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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.
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There are pillars in England …

Stonehenge, a circular arrangement of large stones near Salisbury, England,

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There are ancient pillars …

The Parthenon, stands on the Acropolis high above Athens, Greece.

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There are modern pillars …

Apartment building in Spain, built 1907

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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.
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 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 Hajj

Ramadan
What are the pillars of Islam?
 The Shahadah
is the first pillar of Islam
Muslims testify (say):

‫ ا ا ا‬

‫  ر ل ا‬
”There is no true God but Allaah and Muhammad is the true
Messenger of Allaah.”

This testimony is the key to Paradise*

*The Testimony of Tawheed

What Does It Mean?
Dr. Saleh As Saleh/9/4/2004
 Salaat:
Prayer

There are five required (wajib)

prayers that Muslims must pray
each day…..
 Muslims pray:
Salatul Fajr, at dawn

Salatul Dhuhr, at midday

Salatul Asr, in the late afternoon

Salatul 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
 Hajj
is 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 Hajj

Ramadan
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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