Walayah (Ismaili and Druze pillar)

Part of a series on the Islamic creed: Aqidah
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 Qadr - 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

This is about the "pillar of Islam", for the historical view, see Imamah (Shi'a Ismaili doctrine)

Guardianship (Arabic: ولاية‎, Walayah) is an Ismaili and Druze pillar of Islam denoting:

"love and devotion for God, the Prophets, the Imam and the dai."

[edit] Overview

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.

Out of this three unique doctrines, Taharah was again changed back to Shahadah by the Druze, when they became a Ismaili offshoot.