The 5 Pillars Of Islam

Question 1

Five pillars

Answer 1

Most important duties mandatory to Muslims

Question 2

Shahadah

Answer 2

Declaration of faith

Question 3

Salah

Answer 3

Obligatory daily prayer

Question 4

Zakat

Answer 4

Charity

Question 5

Sawm

Answer 5

Fasting during the month of Ramadan

Question 6

Hajj

Answer 6

• Pilgrimage to Makkah (ka’ba)

- promotes togetherness and the unity of the ummah

Question 7

Tawhid

Answer 7

The oneness of god

Question 8

Monotheism

Answer 8

The belief/worship in one god

Question 9

Shi’a Muslim pillars

Answer 9

1- salah 
2-zakah
3-sawm
4-hajj
5-jihad
6-Khums
7-amr-bil maruf 
8-nahi anil munkar
9- tawallah
10-tabarra

Question 10

Jihad

Answer 10

• The struggle of keeping belief in god

- to defend Islam

Question 11

Khums

Answer 11

• it is the 20% annual tax that is paid on any profit
• split between charities
• charities that support Islamic education and the descendants of Prophet Muhammad

Question 12

Amr-bil maruf

Answer 12

• Refers to encouraging anything that is good

- anything that has been approved in Shari’ah law

Question 13

Nahi anil munkar

Answer 13

-forbidding evil by discouraging people from doing wrong

Question 14

Tawallah

Answer 14

-loving everyone

Question 15

Tabarra

Answer 15

-disassociation with God’s enemies

Question 16

Difference between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims in shahadah is

Answer 16

Shias add on the phrase ‘and Ali is the friend of god’ to remember ali

Question 17

Difference between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims in salah is

Answer 17

• Shi’a pray with their hands by their side and on a piece of earth
• Sunni clasp their hands and can pray on any surface
• Sunni pray five prayers at five different times of the day
• Shi’a pray 5 prayers in 3 different times of the day

Question 18

Difference between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims in zakat is

Answer 18

-Shi’a muslims give extra khums

Question 19

Difference between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims in sawm is

Answer 19

-some Shi’a muslims fast a bit longer as they believe sunset is later than what the Sunni Muslims believe

Question 20

Difference between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims in hajj is

Answer 20

-Shi’a go on another minor pilgrimage to the tombs of the 12 imams