what do u know about islam?

Question

and give me the five pillars of islam

Answer 1

i know much about islam and the 5 pilars or islam r
1 kalma
2 pray
3 fast
4 zakat
5 hajj

Answer 2

I know that every time I have asked a Muslim what Islam is about, I get a different answer. I know that when I tell a Muslim that I am a Christian, they get a feral gleam in their eyes. I know that Muslims confuse all Christian religions with the Catholics and their "Church". I know that no two Muslims can agree on the role that Jesus Christ played in the Koran. I know that no 'true' religion is perfect, and that very few 'religions' are worth dying for, as opposed to the idea of dying for my God. But why can't even the Muslims get along with other Muslims? Even they can't agree on any answers to that question, either.
I wish I knew more without getting more confused by the issues. I don't get it.

Answer 3

I know that the Muslim bible is called the Quran.

I'll admit that is pretty much the extent of my knowledge. But I do know that the person who said the following is full of crap:
"just another way to control populations through fear and intimidation except this religion has worked in ways to cover for killing any one that does not follow it."

It is a shame that people associate Islam with terrorism, just because our main enemies happen to be Muslims. There are Christains who kill people too, but nobody thinks a thing about their religion when they do kill someone. But when a Muslim kills someone, people just think, "well all Muslims like to kill so I'm not surprised." I have several friends who are Muslims, so I know better than to think like that.

It is a shame that so many people think like this.

Different Muslims disagree with each other, but so do the different branches of Christains, does anybody think anything about that? Or course not.

What about those Christains who stand outside buildings during improtant events, and try to get people to convert to Christianity?

What about those people who don't believe the the separation of church and state? Our own president is one of those people.

And why is it that every single religion believes so strongly that their religion is the only is the only true one, and everybody else is wrong, and anybody who dissagrees with our religion is wrong?

Yea the beliefs may be different, but the main thinking of Muslims is no different from any other religion. So many non Muslims do not realize this, and they discriminate because of it.

Answer 4

The Testimony of Faith (Shahadah) - the declaration that there is none worthy of worship except Allah (Arabic:God) and that Muhammad is His last messenger.
Ritual Prayer (Salat) - establishing of the five daily Prayers.
Obligatory (religious) almsgiving (Zakat) - which is generally 2.5% of the total savings for a rich man working in trade or industry, and 10% or 20% of the annual produce for agriculturists. This money or produce is distributed among the poor.
Siyam, Fasting
The Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) - this is done during the month of Zul Hijjah, and is compulsory once in a lifetime for one who has the ability to do it. If the Muslim is in ill health or in debt, he or she is not required to perform Hajj

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam

Answer 5

The Five Pillars of Islam is the term given to what are understood among many Muslims to be the five core aspects of Sunni Islam.

The Messenger of God said, “Islam is built on five [pillars]: bearing witness that there is no god but God and Muhammad is His prophet, establishing the prayer, giving zakat, hajj, and fasting during Ramadan.”

The Five Pillars of Islam
In summary, the practices are (In order of priority):

The Testimony of Faith (Shahadah) - the declaration that there is none worthy of worship except Allah (Arabic:God) and that Muhammad is His last messenger.
Ritual Prayer (Salat) - establishing of the five daily Prayers.
Obligatory (religious) almsgiving (Zakat) - which is generally 2.5% of the total savings for a rich man working in trade or industry, and 10% or 20% of the annual produce for agriculturists. This money or produce is distributed among the poor.
Siyam, Fasting
The Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) - this is done during the month of Zul Hijjah, and is compulsory once in a lifetime for one who has the ability to do it. If the Muslim is in ill health or in debt, he or she is not required to perform Hajj.
Note that the Shi'a branch Amr Bil Maruf and Nahi Anil Munkar (Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil) is also commanded in Sunni Islam but not at the level of The Five Pillars of Islam.


[edit] Shahadah, the Testimony of Faith
Main article: Shahadah
The shahadah (Arabic: شهادة (help·info) translit: Shahādah) (Turkish: Şehadet) is the Islamic creed. It means "to testify" or "to bear witness" in Arabic. The shahadah is the Muslim declaration of belief in the oneness of God and in Muhammad as his final prophet. Recitation of the shahadah is considered one of the Five Pillars of Islam by Sunni Muslims.


[edit] Salāt, prayer
Main article: Salat
Prayer is a requirement upon Muslims five times a day. These five prayers are called Fard or obligatory prayers. The time for these prayers are during set times in the day.

Fajr (Approximately an hour and a half before sunrise) Dhuhr (Just after high noon) Asr (Mid afternoon) Maghrib (Just after sunset) Isha'a (Approximately an hour and a half after sunset)

Before prayer can be preformed, the person must be ritually clean. This cleaning is called Wudu. It must be done if the person has gone to the bathroom, passed gas, vomited, or bled. A more thorough, full-body ablution (ghusl) is required after sexual contact, and is recommended before Friday prayers (Jumu'ah)

The salat must be performed in the Arabic language, the language of the Qur'an. All prayers must be demonstrated facing Mecca. During prayer, the person prostrates and kneels in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. The session ends with looking right and left to say "As-salaamu 'alaykum", or peace be upon you.


[edit] Sawm, fasting on Ramadan
Main article: Sawm
Observance of the sawm (fasting), involves abstinence from eating, drinking, smoking, drugs of any kind, sexual intercourse, unruly thoughts, and other forms of worldly pleasure. This fasting is ordained in the Quran, and is observed by devout Muslims throughout the daylight hours of the 29 or 30 days of the lunar month of Ramadan. There are some exceptions, for example for children, pregnant women, people who are traveling more than 150 kilometers and sick Muslims. Travelers, and sick Muslims have to fast the days that they didn't fast in it in another days after they cure.Children do not have to fast until puberty. In addition, women on their menstrual cycle do not have to fast either.

As well as fasting, Muslims spend more time praying during this period. Sawm is intended to honor their Prophet Muhammad. Ramadan is in the 9th month on the Islamic calendar.


[edit] Zakāt, the paying of alms
Main article: Zakat
Zakat means both purification and growth through the compulsory donation of alms to the poor.
Zakāt is 2.5% of a Muslim's net worth or value of their holdings, not just his/her earnings. (Source: Smith, Huston. "The World's Religions," p. 246, (c) 1991.)


[edit] Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca
Main article: Hajj
Anyone who is Muslim can perform the hajj, regardless of where they are from. Muslims must perform this pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime if affordable.
During the Hajj the Muslims recall what happened to important people in their history. Muslim and Western researches trace these traditions to Muhammad's own performance of the Hajj. It is a way for Muslims to commemorate Muslims actions.


[edit] The order of the Hajj
Muslims arrive at the Port of Jaddah, and walk to Mecca. Nearing Mecca, Muslims change into a white cloth called an Ihram. This shows equality among themselves. Rich or poor, black or white, all stand side by side. They all pray to the House of Prayer

Answer 6

just another way to control populations through fear and intimidation except this religion has worked in ways to cover for killing any one that does not follow it.

Answer 7

its a very old religion

Answer 8

it has nothing to do with fish fer sure.

asalam malakim

Answer 9

its a religion lol!!