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describe this Pillar: Creed (Shahadah)

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  • There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah
  • underlying faith of Islam
  • someone can become an Muslim by saying the creed in front of 2 witnesses
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describe this Pillar: Prayer (Salat)

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  • Pray five times a day
  • prayer can take place in any clean environment
  • Muslims attend the mosque on Fridays
  • Private prayer is called du’a
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describe this Pillar: Almsgiving (Zakat)

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Muslims with a certain amount of money must donate 2.5% of it

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describe this Pillar: Fasting (Sawm)

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  • Takes place during the month of Ramadan
  • During daylight hours of Ramadan, Muslims abstain
    from food, evil thoughts, drinking, smoking, and sex
  • children, the elderly, pregnant woman, and the ill, are excused from fasting
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describe this Pillar: Pilgrimage (Hajj)

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  • required to make a pilgrimage to the Kaaba in Mecca at least once in a lifetime
  • Only Muslims who can afford it or whose health
    allows are expected to go.
    -is the supreme experience for Muslims
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what is the clothing that Muslims where while traveling to Mecca called

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ihram

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Describe male pilgrimage clothing

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two seamless garments made from white

cloth

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Describe Female pilgrimage clothing

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clothes that leave only their faces and

hands uncovered

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what dose the Kaaba look like

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a cube-shaped shrine

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Where in Mecca is the Kaaba located

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the center of the Great Mosque