Discuss some of the faith-based obligations particular to the Islamic religion

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Muslim teachings are found in the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam. As the supreme authority and fundamental source of Muslim ritual, ethics, and laws, the Qur'an provides guidelines for worship and specific moral and social injunctions for everyday conduct. It condemns the drinking of wine, the eating of pork, and all forms of gambling. Islam limits polygyny(marriage to several women at the same time) to no more than four wives, provided that a man can support and protect all of them. Although the Qur'an defends the equality of men and women before God, it describes men as being "a degree higher than women" (in that they are the providers) and endorses the pre-Islamic tradition requiring women to veil their bodies from public view. A husband has unrestricted rights of divorce and can end a marriage by renouncing his wife publicly. Nevertheless, Muhammad's teachings raised the status of women by condemning female infanticide, according women property rights, and ensuring their financial support, in an age when such protection was not commonly guaranteed.
For a Muslim who is righteous—those who practice submission, humility, and reverence for God—Islam promises a hereafter resembling a garden of paradise, filled with cool rivers and luscious fruit trees. To the wicked and to infidels (nonbelievers), it promises the terrifying punishments of Hell—as hot and dusty as the desert itself.