What are the five pillars of Islam?

 

The most important Islamic practices are the Five Pillars of Islam. The five pillars of Islam are:

 

(1) Shahada (testimony of faith)

(2) Salah / Salat (Five prescribed daily prayers)

(3) Zakat (charity for the Poor)

(4) Saum (fasting during the month of Ramadan)

(5) Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

SOURCE: https://efdawah.com/read-shahada/

THE "FIVE PILLARS" OF ISLAM ARE NOT IDENTIFIED AS "PILLARS" IN THE QURAN
Quran 13:2 - "It is Allah who erected the heavens without PILLARS..."
SOURCE: Saheeh, Daryabadi, AYA, , Shakir, Khan/Hilali, Muhammad Sarwar, Arberry, N.J.Dawood, J.M.Rowell.

Quran 31:10 - "He created the heavens without PILLARS..."
SOURCE: Saheeh, AYA, Maududi, Khan/Hilali, Shakir, Muhammad Sarwar, Arberry, N.J.Dawood, J.M.Rodwell.

Quran 89:7 - "[With] Iram - who had lofty PILLARS" - SOURCE: Saheeh, AYA, Khan/Hilali, J.M.Rodwell,

Quran 104:9 - In PILLARS stretched forth... - SOURCE: Khan/Hilali, Abdul Majid Daryabadi.
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Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 1, Book of Belief, Hadith 7
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles):
1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle.
2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly.
3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) .
4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca).
5. To observe fast (Saum) during the month of Ramadan.
Classification: Sahih (Authentic), SOURCE: https://muflihun.com/bukhari/2/7
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40 Hadith Nawawi (3) , Hadith 3 & 8
On the authority of Abdullah, the son of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
‘I heard the Messenger of Allah say, “Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity
worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the salah (prayer),
paying the zakat (obligatory charity), making the hajj (pilgrimage) to the House, and fasting in Ramadan.”’
Classification: Sahih (Authentic), SOURCE: https://muflihun.com/nawawi/3 & https://muflihun.com/nawawi/8
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Riyad as-Saliheen (1271), Book of Hajj, Hadith 1
bn 'Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah said, "(The superstructure of) Islam is based on five (pillars),
testifying the fact that La ilaha illallah wa anna Muhammad-ar-Rasul-ullah [there is no true god except Allah,
and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah], establishing As-Salat (the prayers), paying Zakat (poor due),
the pilgrimage to the House [of Allah (Ka'bah)], and the Saum (fasting) during the month of Ramadan."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. Classification: Sahih (Authentic), SOURCE: https://muflihun.com/riyadussaliheen/11/1
see also Riyad as-Saliheen (1075), Riyad as-Saliheen (1206)
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Sunan an-Nasa'i (5001), Vol. 6, Book of Faith and its Signs, Hadith 5004
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that: A man said to him: "Why don't you go out and fight?" He said: "I heard
the Messenger of Allah say: 'Islam is built on five (pillars): Testimony that there is none worthy of worship
except Allah, establishing Salah, giving Zakah, Hajj, and fasting Ramadan.'" Classification: Sahih (Authentic)
SOURCE: https://muflihun.com/nasai/47/5004

PAYING ZAKAT (ALMS) IN THE QURAN (14 Verses)
Quran 4:162, 6:141, 7:156, 9:60, 19:31, 19:55, 21:73, 22:41, 22:78, 23:4, 24:37, 24:55, 30:39, 41:7.

 

The amount of times the word "Establish Prayer..." and "pay Zakat" - (18 Verses)
Quran 2:43, 2:83, 2:110, 2:177, 2:227, 4:77, 5:12, 5:55, 9:5, 9:11, 9:18, 9:71, 24:56, 27:3,
31:4, 33:33, 35:29, 58:13, 73:20.
 
SAUM (RAMADAN) IN THE QURAN (10 VERSES)
Quran 2:183, 2:184, 2:185, 2:187, 2:196, 4:92, 5:89, (5:95), 33:35, 58:4.