This presentation contains information on doctrines and beliefs of Islam.

1. DOCTRINES & BELIEFS

2. Muhammad
• founder of Islam
• messenger of Allah
• prophet by Muslim
• sent to present and confirm the
monotheistic teachings preached
previously by Adam, Abraham,
Moses, Jesus, and other prophets

3. Allah
• one and only God in Islam

4. Angels
• Belief in angels.

5. Islamic Religious Laws
• cover the daily life of Muslims
- education
- dress
- sexual relations
- marriage
- justice
- punishments
- economics
- diet
- rules of hospitality

6. Qur’an
• the Islamic holy book
• includes revelation of
God

7. Day of Judgment
• the day when the life of
every human being will
be assessed to decide
whether they go to
heaven or hell

8. Ummah
• One single community

9. “Muslim must not fight a fellow Muslim.”

10. Five Pillars of Islam
• basic obligations of Islam

11. The Profession of Faith—The Shahada
• most fundamental expression of Islamic beliefs
• It simply states that “There is no God but God
and Muhammad is his prophet.”
• first words: infant’s ear
• last words: to a dying Muslim

12. Daily Prayers—Salat
• Muslims are expected to pray five times a day. This does
not mean that they need to attend a mosque to pray;
rather, the salat, or the daily prayer, should be recited
five times a day. Muslims can pray anywhere; however,
they are meant to pray towards Mecca. The faithful pray
by bowing several times while standing and then
kneeling and touching the ground or prayer mat with their
foreheads, as a symbol of their reverence and
submission to Allah. On Friday, many Muslims attend a

13. Daily Prayers—Salat
mosque near midday to pray and to listen to a
sermon, khutba.

14. Alms-Giving—Zakat
• The giving of alms is the third pillar. Although not defined
in the Qu’ran, Muslims believe that they are meant to
share their wealth with those less fortunate in their
community of believers.

15. Fasting during Ramadan—Saum
• fasting during the entire 30 days of Ramadan,
the ninth month of Islamic calendar
• to express obedience to Allah

16. Pilgrimage to Mecca—Hajj
• All Muslims who are able are required to make
the pilgrimage to Mecca and the surrounding
holy sites at least once in their lives. Pilgrimage
focuses on visiting the Kaaba and walking
around it seven times. Pilgrimage occurs in the
12th month of the Islamic Calendar.

17. Mosque or Masjid
• “place of prostration”

18. Risallah
• acceptance of prophet hood

19. Wudu
• Islamic procedure for wiping
parts of the body, a type
of ritual purification, or ablution
• to remove impurities and
unclean substances from the
body

20. Zakat
• poor tax to aid the unprivileged Muslims
• it is regarded as a type of worship and of self-
purification

21. Ramadan
• most sacred month of the year in Islamic culture
• when Muhammad received the first Surah of the
Qur’an
• to mark that Allah, or God, gave the first chapters of
the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad in 610,
according to the Times of India
• Muslims fast, abstain from pleasures and pray to
become closer to God.