SRS 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Twelver, Five Pillars Of Islam, Sevener

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1112
• Professor: Theodore Debruyn

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12/04/17 (16) embodying tradition: the five pillars", jihad, veiling. The pillars": muslim groups differ in the number and type of activities that constitute the so- called pillars of islam. Sunni tradition: five practices: twelver shi ites: five beliefs and ten practices, sevener shi ites (isma ilis): seven beliefs and practices. The five pillars" of sunni islam: shahadah: the statement of faith, salat: daily prayer, sawm: ritual fasting during the month of ramadan, zakat: obligatory almsgiving, hajj: pilgrimage to mecca during the month of dhu al-hijjah. Jihad: jihad: to strive with great effort. (p. 180, jihad occurs on two levels: the greater (or inner) level and the lesser (or outer) level.