Seven Pillars of Islam (Ismaili)

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Sunni Five Pillars of Islam

Shahādah - Profession of faith Salah - Prayer Zakâh - Paying of alms (giving to the poor) Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca

Sunni Six articles of belief

Tawhīd - Oneness Nabi and Rusul - Prophets and Messengers Kutub - Divinely Revealed Books. Malā'ikah - Angels Qiyâmah - Judgment Day Qadar - Fate

Shia Twelvers Principles of the Religion (Usul al-Din)

Tawhīd - Oneness Adalah - Justice Nubuwwah - Prophethood Imamah - Leadership Qiyâmah - Judgement day

Shia Twelvers Practices of the Religion (Furu al-Din)

Salah - Prayer Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca Zakâh - 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 Ahl al-Bayt's enemies

Shia Ismaili 7 pillars

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

Others

Salafi/Kharijite Sixth pillar of Islam. This box: view • talk • edit

Shi'a Ismaili Seven Pillars of Islam have three doctrines that are not included in the Sunni Five Pillars of Islam: Walayah, Taharah and Jihad. This would raise the total to eight, but Ismailis do not include Shahadah, lowering it to seven ^[1].

The ordering of the pillars as understood by Ismailis is as follows:

1. walayah (love and devotion) for Allah, the Prophets, the imam and the dai
2. taharah (purity & cleanliness)
3. salah (prayers)
4. zakah (purifying religious dues)
5. sawm (fasting)
6. hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
7. jihad ("struggle")

[edit] See also

• Sunni Five Pillars of Islam and Six articles of belief and Sixth pillar of Islam.
• Shi'a twelvers Roots of Religion and Branches of Religion
• Shi'a Druze Seven Pillars

[edit] References

1. ^ Article on 'Bohras' in OUP Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed), 1995, retrieved from [1]