Allah has already decided what will happen. Muslims believe that this doesn't stop people making free choices.


 * Allah**

Allah is the name Muslims use for the supreme and unique God, who created and rules and everything.The heart of faith for all Muslims is obedience to Allah's will.Allah is //eternal//, //omniscient//, and //omnipotent//. Allah has always existed and will always exist. Allah knows everything that can be known. Allah can do anything that can be done.Allah has no shape or form. Allah can't be seen, Allah can't be heard. Allah is neither male nor female. Allah rewards and punishes fairly. But Allah is also merciful.A believer can approach Allah by praying, and by reciting the Qur'an. Muslims worship only Allah because only Allah is worthy of worship.


 * The one and only God**

All Muslims believe that God is one alone: There is only one God. God has no children, no parents, and no partners. God was not created by a being. There are no equal, superior, or lesser Gods.


 * The Sharia**

The Sharia is a written Muslim law and comes from sources including the Qur'an, the Hadith and Fatwas, the Sharia iof often misunderstood and is associated with amputation and death


 * Jihad**

Jihad means struggle or effort, Jihad is used by Muslims to mean these three things: A believer's internal struggle to live out the Muslim faith as well as possible. The struggle to build a good Muslim society. Holy war: the struggle to defend Islam, with force if necessary as it has to be defended. The five Pillars of Islam form an exercise of Jihad in this sense, since a Muslim gets closer to Allah by performing them. Other ways in which a Muslim engages in the greater Jihad could be: Learning the Qur'an by heart, or engage in other religious study. Overcoming things such as anger, greed, hatred, pride, or malice. Giving up smoking(or never start to smoke). Cleaning the floor of the mosque. Taking part in Muslim community activities. Working for social justice. Forgiving someone who has hurt them.


 * Hijab**

Hijab is an Arabic word meaning barrier or partition.In Islam, however it has a broader meaning, it is the principle of modesty and includes behaviour as well as dressing for both males and females.The easiest to notice form of hijab is the head covering that many Muslim women wear. Hijab however goes beyond the head scarf, in one popular school of Islamic thought, hijab refers to the complete covering of everything except the hands, face and feet in long, loose and non see-through clothes. A woman who wears hijab is called //Muhaajaba//. Muslim women do not have to observe their Hijab in front of men they could not not marry, llike their brothers,father, uncle, children or other Muslim women.


 * The Qur'an**

They believe the Qur'an to be God's words, spoken to the Angel Gabriel and passed on to the Holy Prophet Muhammad. There is only one version of the Qur'an and it was written in Arabic. Muslims believe that it has not changed at all since it was first written. The books of Hadith are said to be the narrations and actions of Muhammad, guiding Muslims on how to put the Qur'an into practice.Some Muslims believe that the Qur'an is the actual word of Allah and was dictated to Muhammad not through the Angel Gabriel first. The Qur'an contains the Muslim beliefs and is so important that many Muslims attemp to read the whole thing during the Ramadan period.


 * The Gods**

Niqab is different from hijab. Hijab refers to covering everything except the hands and face. Niqab is the term used to refer to the piece of cloth which covers the face and women who wear it usually cover their hands also. It is worn by many Muslim women across Saudi Arabia and the Indian sub continent and is worn by many women in the West. Historically, the veiling of the face was practised by many cultures before Islam and scholars say the adoption of its practice by Muslims was part of fitting into the society. Although the majority of scholars agree that hijab is obligatory, only a minority of them say that the niqab is. The scholars who do say it is obligatory are further divided by exactly what they believe needs to be covered. Some say that the eyes may be left unconcealed, while others say that everything must be concealed. However, those scholars who rule that niqab is not an obligation do not necessarily oppose those who choose to wear it. The most authentic ruling according to the majority of scholars is that it is not necessary and, unlike hijab, there is no sin if it is not worn. Some of these scholars state that wearing the niqab as an act of extra piety, provided they do not believe it is an obligation, will be rewarded.

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