ISLAM

3. DEFINITION Etymologically Salima which means "safe". Aslama which means surrender or
submission and obidience. The followers are called muslim.
4. TERMINOLLOGY Islam is a religion of revelation cored monotheism or the oneness of God, which is
revealed by Allah to Prophet Muhammad as His last messenger and applies to all humans wherever and
whenever, whose teachings covering all aspects of human life.
5. THE PRINCIPLE OF ISLAM In Islam there are five basic duties which Muslims must perform. They are
known as the five pillars of Islam (Arkanul Islam). These are: Shahadah, the establishment of prayer
(Salah), the payment of Zakah (paying the poor due), the Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah and Sawm
Ramadan (fasting the month of Ramadan).
6. 1. SYAHADA H (THE FIRST PILLAR OF ISLAM) I bear witness that (there is) no God except Allah, and I
bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. This declaration is called Syahadah.
7. 2. SHALAT (THE SECOND PILLAR OF ISLAM) The second pillar of Islam is performing Shalat (prayer).
The Muslim is enjoined to perform five obligatory prayers every day to keep himself in relation with his
Lord, to invoke and implore Him, and to refrain himself from committing lewdness or indecency.
8. 3. ZAKAT (THE THIRD PILLAR OF ISLAM) Allah ordained every Muslim who possesses a certain amount
a certain amount of property to pay annually of these possessions the Zakah to the poor, or to the other
categories mentioned in the Quran.
9. 4 . S H AU M R A M A DA N ( T H E F O U RT H P I L L A R OF ISLAM) The fourth pillar of Islam is to fast
during the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Hijri calendar. Before the dawn of the first day of
Ramadan, the Muslim in-tends to fast this month, and abstains every day from drinking, eating till after
the sun sets.
10. 5. HAJJ (THE FIFTH PILLAR OF ISLAM) Pilgrimage (Hajj) is the fifth pillar of Islam. It is a duty for a
Muslim to perform pilgrimage to the House of Allah once in lifetime (if he is able to do that). However it
is permissible to him to do pilgrimage voluntarily more than once
11. THE BENEFITS OF PRINCIPLE OF ISLAM FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION
His commandments, and avoid His prohibitions.

13. Zakat

is a manifestation of mutual cooperation and mutual help.

14. FASTING

15. HAJJ

16. THE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT IN ISLAM

or religious jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
17. THE FOUR SCHOOLS OF T H O U G H T I N I S L A M I C L AW

and spread, reveals that the various governments were the main factor in the birth and spread of these
schools. Governmental aid took physical and financial forms by establishing schools, sponsoring books of
fiqh (law), adopting and sponsoring official madzahib, and giving freedom to the founders and scholars
of some of the official madzahib. However, There is nothing wrong if a Muslim wishes to follow one of
these established schools of jurisprudence as long as he does not become chauvinistic and biased to it,
and an opinion of his school is not shown to go against clear textual evidence.
19. H O W I S I S L A M I N T H E WO R L D T O DA Y At this time, Islam has developed in several aspects,
such as in population, culture and others. Amount of data that is composed by Demented Vision (2007).
20. O F T H E O B S E RVAT I O N A L DATA , T H E AG E N C Y N O T E D : Christians is 26.9% 1900
Muslims is 12.4% Christian grew 3.1% to 30%, 1980 Muslims increased 4.1% to 16.5% Christian
declined 0.1% to 29.9% 2000 Muslims rose again to 19.2%.
21. When the average is taken, Islamic adherents increased 2.9% per year. This growth is faster than the
growth in the number of inhabitants of the earth itself which is only 2.3% per year
22. DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAM IN MANY ASPECTS Such
Calligraphy
23. H OW D O E S T H E WO R L D V I E W I S L A M TO DAY ? ? ? There are many opinions and views, on
the world, of Islam. Specially the west, there is a bad view and there is also a good view.

even thousands of Western intellectuals who admired the teachings of Islam as well, and admitted it as

a rational doctrine. Moreover, some of them, after studying Islam (Al-Quran and Hadith), and
comparisons with other religions, declared themselves as Muslim.
25. THERE IS AN OPINION AMONG THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT ISLAM INCLUDES FOUR ELEMENTS

the progress of time. The progress that was known in Islamic countries since centuries ago, it proves
that Islam go hand in hand with the progress and will always be there forever.
27. T H E M OT I VA T I O N S F O R BEING MUSLIM
not directional, no purpose, life just for money, music
and happiness that they had never felt before in the Christian religion.

concluded respecting that women. Muslims Islam In is other words, women in Islam is glorified and
highly respected position.
29. Conclution