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| What was the name of the one who disobeyed Allah's order that all angels and jinns should bow down to newly-created Adam, and was therefore banished from Allah's Grace, and became a Tempter of Men? | Truths And Untruths About Islam
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Iblees. The Angel Iblees became Shaytan when he refused to obey the order to fall prostrate before Adam.
Zeit and Narr are Arabic words for "oil" and "fire". According to the Qur'an 7:12 Shaytan was created out of fire.
According to the Qur'an 18:50 Shaytan could also be called a Djinn which in essence means "somebody who remains hidden". This should not be understood however as if Shaytan were just another jinn.
Though djinns are often unreliable, there also are pious djinns.
What is essentially typical of djinns is their being able to see us without being seen by us. They remain hidden. Some of them kind of misbehave by misleading humans e.g. by mixing the true information they get by eavesdropping on the angels with untruths of their own making. Yet being mischievous is not part of their essence.
| Apart from the three separators, how many beads to pray with are usually in the misbaha, the prayer chain that might be called the Muslim version of the Roman Catholic rosary? | Truths And Untruths About Islam
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33. 33 beads is practical because in that way the misbaha can be used to recite the 99 'most beautiful names of Allah'. 66- and 99-beaded misbaha do occur as well.
114 is the number of suras, or chapters, in the Qu'ran.
The Opener. Al Hafiz is the Protector. Al Quddus is the Holy. Al-Salam is the Peaceful. A website dealing with the ninety-nine names points to the basic problem of transliterating Arabic names into English. See www.salaamway.de/salaamwayenglish/modules/news/article.php?item_id=8
| You have just been conversing with a Faqih, or legal scholar. Now you meet two more of them! What's the plural of Faqih? | Islamic Terms
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Fuqaha. The job of Fuqaha is to elucidate Fiqh, the law.
| You have now encountered an ascetic mendicant mystic. What's he called? | Islamic Terms
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Faqir. If he was a Sufi Muslim, he'd be called a Shaykh!
| You've been hearing stories about Muhammad's sayings and actions. What are you listening to? | Islamic Terms
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Hadith. The Hadith are considered second in authority to the Qu'ran.
| You observe folks making the pilgrimage to Mecca. What are you witnessing? | Islamic Terms
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Hajj. All Muslims are expected to make this pilgrimage at least once in their life if possible.
Jahiliyyah. This is known as the period of unbelief or ignorance.
Prayer. Salat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and should be performed five times a day.
On a minaret. The muezzin issues the call to prayer.
| Muslims honor Ahl al-Kitab, people of the book. Who definitely wouldn't be included in that grouping? | Islamic Terms
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Hindus. Jews and Christians are considered to worship the same God as Muslims. Most Muslims also place Zoroastrians in that group. Hindus, Buddhists, and other groups, however, are not considered People of the Book.
| The First Pillar of Islam is the Shahadah. What is that? | Islamic Terms
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Declaration of Faith. It says, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his Messenger."
| A Sufi is a Muslim mystic. His clothes are traditionally made of what material? | Islamic Terms
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Wool. In fact, the word "Sufi" actually means "wool".
Say 'Allah Akbar'. Half of the Tashahood is said in the second Rakaak of Salah and all of it is said in the last Rakaah. If the Salah is only two Rakaahs, then all of it is said in the second Rakaah.
5. Actually, in the Israa and Mi'raj, Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was told by Allah that he and his followers should pray fifty times a day but it was reduced afterwards to just five and that who does the five should have the reward of fifty.
Two. No Prayer of the five has five Rakaahs. This is the first of the five prayers done in the day.
4. On Friday, if men go to the mosque and pray Salat-al-Jumaah or the Friday Prayer at noon, which is two Rakaahs then they do not have to pray four Rakaahs at Az-Zuhr Prayer.
Three. At Al-Maghrib, it differs from Al-Asr because the first two Rakaahs are done loudly and the last one is done quietly.
No. At Al-Esha Prayer, there are four Rakaahs, the first two Rakaahs are said loudly in a mosque and the other two are said quietly. When doing it alone then everything is said quietly.
Two Rakaahs. A Sunnah is something Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) did.
No. It is obvious that because the Prophet didn't do any then Muslims don't.
| Do you say Subhanna Rabial Azeem three times when bowing down (in the position of the Ruku')? | The Prayer in Islam
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Yes. Thank you for playing this quiz and I hope you have learned more about prayer in Islam or Salah.
No. It is also because birds of prey are carnivores who do not live in the sea.
| Could cows, horses and chickens be a part of a Muslim's diet? | Food in Islam
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Yes. Cows and chickens are only eaten if they are slaughtered in a specific way, as is every animal that is eaten in Islam. Horses are allowed to be eaten however are not liked.
halal . Islam also forbids eating an animal which has partly been eaten by another animal.
| What is a common meat that Muslims are not allowed to eat? | Food in Islam
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Pork. Because fish comes from the sea, it doesn't have to be slaughtered. Turkey and pigeon have claws but they are not carnivores which makes them allowed to be eaten.
right. It is because Satan eats with his left hand and also his left fingers.
No. Hawks are birds of prey which makes them forbidden and hedgehogs are also forbidden because the Prophet said that Allah commands us not to eat them.
Food that cannot be eaten by Muslims. Haram means forbidden in Arabic and it's not only food in Islam that is Haram. Anything against the rules of Islam is Haram.
Total submission to God.. 'Islam' can also be translated as 'Peace'.
Muslims. 'Mohammadins' and 'Muhamadians' is an incorrect name, as followers do not worship Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). 'Allah' is Arabic for God.
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