Question

any five similarities between Islam and Sikhism

Answer 1

Sikhism and Islam have many similarities and many dissimilarities:

Concept of God: Both are strictly monotheistic. God is one acc. to both religions. Sikhs call it with many names but Waheguru, is used for meditating upon god and Muslims call it Allah. God is Near, God is One, God is All Knowing. Both Submit themselves to GodIdol Worship: Both Religions Reject idol worship.War of Righteousness(militarized religion): Both religions believe in War for righteousness. Sikhs call it Dharam Yudha and Muslims call it Jihad. However the word Jihad is not equivalent to Dharam Yudha or Holy war, it means Struggle, which sometimes can be in the sense of military defense.Rejection of Spiritual Mentors as God: Both Religions reject that their spiritual teachers or prophets were God. Both Pray to Allah and Waheguru but not to their Gurus or Hazrats. Both religions respect them and follow their teachings as acc .to them those teachings were given by God to them, but never worship them.Avtarwaad: Both religions reject Avtarwaad. Acc. to Islam God do not take any form and Acc. to Sikhs God is Ajooni means do not take any form.Music: Sikhism have special kind of Music called Gurmat Sangeet, one can singh god's rhymes. Guru Nanak was a great singer and Bhai mardana was a great Rababi. In Islam, Music is allowed as per their Prophet Dawood used to Sing god's praises with Musical Instrument and in form of Ragas, but recent interpretations says that Music is not allowed in Islam, which is not acceptable to whole Islam World.