Five Pillar of Islam

Five Pillar of Islam

There are five pillars of Islam i.e. Tawheed, Salat or Nimaz, Zakat, Siyam (Ramadan) and Hajj. The Muslims are also required to perform other duties and obligations told in Quran and Hadith.

The First pillar of Islam is Thawheed. Thawheed is a belief that there is no god, but Allah and Hazrat Muhammad (S.A) is the last prophet of Allah.

The second pillar of Islam is pray, Muslim offer pray five times in a day. These pray include Fajr, Zohar, Asr, Maghrib and Isha. The Fajr Pray is offered early morning, the Zohar Pray is offered in afternoon, Asr pray is offered in the evening, Maghrib Pray is offered at late evening, while the Isha is offered in Night.

The third pillar of Islam is Zakat, Muslims pay Zakat @ 2.5% of their wealth (capital assets). The person who hold wealth (capital assets) equal or more than 52.5 Tola of Silver or 7.5 Tola of Gold is liable to pay the Zakat.  Zakat is calculated and paid every year.

The fourth Pillar of Islam is Siyam. Muslims observe one month fasting in the month of Ramdan (the 9^th month of Islamic Calendar). The fasting start at early morning (just before the Azan of Fajr) and ends in the evening (just before the pray of Maghrib).

 The fifth pillar of Islam is Hajj. The Hajj is performed once in a year. Hajj is obligatory once in a life for those who have resources. The Hajj is performed in the month of Dhul-Hijjah.  The Hajj day is 9^th Dhul-Hijjah.