Pillars of Islam
Americanplural noun
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The Hajj is one of the five Pillars of Islam and takes place in the 12th month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025
Fasting is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, along with the profession of faith, prayer, almsgiving, and pilgrimage.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
It exhorts men - women are not required - to go to the closest mosque five times a day for prayer, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2022
The reason, he said, was very simple: Americans were the ones doing Allah’s work, by steadfastly upholding the Islamic tenet of zakat—a form of alms-giving that makes up one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2016
These duties are known as the Five Pillars of Islam.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
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