By Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay
Log in bonnie 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to bonnie's post “if they are not allowed t...” if they are not allowed to eat for a month, then how are they not dead? the longest a man can go without food or water is 4 to 5 days at the most. • (0 votes) Hanzerz 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Hanzerz's post “Oh no ,you see no one can...” Oh no ,you see no one can go without food for a month. That's not what Muslims do lol. Hope his helped :) (61 votes) saroshahansraj 11 years agoPosted 11 years ago. Direct link to saroshahansraj's post “btww.. not all muslims ar...” btww.. not all muslims are required to make the pilgrimage to hajj. there are many branches of islam and not all branches are required to go to mecca. it would be much appreciated if you could change this to incorporate all branches of islam, not just one specific branch. while all muslims do follow the five pillars of islam, there are various interpretations of these pillars. this page can give wrong information to many people and generalize the muslim population. I think it would be very nice if you could do more research on this topic and edit this page. thanks • (9 votes) Jane Churchland 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to Jane Churchland's post “I found your comment quit...” I found your comment quite interesting, and spent some time trying to track down details of your statement on the web... while by no means an expert on things Islamic, I have done some reading before, and I have never come across a suggestion that the hajj (or indeed any of the five pillars) was not something all schools of Islam agree on... I have been unable to find anything which sheds more light on this, although I did find a page (http://www.quora.com/Hajj/Is-the-Hajj-to-Mecca-required-in-all-branches-of-Islam-and-if-so-is-it-so-stated-in-the-Quran-or-Sunnah) which basically disagreed with you. Could you give a little more detail, or point me to a site which will do so? Thanks. jijamoe 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to jijamoe's post “in the last paragraph it ...” in the last paragraph it says that you are supposed to go to hajj only once in your life. Are you allowed to go more then once? • (1 vote) Farheen Touseef 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Farheen Touseef's post “yes you are allowed to go...” yes you are allowed to go to hajj more than one time (12 votes) Farhanna Khan 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Farhanna Khan's post “Unfortunately, most peopl...” Unfortunately, most people do not know Arabic so we are left to read the Quran in a language that is translated from Arabic. • (6 votes) Kabooey 5 months agoPosted 5 months ago. Direct link to Kabooey's post “I will have to disagree o...” I will have to disagree on most of what you have mentioned. firstly, people who do not know Arabic must learn it, and read/understand the Quran in whatever language that is comfortable alongside reading it in Arabic, since it is the Sunnah. (1 vote) smeketa25 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to smeketa25's post “so basically why is there...” so basically why is there exceptions made for the sick,elderly,and the pregnant during Saum,i don't think that is very fair • (0 votes) David Alexander 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “What is unfair about givi...” What is unfair about giving special consideration to sick people, old people and pregnant people? Islam is a religion of compassion. What you seem to advocate is a form of social Darwinism, in which the weak and old are left behind for the wolves, and only the strong survive. I find that reprehensible. (15 votes) Annabel L 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Annabel L's post “Would the 5 Pillars be co...” Would the 5 Pillars be considered the ritual or ethical and legal dimension of Smart's seven dimensions of religion? • (5 votes) Polina Vitić 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Polina Vitić's post “They contain elements of ...” They contain elements of both dimensions: ritual and ethical. Perhaps they are multi-dimensional? (2 votes) 😊 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to 😊's post “How is the concept of jih...” How is the concept of jihad related to the Five Pillars of Islam? • (4 votes) ella_mills 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to ella_mills's post “Should Muslims give equal...” Should Muslims give equal value to the five pillars of islam? Please help • (2 votes) DreamyBoatSC (🍫) 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to DreamyBoatSC (🍫)'s post “While the five pillars of...” While the five pillars of Islam are all important, Muslims should not give equal value to them. Without Shahadah, the first pillar of Islam, anything else you do would not be valid which makes the first pillar of Islam the most important. Similarly, you are not considered a Muslim without Salat (prayer) since Muslims believe this will be the first thing we are going to be asked about on the Day of Resurrection (also known as "the last day"). The five pillars of Islam are in order of their importance: 1.) Shahadah (Testimony of Faith) Hope this helps, (4 votes) mahnaz.aslam 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to mahnaz.aslam's post “Who married with hazart M...” Who married with hazart Mohammad • (2 votes) aishathzarashiyam 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to aishathzarashiyam's post “Muhammad(SAW) married man...” Muhammad(SAW) married many woman . They include: (3 votes) AbdurRahman Sultan 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to AbdurRahman Sultan's post “I'm so glad that they hav...” I'm so glad that they have the five pillars of Islam on this website, very educational to non-muslims to get to know the basics of the Muslim faith! • (5 votes) Musa Abdul-Malik 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Musa Abdul-Malik's post “The Five Pillars of Islam...” The Five Pillars of Islam are on other sites too. (0 votes)Want to join the conversation?
Think of it as a diet kind of thing. Muslims do not eat from sunrise around sunset ( otherwise known as fasting). Once the sun sets they break there fast with water or a date and then they have a feast and make there traditional foods and eat whatever they want until its sunrise.
The process continues for about 29-30 days.
The reason they do this is because many people out there are poor with usually no food or water. Therefore God tests them to see if they can bare the hunger for him and stay away from sins, give charity to those in need and remember the blessing of having food and also keeping in mind that out there there are many that live without any food and suffer from hunger.
What I have learned from the Quran ( English translation) is that to submit to the will of God and God guidance is the meaning of being a Muslim.
The five pillars are an article of faith that originate from hadith and have resulted in the divide of Muslim believers ( Suni, Ismaeli, and so forth). If one is to follow the guidance of God ( Quran) then submission only to God and guidance from God ( Quran, all articles of faith and belief in all prophets and their message (Adam, Noah, Abraham..Jesus, Moses peace be upon them all to the last Prophet Mohammad peace be upon him): in the Quran there is mention of so many good acts that one should do which are not mentioned in the five pillars so I would advise that along with the five pillars read the Quran. Many issues that voice a concern are the outcome of people following the word of men rather than reading directly from the source ( Quran).
I hope my comments helped.
Apart from that, the Five Pillars of Islam are NOT an article of faith, but more of a basic belief of what it means to be a Muslim, and based on those Five Pillars we do as the Prophet Muhammad has told us to do.
And something you have seemed to mess up, the Quran is the book of God, and the "ruling system" for a Muslim, and the hadith are what the Prophet Muhammad has done so that we can learn from his actions and be a better believer, as well as help us understand the Quran better, because he was described as a "walking Quran". So, based on the Five Pillars of Islam, we read the Quran and follow the hadith to the best of our abilities to be good Muslims. Just so that nobody gets messed up.
Thanks in advance.
2.) Salat (Prayer)
3.) Zakat (Giving in charity)
4.) As-Saum (Fasting; abstaining from all foods and drinks)
and
5.) Al-Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)
☆★Sabrina★☆
1-Khadīja bint Khuwaylid(595 AD–619 AD)
2-Aisha bint Abi Bakr (619 AD–632 AD)
3-Sawda bint Zamʿa (620 AD–632 AD0
4-Safiyya bint Huyayy)(629 AD–632 AD)
and more..
(If you want to know all of of Muhammad (SAW)'s wifes, I suggest you search it on google or on wikipidia or another trusted website)
