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Hello, and welcome to today's just education lesson, with me Mr. Green.

Today, we are going to do some fine theology work together.

Now, if you're not sure what theology is, it's basically just a posh word for religious education.

And at the end of today's lesson, you will be a fine theologian.

Now, the particular thing we want to learn about today is the Shahada in Islamic practises.

Now, before we start looking at that, can you please just make sure you have a few things with you? That is firstly, a pen, secondly, a different colour pen.

Thirdly, some paper to write on, and fourthly, and most importantly, your theology brains.

Now, if you need to just take a few minutes, go and get those.

Please pause the video, go and get them.

Then come and join me.

Thank you.

So what are we doing today? Well, firstly, we are going to remind ourselves of key Islamic beliefs.

Then we're going to find out what the five pillars are.

Once you've done that, we're going to look at the first pillar, which is the Shahada in more detail.

And we are going to finish off by explaining the impact of the Shahada on a Muslim's daily life.

So the most important key beliefs within Islam, you can see there are two of them and they are on your screens now.

The first one is tawhid.

Tawhid means the oneness of God.

But remember Muslims use the term Allah for God.

And Muslims are a monotheistic religion, which means they believe in one God.

The next key belief is Risalah.

Risalah is the key term for profit hood.

And profits are messengers of God.

And Muslims believe Muhammad to be the final profit.

So we're just going to do some quick fire questions on these two key terms out to make sure that we fully understand precisely what is meant by Tawhid and what is meant by Risalah.

So tell me whether it's true or false point to it on your screen.

Does Tawhid mean prophet hood? You've pointed at false haven't you? Good.

Well done because Tawhid means, go and tell me, say it to yourself.

Oneness of God.

Well done.

Next one.

Dose Risalah prophet hood? Point to true or false.

Excellent.

It's true.

Well done.

Let's have a look at the next one.

Is Islam and monotheistic religion.

Is it true or false? Good.

Well done.

Bonus point.

Please tell me what monotheism means.

Say it to yourself now.

Good.

Hopefully you said it means that they believe in just one God.

Next question profits are messengers of God.

True or false, true or false.

Excellent.

It's true.

Well done.

Next one.

Do Muslims believe Abraham is the final prophet? True or false.

False indeed.

Right now tell me who the final prophet is.

Please.

Excellent.

Yes.

Muslims believed that it is Mohamed.

Right, does Tawhid link to the belief in monotheism.

Is that true or is it false? It's true.

Excellent.

Next one.

Dose Risalah mean oneness of God? Point to it.

It's false that's right.

Now say to yourself, what Risalah actually means.

Good hopefully you said prophet hood So let's make this a little bit trickier now.

Just move myself out the way there.

So which of these definitions is the best definition of the word? Tawhid, please.

Hopefully you eliminated C and D because C and D are talking about profits.

And we're thinking about tawhid, which is the oneness of God.

That leaves you with A or B.

And you can see A, is a much nicer definition.

It has a lot more detail in it.

Doesn't it? It has oneness of God Then talks about monotheism.

And then clarifies that monotheism is the belief in just one God.

So next question is about the word Risalah.

Risalah we can see on the board, A, B, C, or D Aw, and the arrows giving it away already.

So we've got our two definitions linking to profithood, but again, we can see D is a lot more detailed, tells us about the belief profits.

But then also adds on for us that Muslims believe Mohammad to be the final profit.

So can you now please have a go at this.

Can you please explain the two most important beliefs of Islam? You can see that some sentence starters there for you.

One key belief in Islam is.

We've just said that a lot and tell me what that means.

And then tell me what the other key belief in Islam and tell me what that means.

Pause your screen and carry on when you are finished.

So let's check your work now then.

We asked to explain the two most important beliefs in Islam.

You can see here, the purple text fills in those blanks for us.

So hopefully we'll identify that one key belief in Islam is Tawhid.

And then unpack that to tell me that that means the oneness of God and Islam is a monotheistic religion, which means belief in one God.

Then when the second key belief is Risalah and told me that that means belief in profits.

A profit is a messenger of God and Muslims believe Mohammed is the final prophet of Allah.

Again, if you need to please pause the screen, get your different colour pen out and make some corrections or amendments, or even just give yourself some big theology ticks for your fantastic theology work.

So we are now going to look at the five pillars of Islam.

Now, when we're looking at the five pillars of Islam, we firstly want to think about, well, why are we've got this term pillars.

Pillars, are sometimes structure aren't they.

They talk about buildings.

So let's think generally, what do pillars normally do? And I'd like you to pause a moment and just think negatively first.

look at this image.

What what's happened to the roof, if these pillars were not there, and then think positively, what important job are the pillars therefore performing? Think to yourself for five seconds.

Right so hopefully.

You've identified that if those pellets weren't there, that lovely roof would just come crumbling down.

And then we're able to think positively, well, what are those pillars doing? Those pillars are acting as a support aren't they? they are supporting the roof.

Another point for you to pause quickly now.

So given that we've just figured out that pillars support things, what key beliefs do you think the five pillars of Islam support? pause the video, having a little think.

Hopefully you've just remembered the key beliefs we've been talking about.

So in the green box, it tells us that the five pillars of Islam helps a Muslim put the key beliefs of Islam, which is Tawhid and Risalah into practise in their every day life.

Now the first pillar, is called the Sharhadah, and that reminds Muslims of those two key beliefs.

The first being Tawhid, the second being Risalah.

So the first pillar expresses and reminds Muslims of those key beliefs.

The second set of pillars pillars two, three, four, and five.

Are then practical actions which put these key beliefs into action to live a good Islamic life.

So again, now please pause the video to write out that information the three green boxes above.

Resume the video once you finished that.

So let's have a look at what the five pillars are then.

So the first pillar is the Shahdah.

The Shahada is what we call the declaration of faith.

Essentially that is a Muslim declaring they believe in Tawhid and Risalah.

And they have to do that all the time.

It should always be on their mind.

The second pillar is called Salah.

Salah, is prayer.

And Muslims are required to pray to Allah five separate times a day.

The third pillar is Zakah.

Zakah, means a charitable payment.

And there is a set time, each year.

When a Muslim must make that charitable payment.

The fourth pillar is called Sawm.

Sawm, is fasting throughout the Islamic month of Ramadan.

And that happened for one month in that month of Ramadan, each year.

And the fifth pillar is Hajj.

Hajj, is a pilgrimage to Mecca.

And Muslim should aim to do that, at least once in their lifetime.

Now we need to be able to recall this information.

So what I'd like to do please is pause the video.

And then see if you can memorise the number, the name, the definition, and the frequency of each pillar by reading each row of the table, five times.

Once you've read each of the table five times, please unpause the video and come back and we'll do some quizzes on it.

So let's get going with the quizzes.

So can you please tell me which one of these is the first pillar of Islam? You have five options.

Hopefully you went for the bottom one.

Well done.

Keeping the declaration of faith on your mind.

Can you tell me which of theses is the second pillar please? Good.

Second pillar, Salah praying five times each day.

Can you please tell me which of these is a fourth pillar.

Good.

Hopefully you spotted it at the top, fasting throughout the month of Ramadan.

That's Sawm Can you please tell me which of these is a correct order of the pillars? It's option two.

Isn't it? Shahadah, Salah, Zakah, Sawm, Hajj which is the declaration of faith.

Prayer, charity, fasting and pilgrimage.

Can you tell me which word is missing from this list? What is Zakah? That's right, exactly.

It's the charitable payment.

Can you please tell me what's missing from this list? Well done Shahadah is the declaration of faith.

Give yourself a Pat on the back.

Can you tell me what's missing from this list.

What's Sawm? What's Sawm? That's right.

It's fasting throughout the month of Ramadan.

Well done.

Can you please now tell me, please what's missing from this list? Again.

Yeah fasting in the month of Ramadan.

Well done again.

Can you please tell me what's missing from this list? What is prayer? the pillar named prayer is, Salah.

Well done.

Right, can you please tell me what's missing from this list? The charitable for payment, what's that please? Zakah, well done.

What's missing from this list? What's the name of the pillar of the pilgrimage to Mecca? Yeah, it's Hajj, well done.

Right, can you tell me again please, what is the name of the pillar which requires Muslim to fast in the month of Ramadan? Well done.

It's Sawm.

The name of the pillar of the declaration of faith? Yeah, it's Shahada.

Well done.

What's the requirement of Salah? Praying Five times a day.

well done.

What word's missing from this list? Charitable payment, well done.

what's missing from this list? Deceleration of faith, well done.

What's missing from this list? Sawm Well done, fasting in the month of Ramadan.

We're on that one.

So can you tell me please how often a Muslim needs to keep Shahadah in mind? Always on your mind, well done.

Can you please tell me how frequently a Muslim needs to make that charitable payment? Once a year, well done.

Take a moment.

how often do they fast? Well done Muslims fast once a month sorry, Once a year in the month of Ramadan.

How often when a Muslim pray? Well done, five times a day.

How frequently do they need to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca? Muslims do that once in their lifetime.

Oh wow.

Two bits missing now.

So what's pillar of five please.

Say it to yourself.

Well done, it's Hajj.

The pilgrimage to Mecca.

What's pillar three? Which one's missing.

Say to yourself.

Well done Zakah.

The charitable payment.

What's pillar one? Say it to yourself.

Well done.

It's a declaration of faith.

The Shahadah.

Wow.

Wow.

That was busy.

So now let's please have a go at completing this table.

You can see what I'd like you to do is draw out the table and then fill in the table with the pillar name, the pillar description.

And how often a Muslim should fulfil that pillar.

Pause the video and then resume it once you've done.

And we can do some feedback.

Excellent.

Well done.

Well, hopefully you were able to fill out your table.

So it looks just like this.

Pillar one for Shahada.

Declaration of faith, Always on a Muslim's mind.

Pillar two, Salah prayer, five times a day, pillar three Zakah charitable payment.

Once a year.

Pillar four.

Sawm.

Fasting throughout the month of Ramadan, and that's one month in each year and pillar five.

Hajj, which is the pilgrimage to Mecca and Muslim should aim to make that trip once in their lifetime.

So now it's time for us to have a little closer look at the Shahada looking at the Shahadah in a bit more detail, I'll start just by reading through everythin on this slide for you.

So it tells us that the Shahadah is the first pillar.

The Shahadah is a statement of faith.

The Shahadah contains the two key beliefs of Islam.

The Shahadah States that there is no God but Allah and Mohammed is the prophet of Allah.

There is no God, but Allah.

The key belief there is Tawhid.

Remember that means the oneness of God.

Mohammed is the prophet of Allah.

that refers to Risalah.

Prophethood.

And if you look at those two statements are split up there.

You can see very clearly.

Number one is talking about Allah being the only God.

There's only one God.

And that's how it links into Tawhid the idea of oneness of God.

And you can see the second bit of statement there, Mohammed is a prophet of Allah That's talking about Muhammad, the prophet, certain links to that key belief of Islam Risalah.

So can you please now pause your video, and complete this task for me? I'd like you please, to copy out the two parts of the Shahadah which you can see in the pink boxes, below.

Then label the first part of the Shahada with the correct key term.

It's that first part, there is no God, but Allah talking about Tawhid or Risalah.

then please label the second part of the correct key term.

The second part Mohammed is a prophet Allah.

Talking about Tawhid or Risalah.

Then define those key terms that you've just written down for me.

Then resume the video once you're done.

Alright, well done.

Hopefully your work looks like this now.

So there's no God but Allah.

And underneath that, you've written, Tawhid the oneness of God.

And then you've written down, Mohammed is the prophet of Allah.

And then beneath that you've written down Risalh Prophethood Muslims believe Mohammed to be the final profit.

So we're now going to try and label this diagram with a little bit more detail.

So asks us to label a diagram to identify how these key beliefs might influence a Muslim.

And you can use the following questions to help you, who will Muslims always prioritise in their life? Which books will Muslims considered to be extremely important? whose example will Muslims try to follow? And who will be the ultimate authority in a Muslim's life.

And finally, who will Muslims believe can help them understand God? to think about the answers to those questions and then write then down beneath either that first part of the Shahadah that you've just written down or the second part of the Shahada that you've just written down.

Then resume the video once you finished.

So let's check our work So no God but Allah Tawhid.

The wellness of God.

Let's see what we have managed to do here.

So Allah will be the ultimate authority as he is the God.

Allah will always be a Muslim's number one priority.

And the Koran will be considered as very important as it's believed to be the word of God, the word of Allah.

Oh, that second part in a Muslims life.

Well, the second part is about Risalah and in particular it's about the final prophet Mohammed.

So Muslims will try to follow the example of the prophet Muhammad.

And they can read about the example of the prophet Muhammad in the Hadith and as well the Sunnah.

So how is the Shahada used and Islam? The Shahada is used to Mark important events in life and throughout life.

And you can see on the start here, there are three different sections I've split this into.

Becoming a Muslim at birth and death and throughout life.

So firstly becoming a Muslim.

In order to become a Muslim, a person simply needs to recite the Shahdah three times with intention.

And intention means you are expressing your belief in it.

It's very different for example, perhaps me or you reciting the Shahadah to try and remember it.

But not doing that with the intention of becoming a Muslim.

It's also used it really important markers in particular, at birth and at death.

The Shahadah should be the first thing a Muslim child hears.

This is seen as ushering the child into a lifelong path of Islam.

And if it's possible should be the last thing on your mind as you die.

And it's also used throughout life.

The Shahadah should always be on your mind, and to help with that, it's displayed in public areas like mosques walls flags and on public buildings.

So please pause the video to complete this task.

How is the Shahadah used in Islam? Again can you please copy and complete the table.

You can see I put some key words in the table to help you summarise how the Shahadah is used.

Pause and then press resume once you've finished.

So your work should look like this now.

So underneath the coming of Muslim, you've written something that resembles this.

in order to become a Muslim, a person simply needs to recite the Shahadah three times with intention.

Underneath at birth and death, you've written, the Shahadah should be the first thing a Muslim child hears when they're born.

And that's seen as ushering a child into the lifelong path of Islam.

And that you've also noted down, if it's possible, it should be the final thing on Muslims, mind as they die.

Then throughout life the Shahadah should always be on a Muslims mind.

It's displayed on mosque walls flags and on public buildings to help with this.

Again, if you need to just pause the video, either give yourself some wonderful theological ticks, to confirm you've got it all right.

Or just amend your work slightly so that you've got all those key points.

in particular, the bits in pink that I've highlighted for you.

So if you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and the hashtag #LearnwithOak There's also a quiz for you to check what you've managed to learn in today's lesson.

So please do load up that quiz.

It's been lovely spending this lesson with you.

I hope you've enjoyed it.

And I hope to see you soon.

Goodbye.