The Five Pillars of Islam

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The Five Pillars of Islam

There are five major tenets (pillars) in Islam that a Muslim is expected to follow. The first pillar is to declare shahada as the statement of conversion. " there s only one God ( Allah) and Muhammad s the Messenger of God ". The other four are the practical obligations of daily prayer, fasting at Ramadan, paying the annual " welfare money" to be distributed among the poor ( often done n connection with Ramadan), and making the pilgrimage to Mecca.

In embracing Islam, the converts declare shahada by repeating in Arabic that they bear witness to no other deity but Allah and that Muhammad is a prophet of Allah. They also take on a way of life that has many requirements and obligations as they set their course on the " straight path". Although such practices seem to require great effort, responses to the questionnaire indicated that, overall, the women were delighted with the opportunity to have these disciplines in their lives. Some of the women respondents found fasting to be easy while others found t extremely difficult at first. Many of the women were able to slip regularly into the schedule of the five obligatory prayers each day while others had to work hard at getting into that routine. Wearing the scarf was a blessing and no problem for some, others took years to get to the point of wearing a scarf at all the required times.

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