Created 6/13/09
"In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful"
::The Five Pillars of Islam::
1. Submission of Allah: ["La ilaaha illa-llaah Muhammadur-Rasool ullah"];
Meaning:"there is no true God but A subhanahu wa ta'ala( High and Exalted is He) and MUhammad
Salal-layhu alayhu wasalam (Peace be upon him), is His… (more) last messenger".
[Explains: Acknowledging that there is nothing deserving of worship except the One True God, Who in
the Arabic language is called Allah; and bearing equal witness that Muhammad ibn Abdullah(SAWS)
is His Slave-servant and Messenger.]
2. Salaat (Prayer): Perform the five mandatory prayers a day (Al-Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Mughrib ^ Isha).
Allah (S.W.T.) does not need one's prayer because He is free of all needs. Prayer is for our
immeasurable benefit, and the blessings are beyond all imagination.
[Explains: Which is to make the five daily prayers required of the Believer.]
3. Zakaat (Purification): Obligatory giving to the poor. A very important pillar of Islam, it
draws Allah's blessings and strengthens the relationship between the rich and the poor.
[Explains: Which is alms-giving or charity to people in need.]
4. Sawm (Fasting): Fasting in the month of Ramadhan. Fasting is abstaining from eating,
drinking, intimate male/female contact and smoking from sunrise till sunset in this
blessed month.
[Explains: Which is to fast in the 9th month of the Islamic lunar calender, called Ramadan.]
5. Hajj (Pilgrimage): One should perform this once in your life time. Muslims from all over
the globe assemble in Mecca before the Ka'bah in response to the call of Allah(S.W.T.).
[Explains: Which is to make the journey to the Sacred House in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.]
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