The Ummah (community)
What The Ummah (community) means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The community that is strengthened through congregational prayers at the mosque, particularly Jum'ah, and the collective fasting during Ramadan, fostering mutual support.
Duties and festivals, including communal prayer and charity, foster a strong global community of this kind.
Praying in a mosque congregation is highly rewarded, and salah links to the concept of unity.
The community whose strengthening is among the benefits of receipt of Zakah.
Topics that use The Ummah (community)
- Islam (AQA GCSE)
- Islam - 3.1.5.2 Practices (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Spiritual Discipline
- Sunni and Shi'a traditions
- Anatta
- Anicca
- Ashura
- Bodhisattva
- British context
- Core Doctrines
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