أَرْكَانُ الإِسْلَام

The 5 Pillars of Islam

The foundations upon which all Islamic practice rests

بُنِيَ الإِسْلامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ: شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ وَالْحَجِّ وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ

"Islam is built on five things: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger, establishing prayer, paying zakat, pilgrimage, and fasting Ramadan."

Narrator : 'Abdullâh ibn 'Umar ibn al-Khattâb (رضي الله عنهما) — fils du 2e calife

📚 Scholar's note : Imam al-Nawawi writes in his Sharh of Sahih Muslim: "This hadith is one of the most important in Islam — it summarizes its foundations." Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (d.795H) dedicated an entire work to it: Fath al-Bari.

🏛️ Metaphor : "The 5 pillars are like 5 columns of a house. If one column falls, the house is weakened — but it is the column of the Shahada that supports all the others." — Ibn Taymiyya, Majmu' al-Fatawa.

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Imam al-Nawawi considered this hadith to be 'a third of Islam'. Today, more than 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide practice these same 5 pillars, transmitted without interruption since the Prophet ﷺ.