1 - Five Pillars

• Islam


  The religion of Muslims. It means peace or submission
• Muslim


  A person who follows Islam
• Five Pillars


  Five things a Muslim must do as part of their religion
• Ibadah


  Acts of worship
• Fard


  Practices a Muslim must follow
• Islam

  • There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world today
  • It is the world's second largest religion after Christianity and the fastest growing religion in the world
  • Islam started in the Middle East in Arabia (modern day Saudi Arabia)
• Two Key Beliefs

  • There is one God - Allah
  • Muhammad is the last and greatest prophet of Allah
• Sunni V Shia

  • There are two main types of Islam (Sunni and Shia)
  • Sunnis form the majority of Muslims in the world today (90%)
• Five Pillars of Sunni Islam

  • Every act a Muslim performs must be ibadah
  • The main way of performing ibadah is by following the five pillars
  • The five pillars are fard
  • They are called pillars because they hold up the religion of Islam
  • The five pillars are Shahadah (declaration of faith), Salah (prayer 5 times a day), Zakah (charity), Sawn (fasting during Ramadan) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah).
• Importance

  • Doing the 5 pillars shows obedience to the will of God
  • What is most important with the 5 pillars is the intention to submit to Allah
  • You must have the correct motivation which is to worship Allah
  • Muhammad taught the importance of the 5 pillars in his last sermon