Pillars of Islam

Sunni:

  • Shahadah (Profession of Faith)
  • Salat (Prayer)
  • Zakat (Almsgiving)
  • Sawm (Fasting)
  • Hajj (Pilgrimage)

Twelver Shia:

  • Tawhid (monotheism: belief in the oneness of God)
  • Adl (divine justice: belief in God’s justice)
  • Nubuwwah (prophethood)
  • Imamah (succession to Muhammad)
  • Mi’ad (the day of judgment and the resurrection)

Practices:

  • Salah
  • Sawm
  • Zakat
  • Khums
  • Hajj
  • Jihad
  • Enjoining good
  • Forbidding wrong
  • Tawalla: expressing love towards good.
  • Tabarra: expressing disassociation and hatred towards evil.

Ismailis

  • Walayah - “Guardianship” denotes love and devotion to God, the prophets, and the Ismaili Imams and their representatives
  • Tawhid, “Oneness of God”.
  • Salah prayer: Nizari Ismailis reason that it is up to the current imām to designate the style and form of prayer.
  • Zakat alm giving.
  • Sawm fasting.
  • Hajj to Imam or Mecca
  • Jihad “Struggle”