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Code of Practice :
- Prayer (Salaah)
- The five daily prayers are obligatory for everymature Muslim (male
or female) Maturity generally starts at the age of 12 years for males.
- The names of the prayers are Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha.
Each prayer has its own number of Rak'at, every rak'at consists of
Qiyam, Ruku and two Sijdahs. There is a sitting after every two rak'at
known as Qa'da.
- Prayer is performed after making Wudu (ablution) or Tayammum, in
case of sickness or if water is not available.
- Prayer is performed in different ways, individually or
collectively. Jamat can be performed in the Mosque, or other clean
place, Jumma prayer cannot be done individually.
- Fasting (syam)
- Ramadhan begins and ends with sighting of new moon, If not sighted
due to clouds, ask the observatory for the possibility of sighting,
then accept the decision of the nearest Islamic country.
- Fasting during the month of Ramadhan is obligatory for all
Muslims.
- The siabled must give Fidya to the poor for each fast not kept,
this is the equivalent to the cost of two meals.
- The sick and the traveller are allowed to postpone their fast to a
later time.
- Fasting is from Dawn to Sunset.
- Zakat
- Islam does not require its believers to abstain from involvement
in the material side of the world. It covers both the spiritual and
the materialistic aspects of life. Zakat is evidence of this aspect in
the religion of Islam.
- Islam maintains good relations between the rich and the poor.
Zakat is an annual deed done to help the poor. The rich must give 1/40
of their annual savings to the poor. Another form of Zakat, kown as
Zakat Al-Fitr is given at the end of Ramadhan. Ushr 1/10 is paid on
reaped crops.
- The Zakat is due on cash, gold and silver, trade commodities,
animals and the reaped crops. It is not payable on land or residential
property.
- Zakat is given to Muslims only. It cannot be given to Banu Hashim,
the descendants of the Prophet (PBUH).
- If the Government of the country where a Muslim is residing is not
Islamic then the Muslims are required to pay Zakat by themselves. It
may be given to relatives if they are poor, but not if they are their
heirs.
- Hajj (The central gathering of Muslims from all around
the world)
- Pilgrimage to the Holy land of Makkah is obligatory, once in a
lifetime, for all Muslims who are able to afford it during the days of
Hajj.
- The days of Hajj are between the two Eids and is performed on 9th
Zul-Hajj, the last month in the Islamic calendar.
- Hazrat Abraham as made the first announcement for Hajj when he
built the Ka'ba in Makkah. Prophet (PBUH) of Islam continued that
tradition and Allah made it obligatory.
- Three things are obligatory in Hajj :
- Wearing the Ihram (special dress)
- To attend the Arafat gathering on 9 of Zul-Hajj.
- To make seven tours around the Ka'ba and also seven walks
between Safa and Marwa mounds/hills.
- There are three types of Hajj
- Hajj alone.
- Hajj with Umra in two Ihrams.
- Hajj with Umra in one Ihram.
- Jihad (Struggle against Evil)
- It is initiated when enemy forces invade any Muslim land and is
against any oppressive/tyrannical force that sets about causing
violence against any innocent human beings of the world such that
human rights are violated.
- Jihad starts under the orders of an Ameer, the head of the
movement.
- The rules of Jihad are very strict, lives or property of
non-Muslims are not allowed to be put in danger, Islam ensures to
protect the non-Muslim minorities, their lives and estates as equally
as it provides these assurance for Muslims.
- Islam does not allow the Muslims to live in a state of oppression,
in the event of which it requires them to migrate to another land, and
not to risk trouble there. Islam does not encourage tension in land in
any form.
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