MUS 004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Salah, Five Pillars Of Islam, Islamic Calendar
14 Nov 2016
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The muslim people are like many religions in the sense that they are people of the book. They have a great creed that lay the foundation of islam. A (true) muslim is one that submits to the creed. The five pillars of islam are the framework of the muslim life. This is the basic statement of the islamic faith: anyone who cannot recite this wholeheartedly is not a muslim. That allah is the only god, and that muhammad is his prophet. That they will obey all the commitments of islam in their life: salat: the obligatory muslim prayers, performed five times each day by muslims. God ordered muslims to pray at five set times of day: Salat al-zuhr: midday, after the sun passes its highest. Salat al-"asr: the late part of the afternoon. Salat al-"isha: between sunset and midnight: zakat: the compulsory giving of a set proportion of one"s wealth to charity.
