Islam: Religious Life and Moral Principles

What Islam: Religious Life and Moral Principles covers

Islam: Religious Life and Moral Principles is examined in AS Unit 1, An Introduction to the Study of Religion — the Islam option, studied instead of the other five. It covers salah and the forms of Muslim prayer, zakah, sadaqah and the Hajj, the five categories of action as a framework for living and Evaluating prayer, giving and the categories of action.

The 4 subtopics

Each one has its own page. WJEC AS Religious Studies students sit this topic in the first year.

• Salah and the forms of Muslim prayerFive daily prayers in order, nafila prayers and wird in Sufi practice.Open →
• Zakah, sadaqah and the HajjWord zakah and main rites of the Hajj.Open →
• The five categories of action as a framework for livingFive categories into which Islamic law places every action and two kinds of obligation in Islamic law.Open →
• Evaluating prayer, giving and the categories of actionRecall questions on salah as mere piety, the standing of Jummah, support for the poor, Hajj as a personal journey, and the five categories as a modern guide.Open →

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Questions from this topic

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1. 1

   Define salah.

   Model answer

   Salah is the formal ritual prayer of Islam, performed in Arabic at fixed times each day in a set sequence of words, postures and prostrations, facing the Ka'bah.

2. 2

   What does Qur'an 4:103 establish about prayer?

   Model answer

   It states that prayer is an obligation on believers at appointed times, which is why salah is tied to fixed hours rather than left to personal choice.

3. 3

   Name the five daily prayers in order.

   Model answer

   Fajr at dawn, Zuhr after midday, Asr in the afternoon, Maghrib just after sunset and Isha at night.

4. 4

   How do many Shi'a Muslims organise the five prayers differently?

   Model answer

   Twelver Shi'a commonly combine Zuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha, so the five prayers are performed at three sittings, on the grounds that the Prophet did so without excuse of travel.

5. 5

   What is a rak'ah?

   Model answer

   A rak'ah is one complete unit of salah, made up of standing and recitation, bowing, standing again, and two prostrations with a sitting between them.

6. 6

   What purposes does salah serve for a Muslim?

   Model answer

   It keeps God in mind through the whole working day, disciplines the believer into a shared pattern of life, and the Qur'an says that prayer restrains a person from indecency and wrongdoing.

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Islam: Religious Life and Moral Principles revision questions

Is Islam: Religious Life and Moral Principles examined at AS in WJEC Religious Studies?

Yes. It sits in AS Unit 1, which you take in the first year, so it is on the AS paper as well as counting towards the full A level.

What does Islam: Religious Life and Moral Principles cover in WJEC AS-Level Religious Studies?

4 subtopics: salah and the forms of muslim prayer, zakah, sadaqah and the hajj, the five categories of action as a framework for living and evaluating prayer, giving and the categories of action. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Islam: Religious Life and Moral Principles organised?

By the WJEC 603-0277-X specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.