{"id":15308,"date":"2025-05-29T04:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/?p=15308"},"modified":"2025-05-29T04:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:05:29","slug":"what-are-the-pillars-of-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/29\/what-are-the-pillars-of-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the pillars of Isl\u0101m ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b63ba4e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2569\" data-id=\"b63ba4e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd8d46 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcd8d46\" 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\">T<\/span><\/span>he pillars of Isl\u0101m are the five foundational acts of worship Muslim must uphold. They are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Shah\u0101dah (Testimony of Faith):<\/strong> Declaring that there is no deity worthy of worship except All\u0101h, and that Muhammad is His Messenger.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u1e62al\u0101h (Prayer):<\/strong> Performing the five daily prayers to connect with All\u0101h and maintain a routine of devotion and worship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zak\u0101h (Charity):<\/strong> Giving a portion of one\u2019s wealth to those in need, as a means of purifying wealth and helping the community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u1e62awm (Fasting):<\/strong> Observing the fast during the month of Ramadan as a way to build self-discipline and empathy for the less fortunate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u1e24ajj (Pilgrimage):<\/strong> Performing the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime if one is able, as an act of devotion and unity with the global Muslim community.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cIsl\u0101m is built upon five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except All\u0101h and that Muhammad is the Messenger of All\u0101h, establishing the prayer, paying the zak\u0101h, performing the \u1e25ajj, and fasting in the month of Ramadan.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2014 <em>Sahih al-Bukhari 8, Sahih Muslim 16<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pillars of Isl\u0101m are the five foundational acts of worship Muslim must uphold. They are: Shah\u0101dah (Testimony<\/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-15308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islamqa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15308","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=15308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15309,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15308\/revisions\/15309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}