By
Anthony Andrade
Islam
Geography of the Arabian peninsula
Located southwest corner of Asia
West from AfricaEast from IndiaNorth from Persia
Muhammad’s early lifeMuhammad was born in a important
family in MeccaHis father was a merchant and he
died before he was born and his mother died when he was six years old
Muhammad was raised by his grandfather and when he was more older he was raised by his uncle too
Spread of Islamstarted preaching the
revelation he claimed to have received from God at the age of 40
The people of the Islamic world created numerous sophisticated centers of culture and science with far-reaching mercantile networks, travelers, scientists, hunters, mathematicians, doctors and philosophers
The Qur'an (literally, “reading” or “recitation”) is regarded as the verbatim word, or speech, of God delivered to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel
The suras revealed at Mecca during the earliest part of Muhammad’s career are concerned mostly with ethical and spiritual teachings and the Day of Judgment
Sources of Islamic beliefs
1.Shahadah:declaring there is no god except God, and Muhammad is God's Messenger
2.Salat:ritual prayer five times a day3. Sawn: fasting and self-control during the
blessed month of Ramadan4. Zakat: giving 2.5% of one’s savings to the
poor and needy5. Hajj: pilgrimageto Mecca at least once in a
lifetime
The 5 pillars of Islam
He was a senior companion (Sahabi) and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632–634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death
He was called Al-Siddiq (The Truthful) and was known by that title among later generations of Muslims
Abu Bakr
He was a man from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam
Muhammad is almost universally considered by Muslims as the last prophet sent by God for mankind
He later worked mostly as a merchant, as well as a shepherd, and was first married by age 25
Muhammad
Hajj is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca and the largest gathering of Muslim people in the world every year
It is one of the five pillars of Islam, and a religious duty which must be carried out by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so at least once in his or her lifetime
The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah in the Arabic language)
The Hajj
An alternative name is Madinat Al-Nabi ("The City of the Prophet of Muhammad.
The Arabic word madinah simply means "city." Before the advent of Islam, the city was known as Yathrib but was personally renamed by Muhammad.
Mecca and Medina
born c. 605[6][7] or 615[8] – died 633) was a daughter of prophet Muhammad and Khadijah, wife of Ali and mother of Hasan and Hussein, and one of the five members of Ahl al-Bayte
She became the object of great veneration by all Muslims, because she lived closest to her father and supported him in his difficulties, because of the historical importance of her husband and her two sons, and because she is the only member of Prophet Muhammad's family that gave him descendants, numerously spread through the Islamic world.
Fatimah
Islam’s Symbol