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Five Pillars of Islam
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Five Pillars of Islam
• Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim
profession of faith
• Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way
five times each day
• Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit
the poor and the needy
• Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan
• Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
Shahadah
• Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith
• "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his
messenger."
• This is the basic statement of the Islamic faith: anyone who
cannot recite this wholeheartedly is not a Muslim.
• When a Muslim recites this they proclaim:
• That Allah is the only God, and that Muhammad is his
prophet
• That they personally accept this as true
• That they will obey all the commitments of Islam in their
life
Salat: performing ritual prayers in the
proper way five times each day
Zakat
Zakat is the compulsory giving of a set
proportion of one's wealth to charity. It is
regarded as a type of worship and of selfpurification.
Zakat is the third Pillar of Islam.
Zakat does not refer to charitable gifts given
out of kindness or generosity, but to the
systematic giving of 2.5% of one's wealth
each year to benefit the poor.
Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax
to benefit the poor and the needy
Sawm
• Sawm is fasting. It's the fourth of the Five
Pillars of Islam.
• Muslims are required to fast during Ramadan,
the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
Sawm: fasting during the month of
Ramadan
Hajj
• Once a year, Muslims of every ethnic group,
colour, social status, and culture gather
together in Mecca and stand before the Kaaba
praising Allah together.
• It is a ritual that is designed to promote the
bonds of Islamic brotherhood and sisterhood
by showing that everyone is equal in the eyes
of Allah.
Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
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