Pillars of Islam

American  

plural noun

1. the five bases of the Islamic faith: shahada (confession of faith), salat (prayer), zakat (almsgiving), sawm (fasting, especially during the month of Ramadan), and hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca).

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Example Sentences

Fasting is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, which lay the basis for how Muslims are required to live their lives.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 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 Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022

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