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Who deserves to be Worshiped ?

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jinn (plural of<br />

jinni)<br />

jizyah<br />

Kaaba<br />

mahram<br />

Ramadan<br />

Sharia<br />

siwak (or<br />

miswak)<br />

taghoot<br />

zakah<br />

non-human, rational <strong>be</strong>ings created by Allah from fire, often<br />

referred <strong>to</strong> as ‘demons’ or ‘devils’; They have free will like<br />

humans: some are Muslims, others dis<strong>be</strong>lievers; some are o<strong>be</strong>dient<br />

<strong>to</strong> Allah, others diso<strong>be</strong>dient. Satan is a jinni. Some people try <strong>to</strong><br />

‘foretell’ the future by contacting a jinni. Some diso<strong>be</strong>dient jinn<br />

mislead people in<strong>to</strong> thinking that they can tell them what will<br />

happen in the future, near or far, or that the jinn can provide people<br />

with riches or some sort of power.<br />

a tax paid by Christians and Jews living under Muslim protection.<br />

(The Muslims do not pay jizyah, but they must give a percentage<br />

of personal wealth as obliga<strong>to</strong>ry charity <strong>to</strong> designated categories of<br />

recipients, such as the poor and the needy.)<br />

the House of Allah in Makkah, originally built by Prophets<br />

Abraham and Ishmael<br />

a degree of consanguinity precluding marriage; a man whom a<br />

woman may not marry due <strong>to</strong> the close blood or marriage<br />

relationship, e.g., her father, brother, son, uncle, or father-in-law<br />

the ninth month in the Islamic calendar; the month of obliga<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

fasting<br />

Islamic law derived from the Quran and the statements and actions<br />

of the Prophet (bpuh)<br />

a small twig (usu. of the arak tree) used as a natural <strong>to</strong>othbrush<br />

idols; everything evil that is worshipped<br />

obliga<strong>to</strong>ry charity payable by Muslims, <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> distributed <strong>to</strong> poor<br />

Muslims who qualify as recipients<br />

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