Wednesday, May 14, 2008

five pillars of islam

So ismailis are being attacked for not doing the five pillars of islam. That my friend is a rediculus thing to say because ismailis do the five pillars.

1. praying- ismailis do pray of course they dont pray five times a day but three times a day. Remember our beloved prophet even prayed three times a day. My question is if the Prophet prays three times a day why cant mere human beings pray three times a day? As long as the prayer has ayats and 17 rakats it should be ok right. Infact ismailis do have ayats and they do 18 rakats. Of course the wording and the gestures during prayer are different. Remember the quran doesnt tells us how to say our prayers but tells us to do prayer. Know before you attack ismailis about not following the sunnah remember that shias and most importantly the shia imami ismaili muslim claim that the prophet said "I am leaving behind two things the quran and the ahl al bayat follow these two and you will never go wrong". The agha khan is part of the Ahl Al Bayat according to the ismailis

2. Zakat- ismailis do this and give 12.5% of there income into zakat a big amount dont you think

3.Fasting- the ismailis maintain that there are two kinds of fast the physical and the spirtual. Ismaili do both. if there are ismailis that dont do the physical fast they are like other muslims who dont do the physical fast

4. shahada- ismailis say the shahahda

5. Hajj- First off if we were allowed into Makkah then maybe we would do this but any ways their are some requirments before doing hajj. The first requirment is that you must have money. the second requirment is that your family obligations are fullfilled, the third requirment is that you family must be able to live with out you, the fourth requirment is that the needy are fed and the neighbors are well looked after and if they need money for hajj you give it to them or if they need food you give your hajj money to them. IF ALL OF THESE REQUIRMENTS ARE FULLFILLED THEN YOU CAN GO TO HAJJ AND IF NOT YOU CANT AND IF YOU DO THEN YOUR HAJJ MEANS NOTHING. So no muslims in this world are ready for hajj

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