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Tarawih (Arabic: التَّرَاوِيح, romanized: At-tarāwīḥ), also spelled Taraweeh, refers to special Sunnah prayers performed exclusively during the Islamic month of Ramadan. These prayers involve the recitation of long portions of the Quran and can consist of up to 20 rak'ahs (cycles of prostration in Islamic prayer).
Glenn, H. Patrick (2014). Legal Traditions of the World – Sustainable Diversity in Law (5th edition), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199669837. Hallaq, Wael B. (2009). An Introduction to Islamic Law. Cambridge University Press. Hussin, Iza (2014). "Sunni Schools of Jurisprudence". In Emad El-Din Shahin (ed.).
Salah: 5 daily prayers; Sawm: Fasting Ramadan; Zakat: Almsgiving, similar to Sunni Islam, it applies to money, cattle, silver, gold, dates, raisins, wheat, and barley. Khums: An annual taxation of one-fifth (20%) of the gains that a year has been passed on without using. Khums is paid to the Imams; indirectly to poor and needy people.
The Sword Verse (Arabic: آية السيف, romanized: ayat as-sayf) is the fifth verse of the ninth surah of the Quran [1] [2] (also written as 9:5). It is a Quranic verse widely cited by critics of Islam to suggest the faith promotes violence against pagans (polytheists, mushrikun) by isolating the portion of the verse "kill the polytheists wherever you find them, capture them".
Salah (Arabic: ٱلصَّلَاةُ, romanized: aṣ-Ṣalāh) is the practice of formal worship in Islam, consisting of a series of ritual prayers performed at prescribed times daily.
The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab [4] [5] The Holy Qur'án (The treasure of faith) by Professor Shah Faridul Haque [6] [7] Bridges' Translation of the Ten Qira'at of the Noble Qur'an by Fadel Soliman [8] [9]
Fiqh (/ f iː k /; [1] Arabic: فقه) is Islamic jurisprudence. [2] Fiqh is often described as the style of human understanding and practices of the sharia; [3] that is, human understanding of the divine Islamic law as revealed in the Quran and the sunnah (the teachings and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions).