{"id":16618,"date":"2026-05-06T01:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=16618"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:37:11","slug":"what-are-the-five-pillars-of-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=16618","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Five Pillars of Islam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>By Editorial Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/what-is-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islam<\/a> is like a high building that is built on five pillars. If one of them is imperfect, the whole building will collapse. These five pillars are the most important thing for the Muslim to learn.<\/p>\n<p>What are these five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured-posts\/less-5-mins-pillars-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pillars\u00a0 of Islam<\/a>? What is the significance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/acts-of-worship\/prayer\/the-second-pillar-of-islam-the-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prayer<\/a>? Why do Muslims pay the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/acts-of-worship\/zakah\/the-third-pillar-of-islam-zakah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zakah<\/a>? Why do Muslims fast in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/acts-of-worship\/fasting\/15-hadiths-on-ramadan-and-fasting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ramadan<\/a>? What is the wisdom of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/acts-of-worship\/hajj\/hajj-is-over-now-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hajj<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Watch this video to know more about these five pillars:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Are the Five Pillars of Islam? (The Faith)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KrmOnrZPtOQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have a question about Islam and Muslims, please feel free to have a one-to-one live chat with us:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Website:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chatonfaith.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.chatonfaith.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Facebook:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>================<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCmOzgWOz_OfwBShm-q3eekg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guide to Islam<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/what-are-the-five-pillars-of-islam\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the five pillars of Islam? What is the significance of prayer? Why do Muslims pay the zakah? Why do Muslims fast in Ramadan? 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