Teachings

Sunnah Sunnah is a meaning of the way that Muhammad lived. The way he lived has a model of duties and also the way of life that is expected by all the muslims. Sunnah is the guide in Muslims behavior and also about business and goverement. Sunnah had examples of Muhammad's teachings and actions.They were rules on how to treat people for example the muslims had to treat guests nicely having generosity. An example of the Sunnah rule of business and goverement was that it is bad to owe someone money and another rule was that you should obey your leader.

Shariah Shariah is a system that is established on Islamic sources, it's basically a religious law that governs aspects of daily life in Islam. In other words a short term or meaning for Shariah is "the way". Shariah has rewards for good behavior and punishments for crimes.

Quar'an The Quar'an is the book that had Muhammad's teaching that were collected and written down after his death. The Muslims believed that the words in the Quaran were the exact words of God. The central teachings in the Quaran is that there is only one God, Allah. Muhammad is his prophet. In the Quaran it was said that the people has to obey God- Allah. These commands that the Muslim people learned were learned from Muhammad.

Jihad

In the Quar'an there was an important subject called the Jihad. The Jihad had a maening and it was to either make an effort or to struggle. It meant the same thing but some were said in different ways. The word Jihad has a short term or definition "holy war".