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MOSQUE to Follow His Prophets and Guidance

OVERVIEW OF AND FACTS ABOUT MUSLIMS A VISIT TO THE Islam is the name of the religion. Muslims are its o 1.6 billion Muslims in the world | 55 Muslim followers. Islam means submission to , majority countries. worshipping Him alone and making a commitment o Only 19% of the Muslim population are . MOSQUE to follow His Prophets and guidance. Muslims o was the first country in the world to Your Muslim Neighbors Welcome You consider Islam not as a new faith but as the same recognize the independence of the USA in 1777. ideology of that was originally given o 7 million Muslims reside in the USA. to the first human () and was subsequently o 2500 Mosques & 150 fulltime Islam in given to all the other Prophets some of them are: USA. , , , and , o Muslims are well established and peace be upon them. Muslims consider the serve the community as doctors, as a scripture from God and believe it to be the lawyers, IT professionals and final testament God revealed for humanity’s teachers. guidance. Prophet Muhammad* is considered as o Muslim relief agencies often the final and universal messenger for humanity. are the first ones to attend Islam’s concept of salvation is by believing in the areas of disasters Katrina, Sandy) absolute oneness of God and by doing good and collect food, clothing an financial assistance deeds as are proclaimed in the Quran and in the for the needy. examples of Prophet Muhammad*. WHERE TO FIND AND VISIT A MOSQUE? SIX BELIEFS OF ISLAM o Mosques usually get visitors from schools, 1. Oneness of God. colleges and churches and welcome such visits. 2. . o Websites such as islamicfinder.org provides 3. Prophets of God, starting with Adam as the a comprehensive listing of mosques. first and Muhammad* as the final one. o Contact a mosque through its website, 4. All the books revealed by God and Quran as phone number or via email. Not all mosques the last and final revelation of God to humanity. are open 24 hours, some are open only 5. and judgement. during the 5 daily . 6. God’s decree on the universe, either the good or the bad coming from God. RESOURCES ON ISLAM • To obtain a free copy of the Quran in English or Spanish. 1. Testimony of Faith, bearing witness in the • To read on the biography of Prophet oneness of God and in the messenger ship Muhammad* of Prophet Muhammad* (). • Free brochures on various topics on Islam, visit By Dr. Sabeel Ahmed 2. Praying five times each day (Salaat). these excellent website on Islam: 3. Obligatory charity to the needy (Zakaat). GainPeace.com | eDiscoverIslam.com | TheDeenShow.com 4. Fasting during the month of (Sawm). May your visit to the Mosque benefit you and may it 5. Pilgrimage () to (), at help you to further investigate the faith of Islam. We least once in a lifetime. thank you again for your visit. By Dr. Sabeel Ahmed Got Questions? visit: www.gainpeace.com email: [email protected] call: 1-800-662-ISLAM Gain Peace Islamic Circle of ...through Islam! CONGRATULATIONS! INTERACTING WITH MUSLIMS As you are reading this brochure, you are either in Friday is a special day of the week. Friday prayer o Muslims are eager and passionate to discuss mosque or are planning to visit one. Muslims (: Jumuah), replaces the afternoon prayer and share their Islamic faith. They will go out of welcome you to their house of worship. and is preceded by a sermon. Muslim men are their way to accommodate you and they obligated to attend the Friday prayer. Mosque consider it as a blessing to serve their guests. visitors can also request to come and observe WHAT IS A MOSQUE? o Some Muslims will not shake hands or directly Friday prayer. is preceded by a sermon. Muslim look at the face of individuals of the opposite A for Muslims. men are obligated to attend the Friday prayer. gender due to . These Islamic The Arabic name for a mosqueis Mosque visitors can also request to come and customs should not be taken as offen sive, but ‘Masjid’ (mas-jid). Muslims go to observe Friday prayer. mosque to attend their five daily should be respected. prayers. A mosque is also a HOW DO MUSLIMS PRAY? community center where educational, spiritual and humanitarian activities such as food drive etc take o Before a prayer, Muslims perform ablution place. (Arabic: ) by washing the exposed parts of their body. The ablution areas are usually SERVICES OFFERED BY MOSQUES designated in the washrooms. o Take off before entering the prayer area. Not all mosques provide these comprehensive o Call for prayer; the , is called before the services beginning of each prayer. o Muslims turn towards the direction of Makkah o full time & weekend schools. (Mecca) in prayer. MODEST CLOTHING o youth education & sports. o Muslims stand in rows behind the o Quran classes &Islamic presentations. (leader) on the carpet. Those who cannot stand o new Muslims and outreach classes. At a house of worship, modesty is a value can use chairs. expected from all visitors. As you visit the mosque o marriage services |ESL classes o Each prayer is about 7 – 12 minutes. Some |Counseling. please wear loose clothes which are not short in prayers are read aloud while others silent. length. Some mosque offer head scarfs for the o Each motion in prayer (standing, bowing, ladies. Please accept it as a form of respect to the prostrating) consists of recitations from the mosque. Quran in praiseof God.

WHEN DO MUSLIM’S PRAY? MUSLIM GREETINGS Muslims pray five times a day. SEPARATION OF GENDERS DURING WORSHIP o You may observe that Muslims greet each other 1. Fajr - Before sunrise with a greeting: As-salamualay kum– peace be o Mosques have segregation of genders during 2. Dhuhr - Early afternoon upon you. They may also shake hands as they prayer service. Some mosques may have men 3. Asr - Late afternoon perform this greeting. and women pray in different rooms, some 4. Maghrib - After sunset o A reply would be ‘waalaykum as-salam– peace times women pray behind men or in a mezza 5. Isha - Night be upon you. nine area.

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