To testify that there is none worthy of worship besides
Allah, to perform regular prayer, to give regular charity,
to fast in the month of Ramadan and to perform the
pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime if affordable and
able.
8.1 Belief in One God
And they have been commanded no more than this: To
worship Allah, offering Him sincere devotion, being true
(in faith); ... and that is the Religion Right and Straight.Ch 98: V5
8.2 Salah (Prayer)
8.2.1 Purpose: for the remembrance of Allah
(Allah said): “There is no god but I: So serve Me (only),
and establish regular prayer for My remembrance.”Ch 20: V14
8.2.2 At prescribed times
... But when you are free from danger, set up regular
prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on believers at
stated times.Ch 4: V 103
8.2.3 Preparation for prayer: Ablution
O you who believe! When you prepare for prayer, wash
your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows;
rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the
ankles. If you are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bath
your whole body. But if you are ill, or on a journey, or
one of you comes from the toilet, or you have been in
intimate contact with women, and you find no water,
then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub
therewith your faces and hands, Allah does not wish
to place you in difficulty, but to make you clean, and to
complete His favour to you, that you may be grateful.Ch 5: V7
8.2.4 Need to know (be conscious of) what is said in
prayers
O you who believe! Approach not prayers with an
intoxicated mind, until you can understand all that you
say...Ch 4: V 43
8.2.5 Acts of bowing and prostrating
... You will see them bow and prostrate themselves
(in prayer), seeking Grace from Allah and (His) Good
Pleasure...Ch 48: V29
8.2.6 Shortening of prayers when in danger
When you travel through the earth, there is no
blame on you if you shorten your prayers, for fear the
unbelievers may harass you ...Ch 4: V 101
8.3 Zakaah (Charity)
Refer to Economic laws section (24)
8.4 Fasting
8.4.1 Prescribed
O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it
was prescribed to those before you, that you may guard
against evil.Ch 2: V 183
8.4.2 For the complete month of Ramadan
Ramadan is the (month) ... So every one of you who
is present (at his home) during that month should
spend it in fasting, but if anyone is ill, or on a journey,
the prescribed period (should be made up) by days
later. Allah intends ease for you; He does not want to
put you to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete the
prescribed period, and to glorify Him in that He has
guided you; and perchance you shall be grateful.Ch 2: V185
8.4.3 Laws relaxed for the night
Permitted to you, on the night of the fasts, is the
approach to your wives. They are your garments and
you are their garments. Allah knows what you used to
do secretly among yourselves; but He turned to you
and forgave you; so now associate with them, and seek
what Allah has ordained for you, and eat and drink,
until the white thread of dawn appear to you distinct
from its black thread; then complete your fast till the
night appears; but do not associate with your wives
while you are in retreat in the mosques. Those are limits
(set by) Allah: approach not near thereto. Thus doth
Allah make clear His Signs to men: that they may learn
self-restraint.Ch 2: V 187
8.5 Hajj (Pilgramage)
8.5.1 Hajj is a duty owed to Allah if you can afford it
The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that
at Bakka(Mecca): Full of blessing and of guidance for all
kinds of beings:
...Pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe to Allah, - those
who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith, Allah
stands not in need of any of His creation.Ch 3: V96-97
8.5.2 Holy Mosque in Mecca - political centre
Allah has appointed the Ka’bah, the Sacred House, as a
place of congregation and a centre ...Ch 2: V 125
8.5.3 Good behaviour during Hajj
... Whoever undertakes the journey shall abstain
from marital relations, not indulge in ungodliness nor
wrangle during the (prescribed days of) Hajj.Ch 2: V 197
8.5.4 Comprises sacred rites
Such (is the pilgrimage): whoever honours the sacred
rites of Allah, for him it is good in the sight of his Lord...Ch 22: V 30
8.5.5 Arafat and Muzdalifah (Masharil-Haraam)
... but when you press on in the multitude from ‘Arafat,
remember Allah at Masharil Haraam (Muzdalifah).
Remember Him as He has guided you, although before
you were of those astray,Ch 2: V 198
8.5.6 Tawaaf (Circumambulating around the Kaba)
Then they should complete the prescribed rites, perform
their vows and go around the ancient House.Ch 22: V 29
8.5.7 Saee - going around Safa and Marwa
Surely Al-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the Signs of
Allah. It is, therefore, no sin for the pilgrim or he who
performs Umrah, to make tawaaf (go around) around
the two.Ch 2: V 158
8.5.8 Sacrifice during Hajj
……The sacrificial camels We have made for you as
among the symbols from Allah …. Eat you thereof and
feed the needy ...Ch 22: V 36
8.5.9 Uphold the spirit of Hajj on your return home
And when you have completed your devotions, then
remember Allah as you remember your fathers but with
far more heart and soul.Ch 2: V 200