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<blockquote data-quote="freon" data-source="post: 4023439" data-attributes="member: 168292">What are&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; the Five Pillars of Islam?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.muslimdirectory.co.uk/pics/iag_five_pillars.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />mosque not only a place of prayers, community centerThey are the framework of the Muslim life: faith,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; prayer, concern for the needy (Zakah), self-purification, and the pilgrimage&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; to Makkah for those who are able.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Faith&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; There is no god worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His messenger.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; This declaration of faith is called the Shahadah, a simple formula which&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; all the faithful&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; pronounce.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Prayer&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Salat is the name for the obligatory prayers which are performed five&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; times a day, and are a direct link between the worshipper and God. There&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; is no&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; hierarchical&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; authority in Islam, and no priests, so the prayers are led by a learned person&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; who knows the Qur'an, chosen by the congregation. These five prayers contain&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; verses from the Qur'an, and are said in Arabic, the language of the Revelation,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; but&nbsp; &nbsp; personal supplication can be offered in one's own language.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Zakat&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; to God, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. The&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; word&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Zakat means&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; cutting&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; back balances and encourages new growth.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Fast&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Every year in the month of Ramadan, all Muslims fast from first light&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; until sundown, abstaining from food, drink, and sexual relations. Those&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; who are&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; sick, elderly,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; or on a journey, and women who are pregnant or nursing are permitted to break&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; the fast and make up an equal number of days later in the year. If they are&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; physically unable to do this, they must feed a needy person for every day&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; missed. Children&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; begin to fast (and to observe the prayer) from puberty, although many start&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; earlier. Although the fast is most beneficial to the health, it is regarded&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; principally&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; as a method of self-purification. By cutting oneself off from worldly comforts,&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; even for a short time, a fasting person gains true sympathy with those who&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; go hungry as well as growth in one's spiritual life. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Pilgrimage&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (Hajj)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The annual pilgrimage to Makkah – the Hajj – is an obligation only&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; for those who are physically and financially able to perform it. Nevertheless,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; about two million people go to Makkah each year from every corner of the globe&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; providing a unique opportunity for those of different nations to meet one another.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Although Makkah is filled with visitors all year round, the annual Hajj itself&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; begins in the twelfth month of the Islamic year (which is lunar, not solar,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; so that Hajj and Ramadan fall sometimes in summer, sometimes in winter). Pilgrims&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; wear special clothes: simple garments which strip away distinctions of class&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; and culture, so that all stand equal before God.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="freon, post: 4023439, member: 168292"] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=6]What are the Five Pillars of Islam?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][IMG]http://www.muslimdirectory.co.uk/pics/iag_five_pillars.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=1] mosque not only a place of prayers, community center[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS] [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]They are the framework of the Muslim life: faith, prayer, concern for the needy (Zakah), self-purification, and the pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Faith There is no god worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His messenger. This declaration of faith is called the Shahadah, a simple formula which all the faithful pronounce.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Prayer Salat is the name for the obligatory prayers which are performed five times a day, and are a direct link between the worshipper and God. There is no hierarchical authority in Islam, and no priests, so the prayers are led by a learned person who knows the Qur'an, chosen by the congregation. These five prayers contain verses from the Qur'an, and are said in Arabic, the language of the Revelation, but personal supplication can be offered in one's own language.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Zakat One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to God, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. The word Zakat means both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]The Fast Every year in the month of Ramadan, all Muslims fast from first light until sundown, abstaining from food, drink, and sexual relations. Those who are sick, elderly, or on a journey, and women who are pregnant or nursing are permitted to break the fast and make up an equal number of days later in the year. If they are physically unable to do this, they must feed a needy person for every day missed. Children begin to fast (and to observe the prayer) from puberty, although many start earlier. Although the fast is most beneficial to the health, it is regarded principally as a method of self-purification. By cutting oneself off from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person gains true sympathy with those who go hungry as well as growth in one's spiritual life. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Pilgrimage (Hajj) The annual pilgrimage to Makkah – the Hajj – is an obligation only for those who are physically and financially able to perform it. Nevertheless, about two million people go to Makkah each year from every corner of the globe providing a unique opportunity for those of different nations to meet one another. Although Makkah is filled with visitors all year round, the annual Hajj itself begins in the twelfth month of the Islamic year (which is lunar, not solar, so that Hajj and Ramadan fall sometimes in summer, sometimes in winter). Pilgrims wear special clothes: simple garments which strip away distinctions of class and culture, so that all stand equal before God.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Trebuchet MS] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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