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The Six Beliefs

Must Should Could (Grade: 5) (Grade: 6) (Grade: 7) To identify the Sunni and To comprehend why To explain why Sunni and Shi’a split. Sunni’s and Shi’as differ. Shia’s differ.

To identify the six beliefs To comprehend how the To explain using sources of six beliefs influence a of wisdom how the six Muslim. beliefs of Islam influence a Muslim. Grade 8-

Literacy…retrieve information Key Words

• Ahl al-bayt: people of the Prophet ’s house (family) • Allah: name for God • : sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. Hadith were evaluated and gathered into large collections during the 8th and 9th centuries, generations after the death of Muhammad. • Khalifah: a religious leader (caliph), representing Allah or a prophet • Kitab al-: the Book of in the Sahih Muslim collection of Hadith • Kutubullah: books of Allah • Qur’an: the holiest text in Islam • Shi’a: who believe that leadership belongs to the ahl al- bayt • Sunni: Muslims who believe was the first of the four ‘rightly guided leaders’ after the Prophet Muhammad Watch this short film clip to develop your understanding of Islam: ‘How Islam began – In Ten Minutes’

• www.truetube.co.uk/film/how-islam-began- ten-minutes Why did the Sunni and Shi’a split happen? Create a diagram showing the split- Kitab al-iman: The book of Faith Explain the 6 beliefs of Muslims

Sources of Wisdom and Authority

‘The messenger of Allah answered, “It is that you believe in Allah, and His , and His books, and His messengers, and in the Last Day, and in the decree of Allah.”’ (Hadith – Sahih Muslim, Kitab al- 1: 1-4)

The ‘messenger of Allah’ refers to Muhammad. Here, Muhammad is answering a question asked by the (Jibril) about faith.

‘Praise be to God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth ... who made the angels, messengers with two, or three, or four [pairs of] wings.’ (Qur’an, Surah 35: 1)

Allah is believed to have created angels who can only obey of Allah.

‘Nor could this Qur’an have been devised by anyone other than God. It is a confirmation of what was revealed before it and an explanation of the Scripture. Let there be no doubt about it, it is from the Lord of the Worlds.’ (Qur’an, Surah 10: 37) Muslims believe the Qur’an contains information that could only have come from Allah. Exam questions a) Outline 3 of the Muslim articles of faith (3)

C) Explain two of the six Beliefs. In your answer you must refer to a source of wisdom and authority. (5) Extension

Draw a Venn diagram with two overlapping circles. One circle should be labelled Shi’a and the other Sunni. Write in each circle anything you can find out that is relevant only to that branch of Islam, and in the overlapping section write anything that all Muslims believe.