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Branches of Religion

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Basic Muslim Beliefs

Five Pillars of Islam

Shahādah - Profession of faith
Salah - Prayer
Zakât - Paying of alms
Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan
Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca

Tawhīd - Oneness
Adalah - Justice
Nubuwwah - Prophethood
Imāmah - Leadership
Qiyâmah - Judgment day

Salah - Prayer
Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan
Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca
Zakât - Poor-rate
Khums - One-fifth tax
Jihad - Struggle
Amr-Bil-Ma'rūf - Commanding good
Nahi-Anil-Munkar - Forbidding evil
Tawalla - Loving the Ahl al-Bayt
Tabarra - Disassociating from Ahl al-Bayt's enemies

Walayah - Guardianship
Taharah - Purity & cleanliness
Salah - Prayers
Zakât - Purifying religious dues
Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan
Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca
Jihad - Struggle

Shahadah - Profession of faith
Salah - Prayer
Zakât - Paying of alms
Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan
Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca
Walayah - Guardianship
Jihad - Struggle

In Shi'a Islam, the ten Branches of Religion (Furū al-Dīn) are the ten practices that Shi'a Muslims must perform.

Branches of Religion - Salāt Prayer

A Muslim must perform five prayers a day.

Branches of Religion - Sawm Fast

A Muslim must fast during the month of Ramadhan.

Branches of Religion - Holy Qur'an

2:183) "O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil).

2:184) For a certain number of days; but whoever among you is sick or on a journey, then (he shall fast) a (like) number of other days; and those who are not able to do it may effect a redemption by feeding a poor man; so whoever does good spontaneously it is better for him; and that you fast is better for you if you know.

2:185) The month of Ramadhan is that in which the Qur'an was revealed, a guidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction; therefore, whoever of you is present in the month, he shall fast therein, and whoever is sick or upon a journey, then (he shall fast) a (like) number of other days; Allah desires ease for you, and He does not desire for you difficulty, and (He desires) that you should complete the number and that you should exalt the greatness of Allah for His having guided you and that you may give thanks."

Branches of Religion - Hajj Pilgrimage

A Muslim must perform the pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca at least once in his or her lifetime.

Branches of Religion - Zakāt Poor-rate

A Muslim must pay the poor-rate.

Branches of Religion - Khums One-fifth

A Muslim must pay a tax of 20%, levied on untaxed, from annual profit.

Branches of Religion - Jihād Struggle

Struggling to please God. The greater, or internal Jihad is the struggle against the evil within one's own soul in every aspect of life. The lesser, or external, Jihad is the struggle against the evil of one's environment in every aspect of life.

Branches of Religion - Amr-Bil-Ma'rūf Enjoying what is good

Amr-bil-ma'rūf is a Qur'anic commandment to enjoin what is good. This is done by living by the rules of God from the Qur'an and hadith. The command to "enjoin what is good" is given in several Qur'anic verses. The following are a few:

• 3.104
• 7.157
• 9.071

Branches of Religion - Nahi-Anil-Munkar Forbid what is evil

Nahi-anil-munkar is a Qur'anic commandment to "forbid what is evil". This can be done by refraining from the sins mentioned by Allah in the Qur'an and the sins which the Prophet Muhammad stated in hadith. Al-munkar litterally means "the rejected". The following verses from the Qur'an are said to command the believers to forbid what is evil:

• 3.104
• 7.157
• 9.071

Branches of Religion - Tawalla To love the Ahl al-Bayt and their followers

Branches of Religion - Tabarra To disassociate from the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt

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