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Their policies in maintaining and expanding the state;
Their approaches to leading the community;
Their main achievements;
The main difficulties they encountered;
Their significance as examples of leadership;
The importance of their rules as models for government today;
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states.
Their importance as examples for Muslim communities in their relations with other
4. The Articles of Faith and the Pillars of Islam
Candidates should study:
The Six Articles of Faith:
God, including what Muslims believe about him;
Angels, their nature and duties;
Books, their contents and purpose;
Prophets, their character and function;
God’s predestination and decree, its meaning and significance;
Resurrection and the last day, the main events and its significance.
The Five Pillars of Islam:
The declaration of faith, shahada, including the significance of what it contains;
Prayer, salat, including preparations, its performance and importance, congregational
prayers on Fridays and festivals, times of prayer, the place of prayer, private prayer, delayed
prayer;
Alms-giving, zakat, how it is performed and its significance in the community;
Fasting, sawm, including the way it is observed, its significance and those exempted;
Pilgrimage, hajj, including the main observances involved and their significance.
Jihad in its range of meanings, physical, mental and spiritual
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