RELI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Salah, Zakat, Kaaba
3 Dec 2017
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5 pillars of islam: shadada (testimony, zakat (charity) mandated, salat (prayer, sawm (fasting, haji (pilgrimage) Unlike christianity, islam focuses on actions, not just beliefs. Charity takes away pride of the giver and the shame of the receiver. Charity: 1/40 of your worth (2. 5%) each year. If it puts your family in a destitute position, it"s not required to give. Salat (prayer): pray 5 times a day at set times. If fasting is harmful to you, you don"t have to do it (ex. diabetes) If you break fasting willfully, you have to either . Feed and clothe 60 people in need. Haji (pilgrimage): expected to go at least once. Write a will this was pre-modern world bc there"s a chance you. Tell your loved ones goodbye wouldn"t return. About 2 million people go each year. Must get a special visa to prove you"re muslim. Ihram you must bathe whole body before going and put on white clothes.
