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What is Islam and Six Pillars of Islam

Islam is to sincerely believe in the existance of Allah (God) as one there is no other God but Him and submit yourself entirely to His will with your heart and soul in accordance with Five Pillars of Islam, Six Pilars of fFaith and never say or anything He has forbidden prohibited.  

Islam is built on five Pillars:

  1. To testistify from your heart that there is No God but Allah and Prophet Muhammad is His  servant and last messenger by saying with your mouth as after you in your heart that: Ash-hadu An Laa Ilaaha Illa llah wa ash-hadu anna -Muhammadan Rasulu-llah.
  2. Establish Five daily mandatory prayers known as Farada Salah in their prescribed times without fail:(i) Salat Sububi , this is performed before sunrise but dawn in the morning. (ii) Salat Dhuhur , Is salah performed during after midday when sun has passed middle of the skies, (iii) Salat Asr , This is performed before Sunset (iv) Salat Maghrib, This is performed immediate after Sunset (v) Salat Ishaa , This is performed in the night when darkness starts after sunset.
  3. Paying Zakat , This mandatory charity in Islam paid once a year , 2.5% of annual profits earned from business, farmers who cultivate for not for business, or those who sale their properties for personal gain that is not business, their Zakat is calculated by a leader , while those who earn salary, their Zakat is calculated by a leader. 
  4. Fasting the Holy Month of Ramdan. Excempted are old age, preganant mothers, sickness without no hope of cure, those one they must pay Fidiya Ransaom of feeding the poor.
  5. Visiting the sacred house of Allah at Macca Masjidil Haram for Hajj and Umra Rituals once in life time. Sacred Kaabah is where every Muslim face while performing all kinds of prayers. 
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