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Nawawi #3 Foundations

The five pillars.

Narrated by Ibn ʿUmar (ابن عمر)

The Prophet ﷺ said

بُنِيَ الإِسْلاَمُ عَلَىٰ خَمْسٍ: شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لاَ إِلَٰهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ، وَحَجِّ الْبَيْتِ، وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ

"Islam is built on five: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; the establishment of prayer; the paying of zakāt; the pilgrimage to the House; and fasting Ramadan."

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 8 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 16
Classical commentary

A foundational hadith. The scholars noted the order: testimony first (the inner commitment), then prayer (daily practice), then zakāt and pilgrimage (the social and communal), then fasting (annual discipline). The structure itself is a teaching — Islam is a building, and a building has levels.

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Passages that draw on this hadith

  1. "The hadith, Islam is built on five, is reported by both Bukhari and Muslim, based on the narration of Ibn Umar. Chapter, The Types of Zakat and the Reasons for Their Obligation Zakat is categorized into six types, zakat on livestock, zakat on gold and silver, zakat"

  2. "on trade, zakat on buried wealth and minerals, zakat on agricultural produce, and zakat al-feeder. Type 1 zakat on livestock, al-Ahnaf ibn Kai said, I was with a group from Quraysh when Abu Dar passed by and said, Give glad tidings to the hoarders of treasures that they will"

  1. "Hajj and Umrah by saying Labayk for Hajj and Umrah together, becoming a Muhrim for both. The Hajj acts suffice, and Umrah is incorporated into Hajj. If one performs Tawaf and Sa'i before standing at Arafat, the Sa'i counts for both rites, but the Tatawaf does not count"

  2. "must precede Hajj. Thirdly, Umrah should occur during the months of Hajj. Fourthly, one must not return to the Meccat or an equivalent distance to assume Iram for Hajj. Fifthly, Hajj and Umrah must be for the same person. If these conditions are met, one is performing"

  1. "performing hajj might perform hajj while deluded, whereas they should prioritize their parents' rights over performing hajj. exemplifies preferring a more important obligation over a lesser one. Similarly, if someone has a commitment and the time for the Jumu'ah or Friday prayer"

  2. "Consider also the scenario of a man gifting zakat money to his wife at the year's end and she returns it to him to avoid paying zakat. The jurist may say that zakat was waived, but if this means only the ruler's and collector's demand is waived,"

  1. "Hajj Ahmad Tabrizi, Hajj Ibrahim Kanawi, Hajj Hussain Khorasani, and the two Hajjas Ali and Rashid al-Hindia, among others. Then I traveled from Granada to Al-Hama, then to Velez, then to Malaga, and then to the fortress of Daquan, a beautiful fort abundant with"

  1. "If unable to earn or possess wealth, he should request others for zakat or charity for his pilgrimage. If he dies before performing hajj, he dies as a sinner. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, Whoever dies without performing hajj, may he die as"

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