5 PILLARS OF ISLAM

SHAHADA

SHAHADA

• declares belief in one God (monotheism)
• Muhammad is God’s messenger
• Muslims believe in God, and pledge their submission to Him
• Reciting the Shahada is most important of the 5 pillars
• First thing infants hear/last thing a Muslim hears

SALAT

SALAT

• called to pray 5 times a day, dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, after nightfall
• Before praying, Muslims must preform wudu
• When praying, face the direction of the qhuiblah
• preferred that Muslims pray at a mosque, but are allowed to pray anywhere
• May use prayer beads

ZAKAT

ZAKAT

• must give at least 2.5% of their surplus wealth each year to the poor
• helps provide for many needs
• A promise to help those in need
• Regarded as a form of worship
• Purifies yearly earnings

SAWM

SAWM

• month when God first revealed His message to Muhammad
• Fasting during the day, breaking fast at night
• After breaking fast, preform the sunset prayer, a portion of the Qur’an is read aloud
• Tendency to overdue it after breaking fast
• A self choice in becoming a better person

HAJJ

HAJJ

• Those who are able must do at least once in lifetime
• believe that Abraham built the Ka’bah as a shrine to honor God
• circle Ka’bah seven times
• Men run in footsteps of Abraham’s wife, women walk
• Men and women wear same clothes