The foundation of Islam is based upon five matters: 1.Professing and believing no one is God except Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; 2.Prayer; 3.Zakah; 4.Fasting; 5.Hajj. The belief in the truth of Islam is the same despite the color of the skin, whether one is a man or a woman, how much wealth one might or might not have accumulated, where one lives, and who ones family and/or friends are. Prayer, five times each day, is required by all Muslim mukallaf (Mukallaf in this context means sane and pubescent.). Fasting during the month of Ramadan is an obligation on all Muslims who have reached puberty and who are physically able to fast. This helps the Muslim to feel what the poor feel, and in this way one remembers to care for those less fortunate than oneself. Fasting also disciplines the Muslim and brings Muslims together--uniting them by a common, shared experience. The Hajj, pilgrimage as defined by Islam, is the journey to the Ka^bah to perform, at a specific period of the year, certain actions in Makkah and its vicinity. It is required at least once during the lifetime of each Muslim mukallaf if he is able. During Hajj, all Muslims leave their worldly possessions and perform the same religious obligations in the same way as those Muslims with them and those Muslims who performed Hajj before them. Zakah is paying a certain portion of ones money (Money in this context includes property, possessions, and wealth.) to specific types of people with certain conditions. This provides for the poor Muslims and those whose needs are not being met within the Muslim community. Islam also requires a Muslim to be humble and to care about and to respect ones brother and sister Muslim. It is not acceptable Islamic behavior to talk about other Muslims or to cause problems amongst them.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:18:45 +0000
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