Transcript Understanding - North East Islamic Community Center

OUTLINE
•Brief Introduction
•Prophet Muhammed (pbuh)
•Islamic Spectrum
•Worship
•Holy Days
•Women in Islam
•Questions/Answers
Islam
•Islam is the name of the religion.
•The root of the word Islam comes from SALAM
which means peace.
•Islam also means complete submission to one God
and living in peace with the creator, with yourself
and with the environment
Muslims in the World
•1.2 billion
•1 of 5 humans in the world is a Muslim.
•Second largest religion in the world.
•Fastest growing religion in the world.
World Distribution of Muslim
Africa
308,660,000
27.4%
Asia
778,362,000
69.1%
Europe
32,032,000
2.8%
Latin America
1,356,000
0.1%
North America
5,530,000
0.5%
World
1,126,325,000
100%
Source: Britannica Yearbook, 1997
Prophet Muhammed (pbuh)
•The Seal of the Prophets
•The Servant
•He was given the most exalted and noble character.
•His conduct was “the Qur’an”
•He was the “Embodiment of the Qur’an”
•He was the example whose whole life is imitated
Islamic Spectrum
•SUNNI - Following the SUNNAH
•SHIA - Partisan, follower
MAIN DIFFERENCES
“Imam”
SUNNI SCHOOLS OF LAW
•Hanafi
•Maliki
•Shafi’I
•Hanbali
SHI MADHHABS
•Ithna Ashariyyah
•Twelve-Imam Shi’ism
•Isma’ilism
•Zaydiism
Worship
DUA
Supplication (Petition)
“Call me, and I will answer you.”
SALAH (SALAT)
Prescribed Prayer (5 time prayer)
Ritual Prayer
IBADAH (WORSHIP)
Holy Days
RAMADAN – EID AL FITR
Feast of Fast Breaking
3 days
EID AL ADHA
Sacrificial Feast
Tradition of Prophet Abraham (pbuh)
It is not a blood atonement.
4 days
Women in Islam
•Men and women are made of the same soul.
“Indeed the noblest of you on the sight of God is the
most pious.” Qur’an 40:40
“Whoever does right, whether male or female, all
such will anter the garden.” Qur’an 16:97
“They (your wives) are your garment and you are a
garment for them.” Qur’an 2:187
Women in Islam
•Islamic law makes no demand that women should
confine themselves to household duties.
•Women have been given to right to work like men,
however they don’t have to work for living.
•A believing woman has always had the right to own
and manage her own property.
•Men are not allowed to treat women with disrespect,
to gaze at them, to touch them, to spread rumors
about their chastity without four witnesses.
Women in Islam
In an Islamic Society, Women have the following rights:

The right and duty to obtain education.
 The right to have their own property.
 The right to work to earn money.
 Equality of reward for equal deeds.
 The right to express their opinion and be heard.
 The right to provisions from the husband for all her
needs.