Five Pillars of Islam
The First Pillar is the shadaha or testimony of beliefs. This is a spiritual and public declaration that there is One Creator. Also that He has sent revelation to humankind. Belief in One God also means that Muslims must avoid false Gods. They should mostly focus on have a relationship with God. Their is no priesthood . Authority comes from the knowledge through being a scholar. An important political results of this beliefs is that the indivisibility of God limits the power of worldly authority. While it is not understood widely, the development of Islamic jurisprudence and the system of law known as the Shari'ah did so outside the government in order to set a standard of practice and a foundation in law that could hold worldly leaders, including hereditary leaders, accountable to a rule of law that is known to all and based on Islamic sources.
The Second Pillar is the salat, which means performing the five daily prayers in the manner and form taught by Muhammad. It is a major spiritual commitment to worship God five times a day (at dawn, early and late afternoon, at sunset and at twilight). Together with the required purification with water before performing prayer, the prayer are both a physical and a spiritual act involving healthful exercise, mental renewal and refreshment. Individual self-discipline and the renewal of spiritual links become woven into fabric of life, along with the habit of seeking guidance and forgiveness
The Third Pillar is zakat or obligatory charity. the amount required is a small percentage of wealth beyond an individual's or family's basic needs. the spiritual concept behind the word zakat is that wealth is purified by the act of qiving a portion away as a "loan to God." For individual, zakats places limit on greed associated with the accumulation of wealth. For the community, the concept of charity as a mandatory act stimulated charitable giving as a habit and resulted in the development of charitable institutions and foundations.
The Fourth Pillar, siyam, is the obligatory fast during the month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar. The requirement to perform an annual ritual fast is linked in the Qur'an to the tradition followed by all previous prophets. It is at the same time a private act between the individual and God as well as grand collective celebration of shared effort and sacrifice. From dawn to sunset, Muslims take no food or drink, and husbands and wife postpone intimate relations. Spiritually, fasting brings a worshiper closer to God and creates empathy with the hungry. Fasting demonstrates individual self discipline and a sense of achievement. Physically, fasting contributes to health by interrupting bad habits and ridding your body of toxins
The Fifth Pillar, hajj, is the ritual journey to Makkah, and ancient city in the Arabian Peninsula, during the pilgrimage season, which falls in the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Wherever in the world they live, Muslims set out on this journey and come together in this place to worship God. Leaving their ordinary lives behind, they wear the simplest of garments and perform rituals in remembrance of the command given to Abraham to obey and worship God. Spiritually the hajj creates a link between the pilgrims and the original bearers of God's message by walking in their footsteps. in the worldly sense, it demonstrates the unity and equality of all believers by placing them in the same footing of hardship, clothing, and mission of performing the rituals, standing before God asking forgiveness and giving thanks.
The Second Pillar is the salat, which means performing the five daily prayers in the manner and form taught by Muhammad. It is a major spiritual commitment to worship God five times a day (at dawn, early and late afternoon, at sunset and at twilight). Together with the required purification with water before performing prayer, the prayer are both a physical and a spiritual act involving healthful exercise, mental renewal and refreshment. Individual self-discipline and the renewal of spiritual links become woven into fabric of life, along with the habit of seeking guidance and forgiveness
The Third Pillar is zakat or obligatory charity. the amount required is a small percentage of wealth beyond an individual's or family's basic needs. the spiritual concept behind the word zakat is that wealth is purified by the act of qiving a portion away as a "loan to God." For individual, zakats places limit on greed associated with the accumulation of wealth. For the community, the concept of charity as a mandatory act stimulated charitable giving as a habit and resulted in the development of charitable institutions and foundations.
The Fourth Pillar, siyam, is the obligatory fast during the month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar. The requirement to perform an annual ritual fast is linked in the Qur'an to the tradition followed by all previous prophets. It is at the same time a private act between the individual and God as well as grand collective celebration of shared effort and sacrifice. From dawn to sunset, Muslims take no food or drink, and husbands and wife postpone intimate relations. Spiritually, fasting brings a worshiper closer to God and creates empathy with the hungry. Fasting demonstrates individual self discipline and a sense of achievement. Physically, fasting contributes to health by interrupting bad habits and ridding your body of toxins
The Fifth Pillar, hajj, is the ritual journey to Makkah, and ancient city in the Arabian Peninsula, during the pilgrimage season, which falls in the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Wherever in the world they live, Muslims set out on this journey and come together in this place to worship God. Leaving their ordinary lives behind, they wear the simplest of garments and perform rituals in remembrance of the command given to Abraham to obey and worship God. Spiritually the hajj creates a link between the pilgrims and the original bearers of God's message by walking in their footsteps. in the worldly sense, it demonstrates the unity and equality of all believers by placing them in the same footing of hardship, clothing, and mission of performing the rituals, standing before God asking forgiveness and giving thanks.