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Shahada: Profession of Faith Salat: Prayer Zakat: Almsgiving Description: Description: Description

The five pillars of Islam are Shahada (profession of faith), Salat (prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm (fasting during Ramadan), and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). The Shahada involves professing belief in one God and that Muhammad is his prophet. Salat requires Muslims to pray five times daily. Zakat involves annual charitable donations based on wealth. Sawm means fasting from sunup to sundown during Ramadan. Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca that all able Muslims must make once in their lifetime. Each pillar emphasizes worship of God and caring for the community in a unique way.

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Shahada: Profession of Faith Salat: Prayer Zakat: Almsgiving Description: Description: Description

The five pillars of Islam are Shahada (profession of faith), Salat (prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm (fasting during Ramadan), and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). The Shahada involves professing belief in one God and that Muhammad is his prophet. Salat requires Muslims to pray five times daily. Zakat involves annual charitable donations based on wealth. Sawm means fasting from sunup to sundown during Ramadan. Hajj is a pilgrimage to Mecca that all able Muslims must make once in their lifetime. Each pillar emphasizes worship of God and caring for the community in a unique way.

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Shahada: Profession of Salat: Prayer Zakat: Almsgiving

Faith

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This pillar represents one’s The second pillar means The point of the Zakat pillar
faith in the religion and what “prayer” by having Muslims is where everyone in their
it takes to become a Muslim. offer worship to God. Every communities gives whatever
The saying for this pillar is: “I
Muslim is required to pray amount of money they have
affirm that there is no god butfive times a day which is, one or if they are able to do so.
God, and Muhammad is the before sunrise, one at noon, Zakat means cleansing.
messenger of God.” Once the one in the afternoon, one at Instead of being charitable so
person determined to become sunset, and one in the that the money donations go
a Muslim states those words evening. Before the start of to a mosque, this pillar
honestly, they become a each prayer, every Muslim requires for all Muslims to
Muslim. has to go through an ablution donate money to those in
which is a ritual washing or need of it. This act is annual
Significances: cleansing to make someone so it is only once per year.
When a Muslim says that spiritually pure to pray. Then,
they affirm that there is no the imam, the prayer leader, Significances:
god but God himself, it brings starts each prayer. Lastly, the The significances of the
them to a larger monotheistic Sunnah is the ways and almsgiving pillar is that
belief community. And how practices of Prophet whoever is able to donate
Muhammad is the messenger Muhammad. money to the less fortunate
of God, it shows the contrasts will always be different based
of being a Muslim. Significances: on the person’s income. The
The significances of the Zakat money is donated only
prayers is mainly to worship to those in need. In order to
God. In order to respect Him, help their community, that
the five daily prayers pay that money also goes to a larger
respect. Overall, this pillar is community. These donations
mainly to redirect their are not for a religious
attention to God so that they purpose--it should be out of
don’t lose faith and that they the goodness of all Muslims
continue on with their along with everyone else’s
practices. hearts. Its purpose is also to
bring more justice into the
world since it really needs it.
Sharing is caring, so all
Muslims know well to not get
attached to their wealth.
Sawm: Fasting Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca

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Sawm means fasting and The pilgrimage to Mecca is a
fasting means no eating, point in a Muslim’s life where
drinking, being rude or their community gets together
gossiping, and the art of in Mecca. They bring
harming others is forbidden themselves closer to God and
from the sun’s rising to it try to make a connection with
setting. Fasting is supposed to Him. If there are Muslims
last for about one month, or who are dedicated and are
30 days, during Ramadan. continuously faithful to God,
During fasting, all Muslims they’d travel to Mecca and
are supposed to attend special make the pilgrimage there just
evening prayers each day and like all their ancestors before
as the days move along, they them have done so. This is
are to read the whole Qur’an. done only once in a Muslim’s
lifetime, so after the trip, they
Significances: are faithful to God and have
Fasting lasts for 30 days is become real Muslims. After
because the Islamic calendar Hajj, Eid Al-Adna occurs
is the same as the Lunar which is the Festival of
calendar. Every year, the Sacrifice.
month of Ramadan, or the
month of fasting, would differ Significances:
depending on the calendar’s It is necessary for them to
time. Not only does this pillar visit the Kaa’ba; a black box
provide physical cleansing, it made out of bricks that is
is also believed to cleanse the believed to be built by
soul spiritually. It is supposed Prophet Abraham. The Hajj’s
to redirect all Muslims’ purpose is to celebrate and
energy back to God while respect Prophet Abraham and
evaluating their actions and his family. The Well of Zam
reflections; internally and Zam is about Prophet
externally. Fasting is a Abraham and his one of his
reminder to all Muslims that children’s mothers, Haggar,
there are people in the world who had to survive in the
who do not have access to desert. Marwa and Safaa are
good food like they might do, the mountains she was
so they give extra charity. The supposed to run in between
Qur’an states that Jews and them. She was desperate, and
Christians were originally was tested to stay faithful to
called to fast, so God planned God. So Muslims do the
Muslims to do so as well. same. The Festival of
Sacrifice is when Muslims
sacrifice a goat, etc. to show
that Prophet Abraham
couldn’t kill his son and
looked up to God for
assistance out of desperation,
so to stay faithful to Him,
they sacrifice the animal.

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