2.1
Ten Obligatory Acts of Shi’a Islam
- salah
- sawm
- zakah
- hajj
- jihad
- khums
- amr bil maroof (encouraging good)
- nahi anil munkar (discouraging bad)
- tawalla (showing love)
- tabarra (disassociation with bad)
Importance of obligatory acts for Shias SoWA
- everything they do is done for Allah
- ‘and those who have believed and done righteous deeds will be in lush regions of the garden
- Surah 2: 183-185 lays down the best way for a Muslim to live
2.1
Advantages & disadvantages of
the Ten Acts
Advantages
* embodiment of the key
principles that all Muslims live by
* Zakah and Khums benefit wider society by
looking out for those less fortunate
* Salah, brings Muslimstogether.
Disadvantages
* Sunni Muslims do not follow the Acts but have their own Five Pillars causing division
* different interpretation
2.2
Explain why the Shahadah is significant for Muslims
- affirms belief in Tawhid
- testify that Muhammad is the seal of the prophets
2.3
Explain the importance of Salah
- Salah keeps a Muslim from sin -‘prayer prohibits immorality and wrong doing, and the remembrance of Allah is greater’
- Remember me and I will remember you”
- shows submission to Allah ’be among those who prostrate’
2.3
Importance of Salah SoWA
- remember me and I will remember you
- be among those who prostrate
- be steadfast in prayer
2.4
Importance of Zakat
- be steadfast in prayer and charity
- God is well aware of whatever you do
2.5
Going on Hajj is the best way to show love for Allah
Agree
* willingness to sacrifice both time and energy for Allah due to its diffuculty
* Allah is more important than anything else
* physically and emotionally intense
Disagree
* Praying five times a day shows greater love
* Fasting is physically demanding and requires great discipline
* Everything a Muslim does with the correct intention is worship of Allah and this encompasses their whole life not just one month
2.7
Explain ways Jihad is understood in Islam.
- greater jihad - resist evil within oneself
- lesser jihad - resist evil in the world
- Jihad of the tongue - speak up against oppression
Importance of Jihad SoWA
- This is my path leading straight so follow it
- The person who struggles is the one serving Allahs cause.
2.8
Explain why the festival of Id-ul-Adha is celebrated
- remember the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son - “You have fulfilled the vision”
- unites all Muslims
- remembers the mercy of Allah for giving
them the hajj
