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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Pillars of Islam

Duties and practices
Five Pillars
The Five Pillars of Islam are five concepts, basic to accepting the religion for Shia Muslims, and five essential practices for Sunni Muslims.
According to Shia Islam, the five basic pillars are as follow:
1. Monotheism, God is one and unique.
2. Justice, the concept of moral rightness based on ethics, fairness, and equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics.
3. Last Judgment, God's final assessment of humanity.
4. Prophethood, the institution by which God sends emissaries, or prophets, to guide mankind.
5. Leadership, A divine institution which succeeded the institution of Prophethood. Its appointees (Imams) are divinely appointed.
These five pillars are followed by ten subsidiary pillars; 1.Prayer; 2.Fasting; 3.Pilgrimage; 4.Alms giving; 5.Struggle; 6.Directing others towards good; 7.Directing others away from evil; 8.One Fifth (20% tax on all earnings after deduction of house-hold and commercial expenses.); 9.Love those who are in the God's path; 10.Disassociation with those who oppose the God.
The Five Pillars of Sunni Islam are:
1. The shahadah, which is the basic creed of Islam that must be recited under oath with the specific statement: "'ašhadu 'al-lā ilāha illā-llāhu wa 'ašhadu 'anna muħammadan rasūlu-llāh", or "I testify that there is none worthy of worship except God and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God." This testament is a foundation for all other beliefs and practices in Islam. Muslims must repeat the shahadah in prayer, and non-Muslims wishing to convert to Islam are required to recite the creed.
2. Salah, or ritual prayer, which must be performed five times a day.
3. Sawm, or fasting during the month of Ramadan. Muslims must not eat or drink (among other things) from dawn to dusk during this month, and must be mindful of other sins.
4. Zakat, or alms-giving, which is giving a fixed portion of accumulated wealth by those who can afford it to help the poor or needy, and also to assist the spread of Islam.
5. The Hajj, which is the pilgrimage during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah in the city of Mecca. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it must make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in his or her lifetime.

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