Five Pillars of Islam, the Glossary

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1. 87 relations: Ad-Din, Adl, Al-Baqara, Alevism, Ancillaries of the Faith, Arabic, Asr prayer, Black Stone, Breastfeeding, Central Intelligence Agency, Diabetes, Druze, Eid al-Fitr, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Encyclopædia Britannica, Enjoining good and forbidding wrong, Fajr prayer, Fard, Farewell Sermon, Fasting, Fasting during Ramadan, Fasting in Islam, Four Doors, Hadith, Hadith of Gabriel, Hajj, Hajji, Ihram, Imamate in Ismaili doctrine, Imamate in Shia doctrine, Isha prayer, Islam, Islamic calendar, Isma'ilism, Jewish principles of faith, Jihad, Kaaba, Khums, Madhhab, Maghrib prayer, Mecca, Mi'ad, Mina, Saudi Arabia, Mosque, Moustafa Al-Qazwini, Muezzin, Muhammad, Muslims, Musta'li Ismailism, Nizari Isma'ilism, ... Expand index (37 more) »

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Ad-Din

Ad-Din (الْدِّين, "(of) the religion/faith/creed") is a suffix component of some Arabic names in the construct case, meaning 'the religion/faith/creed', e.g. Saif ad-Din (سيف الدّين, "Sword of the Faith").

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Adl

Adl (عدل) is an Arabic word meaning 'justice' or "balanced", and is also one of the names of God in Islam.

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Al-Baqara

Al-Baqara, alternatively transliterated Al-Baqarah (الْبَقَرَة.,; "The Heifer" or "The Cow"), is the second and longest chapter (surah) of the Quran.

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Alevism

Alevism (Alevilik;; Ələvilik) is a heterodox and syncretic Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Islamic teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, who supposedly taught the teachings of the Twelve Imams, whilst incorporating some traditions from Tengrism.

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Ancillaries of the Faith

In Twelver Shia Islam, the Ancillaries of the Faith (فروع الدين furūʿ ad-dīn) are a set of practices that Shia Muslims have to carry out.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Asr prayer

The Asr prayer (صلاة العصر, "afternoon prayer") is one of the mandatory five daily Islamic prayers.

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Black Stone

The Black Stone (translit) is a rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba, the ancient building in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, variously known as chestfeeding or nursing, is the process where breast milk is fed to a child.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.

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Druze

The Druze (دَرْزِيّ, or دُرْزِيّ, rtl), who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an Arab and Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion whose main tenets assert the unity of God, reincarnation, and the eternity of the soul.

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Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr (lit) is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha). Five Pillars of Islam and Eid al-Fitr are Islamic terminology.

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Encyclopaedia of Islam

The Encyclopaedia of Islam (EI) is a reference work that facilitates the academic study of Islam.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Enjoining good and forbidding wrong

Enjoining good and forbidding wrong (al-amru bi-l-maʿrūfi wa-n-nahyu ʿani-l-munkari) are two important duties imposed by Allah in Islam, as revealed in the Quran and Hadith. Five Pillars of Islam and Enjoining good and forbidding wrong are Islamic terminology.

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Fajr prayer

The Fajr prayer (Ṣalāt al-Fajr) is the salah (daily Islamic prayer) offered in the early morning.

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Fard

(فرض) or (فريضة) or fardh in Islam is a religious duty commanded by God.

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Farewell Sermon

The Farewell Sermon (خطبة الوداع, Khuṭbatu l-Widāʿ) also known as Muhammad's Final Sermon or the Last Sermon, is a religious speech, delivered by the Islamic prophet Muhammad on Friday the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah, 10 AH (6 March 632) in the Uranah valley of Mount Arafat, during the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. Five Pillars of Islam and Farewell Sermon are Islamic terminology.

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Fasting

Fasting is abstention from eating and sometimes drinking.

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Fasting during Ramadan

During the entire month of Ramadan, Muslims are obligated to fast (صوم, sawm; Persian: روزہ, rozeh), every day from dawn to sunset.

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Fasting in Islam

In Islam, fasting (known as, صوم; or, صيام) is the practice of abstaining, usually from food, drink, sexual activity and anything which substitutes food and drink.

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Four Doors

Four Doors is a concept in Sufism and in branches of Islam heavily influenced by Sufism such as Isma'ilism and Alevism. Five Pillars of Islam and Four Doors are Islamic terminology.

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Hadith

Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad. Five Pillars of Islam and Hadith are Islamic terminology.

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Hadith of Gabriel

In Sunni Islam, the Hadith of Gabriel (also known as, Ḥadīth Jibrīl) is a hadith of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (the last prophet of Islam) which expresses the religion of Islam in a concise manner.

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Hajj

Hajj (translit; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Five Pillars of Islam and Hajj are Islamic terminology.

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Hajji

Hajji (الحجّي; sometimes spelled Hajjeh, Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca.

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Ihram

Ihram (iḥrām, from the Semitic root root Ḥ-R-M) is a sacred state which a Muslim must enter to perform the Ḥajj (major pilgrimate) or ʿUmrah (minor pilgrimage) in Islam.

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Imamate in Ismaili doctrine

The doctrine of the Imamate in Isma'ilism differs from that of the Twelvers because the Isma'ilis had living Imams for centuries after the last Twelver Imam went into concealment. Five Pillars of Islam and Imamate in Ismaili doctrine are Islamic terminology.

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Imamate in Shia doctrine

In Shia Islam, the Imamah (إمامة) is a doctrine which asserts that certain individuals from the lineage of the Islamic prophet Muhammad are to be accepted as leaders and guides of the ummah after the death of Muhammad. Five Pillars of Islam and Imamate in Shia doctrine are Islamic terminology.

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Isha prayer

The Isha prayer (صلاة العشاء, "night prayer") is one of the mandatory five daily Islamic prayers, and contains four cycles.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Islamic calendar

The Hijri calendar (translit), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. Five Pillars of Islam and Islamic calendar are Islamic terminology.

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Isma'ilism

Isma'ilism (translit) is a branch or sect of Shia Islam.

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Jewish principles of faith

Judaism does not centralize authority in any single individual or group.

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Jihad

Jihad (jihād) is an Arabic word which literally means "exerting", "striving", or "struggling", especially with a praiseworthy aim.

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Kaaba

The Kaaba, sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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Khums

In Islam, khums (خُمْس, literally 'one fifth') refers to the required religious obligation of shia Muslims to pay 20% of their acquired wealth from certain sources toward specified causes.

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Madhhab

A madhhab (way to act,, pl. label) refers to any school of thought within Islamic jurisprudence.

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Maghrib prayer

The Maghrib prayer (صلاة المغرب, "sunset prayer") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayers).

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Mecca

Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.

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Mi'ad

In Islamic context, the Mi'ad (mi‘ād) is the resurrection and the fifth Shi'a Usūl ad-Dīn. Five Pillars of Islam and Mi'ad are Islamic terminology.

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Mina, Saudi Arabia

Mina (translit), also known as Muna (Munā), and commonly known as the "City of the Tents" is a valley located southeast of the city of Mecca, in the district of Masha'er, Province of Makkah in the Hejazi region Saudi Arabia.

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Mosque

A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Moustafa Al-Qazwini

Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid Dr. Moustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini (مصطفى الموسوي القزويني; born 1961) is an Iraqi-American Shia imam.

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Muezzin

The muezzin (مُؤَذِّن) is the person who proclaims the call to the daily prayer (ṣalāt) five times a day (Fajr prayer, Zuhr prayer, Asr prayer, Maghrib prayer and Isha prayer) at a mosque from the minaret. Five Pillars of Islam and muezzin are Islamic terminology.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Musta'li Ismailism

Musta'li Isma'ilism (translit) is a branch of Isma'ilism named for their acceptance of al-Musta'li as the legitimate nineteenth Fatimid caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir Billah.

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Nizari Isma'ilism

Nizari Isma'ilism (translit) are the largest segment of the Ismaili Muslims, who are the second-largest branch of Shia Islam after the Twelvers.

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Old age

Old age is the range of ages for people nearing and surpassing life expectancy.

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Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies

The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OXCIS) was founded in 1985 as an independent centre affiliated with the University of Oxford, mainly interested in the advanced study of Islam and Muslim societies.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Pilgrim

A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place.

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Pregnancy

Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb).

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Prophets and messengers in Islam

Prophets in Islam (translit) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour.

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Quran

The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah). Five Pillars of Islam and Quran are Islamic terminology.

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Ramadan

Ramadan (Ramaḍān; also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, and community. Five Pillars of Islam and Ramadan are Islamic terminology.

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Ritual purification

Ritual purification is a ritual prescribed by a religion through which a person is considered to be freed of uncleanliness, especially prior to the worship of a deity, and ritual purity is a state of ritual cleanliness.

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Sadaqah

(صدقة, "charity", "benevolence", plural صدقات) in the modern Islamic context has come to signify "voluntary charity". Five Pillars of Islam and Sadaqah are Islamic terminology.

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Safa and Marwa

Safa and Marwa (ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَة|Aṣ-Ṣafā wal-Marwah) are two small hills, connected to the larger Abu Qubais and Qaiqan mountains, respectively, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, now made part of Al-Masjid al-Haram.

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Salah

Salah is the principal form of worship in Islam. Five Pillars of Islam and Salah are Islamic terminology.

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Schools of Islamic theology

Schools of Islamic theology are various Islamic schools and branches in different schools of thought regarding creed.

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Seven pillars of Ismailism

The Ismā'īlī Shi'a (the Nizari, Druze, and Mustaali) have more pillars than those of the Sunni. Five Pillars of Islam and Seven pillars of Ismailism are Islamic terminology.

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Shahada

The Shahada (الشَّهَادَةُ;, 'the testimony'), also transliterated as Shahadah, is an Islamic oath and creed, and one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan. Five Pillars of Islam and Shahada are Islamic terminology.

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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.

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Shia Islamic beliefs and practices

The beliefs and practices of Twelver Shia Islam are categorised into.

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Sixth Pillar of Islam

There are only five Pillars of Islam that are universally accepted as the basis of Islamic practice.

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Stoning of the Devil

The Stoning of the Devil (رمي الجمرات, "throwing of the ") is part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

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Sujud

Sujūd (سُجود), or sajdah (سجدة), also known as sijda, sejda or shejda is the act of low bowing or prostration to God facing the ''qiblah'' (direction of the Kaaba at Mecca).

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Surah

A surah (translit; label) is an Arabic word meaning 'chapter' in the Quran. Five Pillars of Islam and surah are Islamic terminology.

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Tabarri

Tabarri (تبري) is a doctrine that refers to the obligation of disassociation with those who oppose God and those who caused harm to and were the enemies of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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Takbir

The takbīr (تَكْبِير) is the name for the Arabic phrase (اَللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ).Wensinck, A.J., "Takbīr", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Five Pillars of Islam and Takbir are Islamic terminology.

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Tawalli

Tawalli "Loving the Ahl al-Bayt" (تولّي), is a part of the Twelver Shī‘ah Islām Aspects of the Religion and is derived from a Qur'anic verse.

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Tawhid

Tawhid (تَوْحِيد|translit. Five Pillars of Islam and Tawhid are Islamic terminology.

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The World Factbook

The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

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Twelver Shi'ism

Twelver Shīʿism (ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة), also known as Imāmiyya (إِمَامِيَّة), is the largest branch of Shīʿa, comprising about 90% of all Shīas.

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Ummah

(أُمَّة) is an Arabic word meaning "nation".

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Umrah

The Umrah (lit) is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia.

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University of Calgary

The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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Walayah

Welayah or Walaya (meaning "guardianship" or "governance") is a general concept of the Islamic faith and a key word in Shia Islam that refers, among other things, to the nature and function of the Imamate. Five Pillars of Islam and Walayah are Islamic terminology.

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Washington State University

Washington State University (WSU) (or colloquially and informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington.

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Wudu

Wuduʾ (lit) is the Islamic procedure for cleansing parts of the body, a type of ritual purification, or ablution.

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Zakat

Zakat (or Zakāh) is one of the five pillars of Islam. Five Pillars of Islam and Zakat are Islamic terminology.

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Zuhr prayer

The Zuhr prayer (lit; also transliterated Dhuhr, Duhr, Thuhr or Luhar) is one of the five daily mandatory Islamic prayers (salah).

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See also

Commandments

• 613 commandments
• Bar and bat mitzvah
• Biblical Sabbath
• Bikur cholim
• Christian views on the Old Covenant
• Council of Jerusalem
• Five Pillars of Islam
• Great Commandment
• Midrash Aseret ha-Dibrot
• Mitzvah
• Mitzvoth
• Mosaic covenant
• New Commandment
• Precepts of the Church
• Ten Commandments
• Visiting the sick

References

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