#  Five Pillars of Islam 

 



The five pillars of Islam are regular acts of worship Muslims are called upon to perform: the *Shahadah* (“witness” that there is no god but God and Muhammad is “the Messenger of God), *Salat* (“ritual prayer,” five times daily), *Zakat* (“purification” or almsgiving), *Sawm* (“fasting” during Ramadan), and *Hajj* (pilgrimage to Makkah).