At times, we always seem to forget our basics. Let’s Refresh and Review!
“The Pillars of Islam (Arkanul Islam) are five:
(1) Bearing witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah (The Syahadah)
(2) Doing the Solat
(3) Giving the Zakat
(4) Fasting in Ramadhan
(5) Making Hajj, pilgrimage to the House of Allah, for whoever is able to
The above are to be done with sincerity and belief to Allah swt. Whoever is not sincere is a munafiq (hypocrite); and whoever does not believe with his heart is a kafir.”
[ the quoted above is an excerpt from Risalatul Jamiah (Essentials of Islam) by Ahmad ibn Zayn ibn ‘Alawi ibn Ahmad al-Habashi, translated by Abdul Aziz Ahmed, p. 9]
I ask Allah to let us always remember this by heart. (: