HUMA 1845 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Madhhab, Salah, Zakat
6 Jan 2018
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In islam, the notion of the five pillars" represents the epitome of the revealed law as enacted through ritual activity. These five actions the witness to faith (ar. shahada), prayer (ar. salat), charity (ar. zakat), fasting (ar. sawm) and pilgrimage (ar. hajj) Are duties for which each individual is responsible, separate from general ethics and rules for interpersonal relationships. These are obligatory duties (ar. pl. faraid) incumbent on all muslims. The regular performance of these obligations, in sincere faith and obedience to god, assures the pious of salvation and the bliss of. Neglecting them is considered an act of rebellion against god and hence leads to eternal perdition. For muslims of every legal school or theological persuasion, however, the five pillars have been the fundamental principles of both personal and collective faith, worship and social responsibility. Importantly, neither the qur"an nor the prophetic tradition presents the five pillars together in a fixed sequence in any creedal definition of.
