Transcript The 5 Pillars of Islam - Okemos Public Schools

The 5 Pillars of Islam
The Creed
Prayer
Almsgiving
Fasting
Pilgrimage
But first, a very important word
needs to be inserted here!
• Orthopraxy- Correct Practice!
What you do makes you a
Muslim.
Thus the 5 Pillars!
The Creed
(Shahadah)
• There is no God but Allah,
and Muhammad is His
Prophet.
- This must be done at least
once publically in lifetime
Prayer (Salah)
• Highly regular and ritualized
• Pray from anywhere
• 5 times daily (dawn, noon, afternoon,
evening and nightfall)
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Men and women separate
Face Mecca
Recitation of set prayers
Full prostation
Almsgiving (Zakat)
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Giving
Obligation to help those in need
Can be money, food, clothes, etc.
Give 5-10% of total net worth at end of year.
Devout Muslims are encouraged to give above
and beyond minimum
• Collected at Mosque. None goes to Mosque.
Fasting (Sawm)
• On lunar months: Ramadan (begins with the sighting
of the new moon on the last night of the 8th month)
• Nothing to eat from sunrise to sunset (or
drink)
• Abstinence from sex within marriage
• Refrain from negative attitudes and
complaining
• Party afterward!
Pilgrimage (Hajj)
• To Mecca
• At least once in a lifetime during month of
Ramadan and engage in activities there.
• Stay the whole lunar month
• Everyone wears white cloth
• All equal
- Malcolm X Story