In Islamic teaching, what is the 5 pillars of Islam and 6 articles of Faith?
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nFive Pillars:\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n1.           The first and foremost of these pillars is testifying to the oneness of God. By testifying to the divine oneness, one is recognizing God as the sole entity to worship, to attach one's ultimate loyalty. Such recognition frees one from bondage of matter and values that enslave, cripple, and dehumanize one.\n\n      2.           The next most important pillar is offering five daily Prayers at the appointed times: dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, dusk, and before retiring to bed. Prayer in Islam is a direct communion with God, without any intermediary; it bestows on us grace, serenity, tranquility, and peace.\n\n      3.           The next foremost pillar of Islam is offering charity. A believer parts with at least a minimum of two and a half percent of his or her wealth for the poor and needy, although he or she is encouraged to give more.\n\n      4.           Fasting in the month of Ramadan closely follows charity as the fourth pillar. It is an institution intended to teach empathy with the poor, besides inculcating in us the need to overcome and transcend our physical desires in order to deepen our spiritual awareness.\n\n      5.           Finally, pilgrimage (Hajj) to the house of God in Makkah, the house built by God's prophets Abraham and his son Ishmael. Pilgrimage brings us face to face with people of all races and colors, and challenges us to break the walls that separate us from one another and to embrace the true brotherhood of humanity as the sacred bond that unites all of us under the lordship of the one and only God.\n\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nBasic faiths (articles of faith):\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n 1.           Belief in the oneness and unity of God. This entails belief in God as the one and only Creator, Cherisher, and Sovereign Lord of the entire universe.\n\n      2.           Belief in God's angels. Angels are spiritual beings who are engaged in glorifying God and doing His bidding.\n\n      3.           Belief in the Scriptures (revelations) that contain God's communications to His prophets and messengers. Among the scriptures are [the original] Torah, [the original] Gospel, and finally the Qur'an, which confirms and preserves intact the pristine, perennial religion revealed to all of God's prophets and messengers.\n\n      4.           Belief in prophets and messengers. These were message bearers from God, who called mankind unto God; they were ideal Muslims (i.e., they submitted themselves wholly and totally to the will of their Lord). In this sense, the prophets are our true role models, as they represent the best of what humanity can aspire to and become.\n\n      5.           Belief that both good and bad are decreed by God, as He alone is in charge of the entire universe.\n\n      6.           Belief in the Last Day when all of humanity will stand before their Lord for final reckoning, where one's good as well bad deeds will be scrutinized by the One Who knows all.\n\n\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nYes, as mentioned above in no. 3, it is obligatory for Muslims to believe in the Bible and Torah. Brief explanation of the Muslim belief in Bible:\n\n    Bible contains both the genuine teachings of the Prophet Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) as well as those added to it by later Christians. We, as Muslims, are to believe in everything that Jesus taught. Since we have no way of knowing which of those teachings are genuine other than through their confirmation by the Final Revelation, namely, the Qur'an, we reject everything that is contr
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faith\nhope\ncharity\nfortitude \njustice\ntemperance\nprudence
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Among the above three beliefs, Only Islam is logic. No matter whatever standard you choose, Islam will qualify and pass every test.\n\nAlthough every Faith tells you about good things But Islam not only tells you to do good things but shows you how to achieve it practically. Islam is a practical Faith and especially suited for Human Being... If you still doubt, give it a try...
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The teachings of the Quran is the word of god that was sent by the Angel Gabrielle to the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). SOme of the teachings became the five pillars of islam\n1. There is one god and his Propet is Muhammed\n2. To give 5% of your yearly income to the poor if you can\n3. To pray five times a day facing Mecca\n4. To visit mecca once during you lifetime\n5. To fast during the holy month of Ramadan\nthose are jst some of the teachings of the quran
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Many would think first pillar of Islam is easiest, since it is to believe that there is no one else to be worshiped except Allah(God in Arabic) and to believe that Mohammed is his prophet. If one do have adequate faith in Allah it is also easy to get deviated from the first part and pray upon those other than Allah. This is worshiping those other than Allah. So very good patience and trust in Allah is required to remain firm in testing times of life and not to deviate from worshiping him alone. Regarding second part, when one accepts Mohammed as God's prophet, it also includes the message to follow Quran, which he received as messenger. So I would consider the first pillar more challenging and crucial among the pillars of Islam.\n\nIf the first pillar is strong then rest of pillars are easy to be fulfilled.
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Before the advent of Islam, there was a small group of people, who called themselves the followers of "Deen-e-Haneef", which was basically a monotheistic creed, ascribing to the belief of "one God" and adhering to the monotheistic practices of the Abrahamic tradition (these practices included: Sala'h (prayer), Sawm (fasting), Hajj (pilgrimage), Tawaaf (circumambulation of the Ka`bah), Ai`tikaaf (confinement to the mosque for concentrated worship) etc.). The Prophet (pbuh), it is generally believed, ascribed to this group. However, there is hardly any authentic information available on this topic in the books of history. Nevertheless, it should be remembered that the Qur'an has clearly stated that before the initiation of revelation, the Prophet (pbuh) was not fully aware of the details of faith and belief and neither of the divine laws (Al-Shooraa 42: 52).\n\n\nEDIT: At least i gave my source..! I didn't want to summarize all that, sorry.
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I am not a Muslim but you should be able to to find it at a Barns & Noble book store.  Interesting that the Koran references the Bible & Bible prophets throughout.
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i would suggest that u visit some islamic websites, they usually have topics on correlation between Bible and Qur'an\n\ni would post a link, but have no idea how *blush*
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You need proper guidance. And a better teacher to teach you islam and its background. I dont know why non-muslims always have wrong conceptions about islam.
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The Qur'an (Arabic القرآن al-qurʼān, literally "the recitation"; also called Al Qurʼān Al Karīm or "The Noble Qur'an"; also transliterated Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. Muslims believe that the Qur'an is the literal word of God in Arabic and the culmination of God's revelation to mankind, revealed to Muhammad, the final prophet of Islam, over a period of 23 years through the angel Jibril (Gabriel).
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Some Basic Islamic Beliefs \nThe religion of Islam is the acceptance of and obedience to the teachings of God which He revealed to His last prophet, Muhammad .\n1) Belief in God:\nMuslims believe in one, unique, incomparable God, Who has no son nor partner, and that none has the right to be worshipped but Him alone.  He is the true God, and every other deity is false.  He has the most magnificent names and sublime perfect attributes.  No one shares His divinity, nor His attributes.  In the Quran, God describes Himself:\n\n Say, “He is God, the One.  God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs.  He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none like Him.”  (Quran, 112:1-4)\nNo one has the right to be invoked, supplicated, prayed to, or shown any act of worship, but God alone.\nGod alone is the Almighty, the Creator, the Sovereign, and the Sustainer of everything in the whole universe.  He manages all affairs.  He stands in need of none of His creatures, and all His creatures depend on Him for all that they need.  He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and the All-Knowing.  In a perfect manner, His knowledge encompasses all things, the open and the secret, and the public and the private.  He knows what has happened, what will happen, and how it will happen.  No affair occurs in the whole world except by His will.  Whatever He wills is, and whatever He does not will is not and will never be.  His will is above the will of all the creatures.  He has power over all things, and He is able to do everything.  He is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and the Most Beneficent.  In one of the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad , we are told that God is more merciful to His creatures than a mother to her child. God is far removed from injustice and tyranny.  He is All-Wise in all of His actions and decrees.  If someone wants something from God, he or she can ask God directly without asking anyone else to intercede with God for him or her.\nGod is not Jesus, and Jesus is not God. Even Jesus himself rejected this.  God has said in the Quran:\n Indeed, they have disbelieved who have said, “God is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary.”  The Messiah said, “Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord.  Whoever associates partners in worship with God, then God has forbidden Paradise for him, and his home is the Fire (Hell).  For the wrongdoers, there will be no helpers.”  (Quran, 5:72)\n\nGod is not a trinity.  God has said in the Quran:\n Indeed, they disbelieve who say, “God is the third of three (in a trinity),” when there is no god but one God.  If they desist not from what they say, truly, a painful punishment will befall the disbelievers among them. Would they not rather repent to God and ask His forgiveness?  For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.  The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a messenger...  (Quran, 5:73-75)\nIslam rejects that God rested on the seventh day of the creation, that He wrestled with one of His angels, that He is an envious plotter against mankind, or that He is incarnate in any human being.  Islam also rejects the attribution of any human form to God. All of these are considered blasphemous.  God is the Exalted.  He is far removed from every imperfection.  He never becomes weary.  He does not become drowsy nor does he sleep.\nThe Arabic word Allah means God (the one and only true God who created the whole universe).  This word Allah is a name for God, which is used by Arabic speakers, both Arab Muslims and Arab Christians.  This word cannot be used to designate anything other than the one true God.  The Arabic word  Allah occurs in the Quran about 2700 times.  In Aramaic, a language related closely to Arabic and the language that Jesus habitually spoke, God is also referred to as Allah.\n2) Belief in the Angels:\nMuslims believe in the existence of the angels and that they are honored creatures.  The angels worship God alone, obey Him, and act only by His command.  Among
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http://pages.intnet.mu/islam/quran_mp3.htm
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There are many forms of worship for Muslims.  We have short prayers (dua) for anything that we do.  Muslims are suppose to mention the name of God before doing anything, even if is just bismillah (In the name of God).\n\nThere is the belief in the shahada (declaration) that there is no god but God, and Mohammad is the Messeger of God.\n\nThere is Salat (formal prayer) that is performed 5 times a day.  Someone left you a link for that.\n\nThere is Sawm (fasting) during the month of Ramadan.  Muslims do not eat, drink, smoke or have sexaul relations from sun up to sun down.\n\nThere is Hajj (pilgrimage) A journey to Mecca to see the holy Kabba during a certian Islamic Month (dul-Hajj)  There are many rituals during this.\n\nThere is Zakat - something similiar to a poor tax.\n\nShahadah, Salat, Sawm, Hajj, and Zakat are the five pillars of Islam.  Everything in Islam is based on this five pillars.
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READ THE TRUTH ABOUT ISLAM HERE:\nhttp://www.faithfreedom.org/index.htm\nAND HERE:\nhttp://www.apostatesofislam.com/index.htm
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COMMANDMENTS...\n\nJUST FOLLOW JESUS TEACHING IN MATTHEW AND LUKE  WHICH ARE IN LEV AND DEUT.\n\nLOVE GOD AND YOUR NEIGHBOR.\nALL THE REST WILL FALL IN LINE
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I've written my own book which I like to believe is interesting :P \n\nIt's basically about:\n1-God (His qualities, what He wants from us..)\n2-The stories of the prophets of God (lessons that can be learned from them, interesting stories)\n3- The history of Islam/life of prophet Muhammad PBUH.\n4-The Holy Qur'an (authenticity, greatest achievement of the Arabic language)\n5-The Misperceptions of Islam (e.g. Misinterpreted verses of the Qur'an)\n6- The Hereafter (i.e. Death, Judgement Day, Hell, Heaven - all in detail)\n\nThe good thing i guess about it is that the book can be read starting from any chapter. So people who are interested, for instace, to read about prophet Joseph, they can just go to his chapter and not read anything else\n\nhttp://spaces.msn.com/slimayn/\n\nPeace be with you
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That it summarizes what Islam is all about!\nPeace!