Definition of Islam Islam in the language

It means the surrender of man and his submission and his submission to a specific command, and Islam in the terminology is a divine religion revealed from ALLAH Almighty, to be for the common people. All people and bringing them out of darkness into the light, it is the religion of truth, and it calls for the monotheism of ALLAH Almighty and not to associate with it, it is a religion that is distinguished in that it is a pure religion of ALLAH and calls for the worship of one ALLAH who has names and attributes that are unique to them. The Islamic Call Our Master Muhammad, may ALLAH ’s prayers and peace be upon him, won the honor of carrying the Islamic call and spreading it to all parts of the earth, for he is the only person whom ALLAH Almighty has lined up to perform this great task, by making him the seal of the prophets and the bearer of the final messages, after the spread of disbelief and corruption and polytheism and distortion of invitations And the divine books that preceded Islam, and the messengers and prophets faced a lot of harm and denial in their messages by their people, so Islam came to be a message that copied these messages, and this is evident in the Almighty saying: "He is the one who sent his messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to show it to the whole religion even if the polytheists hate it." Islam spread in all parts of the world and its teachings and principles were implemented, and ALLAH Almighty supported our master Muhammad, may ALLAH bless him and grant him peace, by the eternal miracle, which is the Holy Qur’an, this book whose verses and surahs rest and regulate all aspects of the life that a person lives, so it is distinguished as a good book For every time and place, he was distinguished by his comprehensiveness and miracles, and he challenged ALLAH Almighty with him all human beings, so no person could come up with a surah like him, in addition to the protection of ALLAH Almighty for him from distortion and change, for the Almighty said : “Indeed, we have revealed the remembrance of Allah, and for Him we shall preserve.

Pillars of Islam

Islam has five basic pillars, which every Muslim must believe in and apply them in his life, for they are the basis of the religion and it is only valid in all of them. Whoever disbelieves one of them is outside the Islamic religion, because they complement each other and must abide by and adhere to all of them, namely: the two Shahada: in order for it to be A person is a Muslim,

He must utter the Shahada, saying:

“I bear witness that there is no ALLAH but ALLAH and I bear witness that Muhammad is his servant and messenger,” which is the first pillar of Islam.
Prayer: It is obligatory for every Muslim, and it is the pillar of religion and the religion is not valid without it. Five prayers are imposed per day, which are the Fajr prayer, the noon prayer, the afternoon prayer, the sunset prayer, and the evening prayer.

Zakat:

Giving part of the wealth of the rich and giving it to the poor, as it is a right for them from ALLAH Almighty, and it is an obligation on Muslims.

Fasting:

ALLAH Almighty required Muslims to fast during the blessed month of Ramadan, which Muslims fast for a month every year, in addition to fasting through which a Muslim draws closer to his Lord, which is a fast other than Ramadan, which is the fasting of redundancies.

Hajj:

one of the pillars of Islam, which is the Muslim’s going to the Sacred House of ALLAH, to perform the rituals of Hajj, and the Muslim performs it once in his life, in order for it to be waived.