The Five Pillars of Islam are an important part of Muslim life. They are five things that a Muslim must do so they can live a good and responsible life. They include:
The declaration of faith (Shahada)
Praying five times a day (Salat)
Giving money to charity (Zakah)
Fasting during the month of Ramadan (Sawm)
A pilgrimage to Makkah at least once in a lifetime (Hajj)
A boy prepares cookies at a small traditional factory in Kabul, Afghanistan.
A man arranges sweets to be sold ahead of Ramadan in the rebel-held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria.
A man prepares special sweets at a small traditional factory in Kabul, Afghanistan.
A man prepares to pack traditional sweets, in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.
A man prepares traditional sweets, in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.
A man reads the Koran in Ottoman-era Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey.
An Indian worker dries vermicelli, a traditional sweet dish, at a factory in Allahabad.
A Pakistani Muslim tries on a prayer cap at a roadside stall in Karachi.
A Palestinian man reads a copy of the Koran, Islam’s holiest book, at the al-Omari mosque in Gaza City.
Indonesian Muslims pray during the start of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark the month, during which believers abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn until sunset.
Muslims perform ‘Tarawih’ prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore
Muslims wait to perform ‘Tarawih’ prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore.
Muslim women perform an evening prayer called ‘tarawih’ marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Officials from the Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic organisation use telescopes for the sighting of the new moon for the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
Palestinian children read copies of the Koran, at the al-Omari mosque in Gaza City.
What is the holy book of Islam:
The Muslim holy book is called the Qur’an. Muslims believe this to be the word of Allah as dictated to Muhammad.
They also have the Sunnah, which Muslims believe to be the practical example of Prophet Muhammad.
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