Class 5 Religious Studies: Islam

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Ibadat 71


perform Akika on the seventh day of the birth of the child. It
can be peformed in any other time, afterwards. The hair of the
child's head should be shaved on the day of Akika. It is good to
give away silver of the equivalent weight of the shaved hair.

Everybody can eat the meat of Akika. One portion is to be
distributed among the poor.

Saom

Saom is one of the five Rukons of Islam. To abstain form eating
and drinking and some other activities from the dawn to dusk, is
called Saom. Saom is called Roja in Persian language.

Saom is one prominent pillar of Islam. The teaching, that Salat
reminds us five times a day saom keeps us reminding that
teaching every moment, throughout one month once in a year,
During the Ramadan the taking of food and drinks is stopped for
a fasting person from the last watch of night to sunset. At the
time of Sehri they take food and drinks. As soon as it is Subhe
Sadik, they stop taking food and drinks. Then they don't take
anything till sunset, even though delicious food appears before
them and they feel hungry and thirsty. Even they don't take a
single drop of water, where there is nobody to witness. As soon
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