list of Card
The third rukn: zakat
Zakat is one of the five pillars upon which the structure of Islam is built. Zakat is obligatory to every Muslim who owns more than its threshold.
Status of One who does not pray
Whoever does not offer prayers, denying it as an obligation, is, in effect, a disbeliever and such deliberate negligence places the one who is guilty of it outside the Islamic faith.
The second rukn: prayer
Prayer is the second most important act of worship. It makes one’s status as a Muslim clearly evident. Therefore, Islam attaches great value to it.
The importance of the declaration
it is the first rukn of Islam, providing the essence of faith and religion. It is what brings a person into the faith of Islam.
What the declaration means
‘Muhammad is Allah’s messenger’, means that we are required ‘to obey all his orders, believe whatever he stated and refrain from everything he prohibited.
What the declaration means
There is no deity worthy of being worshiped other than Allah’, means that no one may be rightly worshipped except Allah, the Glorious, the Most High.
The first rukn: the declaration
I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of being worshipped other than Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is Allah’s messenger.’ This declaration testifying to two important facts is the gateway to Islam.
