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Pillar…..

anything tall and thin like the shape of a column or

tower

There are pillars in Italy…

The villa of Hadrian, at Tivoli, Italy, constructed between ad 118 and 134, was the largest Roman villa ever built.Microsoft Encarta

There are pillars in England …

Stonehenge, a circular arrangement of large stones near Salisbury, England, Microsoft ® Encarta ®

There are ancient pillars …

The Parthenon, stands on the Acropolis high above Athens, Greece.Microsoft ® Encarta ® Reference Library 2005.

There are modern pillars …

Apartment building in Spain, built 1907

Microsoft Encarta

There are pillars in nature…

Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia

There are pillars in space…

Towering pillars of gas and dust in an interstellar cloud known as the Eagle Nebula. (Microsoft Encarta)

and……

there are pillars of Islam

But unlike pillars in nature, space, or buildings… you cannot

see or touch

the pillars of Islam

The pillars of Islam are basic rules that every Muslim must

follow…

One of the jobs of a pillar is to support or hold something up…

The pillars of Islam support or hold up our religion, Islam.

If we do not follow the pillars of Islam, it could cause us to be unsuccessful

Muslims,or in some cases, to not be Muslims at all.

How many pillars of Islam are there?

There are five pillars of Islam…

Shahadah Salaat Zakaah Sawmu Ramadan

Hajj

What are the pillars of Islam?

The Shahadah is the first pillar of Islam

الله اال اله الرسول محد

There is no true God but Allaah and Muhammad is the true”اللهMessenger of Allaah.”

This testimony is the key to Paradise*

*The Testimony of TawheedWhat Does It Mean?Dr. Saleh As Saleh/9/4/2004

Muslims testify (say):

Salaat:Prayer

There are five required (wajib) prayers that Muslims must

pray each day…..

Muslims pray:Salatul Fajr, at dawnSalatul Dhuhr, at midday

Salatul Asr, in the late afternoonSalatul Maghrib, at sunset

Salatul ‘Isha, in the evening

Zakah is a pillar of Islam

Zakah is food or money that we give to those in

need

Sawmu Ramadan is a pillar of Islam…

Sawm means fast, to give up food or drink during daylight hours.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.Sawmu Ramadan is fasting for the whole month of Ramadan

Hajjis a pillar of Islam…

Hajj is a trip to the Kabah that every Muslim must make at least once in

his life, if he is able to.

There are five pillars of Islam…

Shahadah Salaat Zakaah Sawmu Ramadan

Hajj

As Muslims, we must practice all five pillars of Islam.

as best as we can.

If Islam were a building......

The pillars of Islam would hold it up

so that it could not fall insha Allah….

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