Question

What are the main teachings of Islam?

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Start with discussing the Prophet's preachings.
• Then, explain the main teachings of Islam.
• And, lastly, mention the important messages preached about the need for charity.

Solution:
Prophet Muhammad spread the teachings of Islam. Some of the important teachings he preached are as follows:​

1. There is no other God other than Allah; Muhammad is his prophet, and that God should not be worshipped in the form of any idol. ​
2. All Muslims are servants of God and therefore everyone is equal in the eyes of Allah. ​
3. All Muslims should pray, recite the Namaz five times a day facing the direction of the Kabba. They should also fast during the month of Ramzan. ​
4. Muhammad asked all Muslims to give compulsory charity or zakat to the poor and take the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their life. ​
5. Islam prohibits eating of pork, consumption of alcohol and not practice money-lending.