{"id":15234,"date":"2025-05-29T02:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/?p=15234"},"modified":"2025-05-29T02:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:10:19","slug":"what-are-the-three-essential-foundations-every-muslim-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/what-are-the-three-essential-foundations-every-muslim-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the three essential foundations every Muslim should know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfdf0c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-25645\" data-id=\"cfdf0c5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cf0d68 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cf0d68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><span class=\"elementor-drop-cap\"><span class=\"elementor-drop-cap-letter\">E<\/span><\/span>very Muslim should understand three key foundations that form the core of Islamic belief and practice:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Understanding All\u0101h (The Creator):<\/strong> Recognizing All\u0101h as the sole Creator, Sustainer, and Controller of the universe. This includes knowing His names, attributes, and His exclusive right to be worshiped, which establishes the principle of <em>Taw\u1e25\u012bd<\/em> (monotheism).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understanding Islam as a Way of Life:<\/strong> Learning what Islam teaches, including its beliefs, acts of worship, and ethical guidelines. This involves the five pillars of Islam (Shah\u0101dah, \u1e62al\u0101h, Zak\u0101h, \u1e62awm, and \u1e24ajj) and embracing submission to All\u0101h\u2019s guidance in every aspect of life.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understanding the Role of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):<\/strong> Recognizing that Muhammad is All\u0101h\u2019s final messenger, sent to guide humanity to the truth. This includes following his teachings, his Sunnah (example), and acknowledging him as the last prophet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These three foundations provide Muslims with a comprehensive framework for understanding, practicing, and living their faith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Muslim should understand three key foundations that form the core of Islamic belief and practice: Understanding All\u0101h<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islamqa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15235,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15234\/revisions\/15235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}