Section 2 Review Questions

1) Explain the importance of: 
• Islam - Mecca was the place where Prophet of Muhammad was born and began spreading. 

•Muslim - They didn't have any god except Allah and people who believed in Allah were called Muslims and their religion was Islam. 

•Hijrah - it's a migration. Muhammad and his followers migrated to Yathrib and this journey was called Hijrah 

•Qur'an - it's a book that muhammad started writing but when he died his followers gathered the book into 1 piece. 

•Sunnah- it was Muhammad's advice to people.

•Mosque- it's a place where Muslims gathered and read the Qur'an 

3) How was Muhammad's messages received in Mecca and in Medina? 

•when Muhammad was 40 years old, he was praying and suddenly he heard a voice saying "you are a messenger of God" Muhammad later believed that God spoke with him and tried to pass to everyone that there is only 1 God. 

4)why are the five pillars important in the lives of Muslims? 

•it was each Muslims job to go by these 5 rules that were written. These were jobs to show that each Muslim submissions to the will of God. 

5) what role did Muhammad play in the spread of Islam? 

• first of all he played a BIG role, because it was his job to pass to everyone that there is only 1 God. Not everyone believe to him at once but his followers believed in Muhammad and that he was right and doing the right thing. 

6) Comparing and Contrasting; How are the Qur'an and Sunnah? How are they different? 

* They are similar by: 1st of all they are both made by Muhammad. 2nd of all they are both advices from Muhammad. Both rules. 


7) In what ways does Islam affect the personal lives of Muslims?

*Mostly Islam affects the Muslims not bad but good, because people who believe in Islam are Muslims and they have all kinds of rules that teach them how to leave correctly.