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Islam Presentation Contents Shahada.....................................pg3 Salah..........................................pg4 Zakat..........................................pg5 Hajj.............................................pg6 Saum..........................................pg7 The main religious belief of the Muslim religion is Shahada and it means there is only one god, Allah and his messenger was Muhammad. Also, if anyone says: There is no god but the one god. They can become a Muslim. Salah means prayer, Muslims pray FIVE times a day. Before they pray they have to wash this is called Wudu : .Wash hands up to wrists three times .Wash mouth three times . Wash nostrils three times . Wash arms up to elbows three times . Wipe head all the way round with wet hands . Wash your ears inside and out with wet fingers . Wash feet up to ankles three times . Look up at the sky and point up with your index finger. When Muslims Pray they always face Makah. All Muslims pray on a praying mat. Most men wear Prayer hats to pray Zakat Zakat is about looking after the less fortunate, Each Muslim gives up part of his money each year to help the poor. The word zakat means to purify or cleanse. As each gives up part of their money they become cleaned from selfishness and greed. This money is provided to give education, keep or build new mosques and to help the needy. Hajj Each Muslim has a requirement to try and make a pilgrimage to ka’aba In Makkah at least once in their lifetime. Thousands of pilgrims crowd around the Ka’aba as the Hajj begins . They circle the Ka’aba seven times and then pray at the station of Ibrahim. Ibrahim is said to have prayed there when he had finished building the Ka’aba. They visit the Ka’aba at the end of the Hajj. The Kiswa is the cloth that covers the Ka’aba it is black with verses from the Qur’an sewn into it with real gold and silver! A new Kiswa is put on the Ka’aba every year during the Hajj festival. Saum This is all about Ramadam, which is where people don’t eat between sunrise and sunset... WE COULDN’T DO THAT!!! Ramadam is in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is hugely special to all Muslims because this is when Muhammad started receiving messages from god. Ramadam starts on a new moon until the next new moon (30 days). The fast is to remind them What it is like to be poor and hungry.