Being A Good Muslim by # 1.2

Proud to be a Muslim

      My name is #1.2. I’m in 2nd grade endeavor elementary. I’m the only Muslim in my class, all the rest are either Christian or Jewish. Now it’s Summer vacation, next year I’ll go to 3rd Grade, I’m also moving to another school called Discovery. I’m 8 years old, I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I live with my brother, my sister, Mom and Dad. We are Muslims we worship the God named Allah.
There are 5 pillars of Islam, 1. Shahadah 2. Salah [prayer] 3. Sawm [fasting] 4. Zakah [charity] 5. Hajj [pilgrimage]
Shahadah is what people say when they want to become A Muslim. Salah or prayer is when you pray. We have to pray 5 times a day. T he first step is Wudu first we have to wash our hands 3 times, next we wash our mouth and nose 3 times, then we wash our face 3 times, next we wash our arms 3 times right arm first, then we wash our hair and ear 1 time, next we wash our feet 3 times right foot first. After that we go to pray. Fasting is what we do to thank Allah for all the food He has given us. We eat and drink at dawn and do not eat or drink anymore until sunset. Zakah is when you give stuff to the poor people. Zakah is not charity charity is you do not have to donate stuff to the poor people but Zakah you have to donate stuff to the poor people unless you do not have enough money. Hajj is when you try to go to Makkah and do the pilgrimage. You do not have to do it every year, at least 1 time in every Muslim’s life. Christians have a bible Muslims have the Qu’ran I have to read the whole Qur’an to get a reward from Allah so far I’m in the 13th surah, it has114 surah in the Quran.

      Being a good Muslim I have to show good examples to the younger people like my brother and sister, For example if I read a book my brother or sister will read a book.
Show respect to the elderly, For example you have to help elderly people, like help them
carry their stuff , so their body does not hurt like backaches.
You have to do good things to enter Jannah some of the good things you can do, like
Picking up litter, clean up around the house, and ask permission. If you do bad things
Allah will not reward that person who did that bad thing. When the Day of Judgment comes Allah will put us on a scale to weigh our bad deeds and good deeds. If we have more good deeds than bad deeds the person will enter Jannah. If we have more bad deeds than good deeds the person will go to Hellfire.

      We have to be thankful for our parents because they were the ones who brought us to this world. They did not leave us there they took care of us since we were babies all the way until we become an adult. So we have to obey and respect them. I’m working on to be a good Muslim and I’m proud to be a Muslim in America.