Seven Pillars of Islam (Druze)

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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 (Predestination)

Shi'a Twelver Principles of the Religion (Usul al-Din)

Tawhīd - Oneness Adalah - Justice Nubuwwah - Prophethood Imamah - Leadership Qiyâmah - Judgment Day

Shi'a Twelver 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

Shi'a 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

Kharijite Sixth Pillar of Islam. This box: view • talk • edit

The Druze (a group with Ismaili roots who describe themselves as Muslims, but are not considered by most Muslims to be Muslims) say they believe in seven pillars.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 List 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Introduction

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 to 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 an Ismaili offshoot.

[edit] List

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

1. Shahadah (Profession of faith)
2. salah (prayers)
3. zakah (purifying religious dues)
4. sawm (fasting)
5. Walayah (Guardianship)
6. jihad ("struggle"), in the sense of the Biblical "Faith without (good) works is dead"

They call these seven ordinances da'a'im al-Islam, rather than, as most Muslims do, arkan al-Islam.^[1]

[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 Ismaili Seven Pillars of Islam

[edit] References

1. ^ Druze Q & A