1. Shahadah: Confession of faith. "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His messenger."
2. Salat: Prayer. All Muslims are to pray five times every day, facing Mecca.
3. Zakat: Tithing. Muslims must give at least 2.5 percent of their total wealth to the poor and needy.
4. Sawm: Fasting. During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims are to refrain from food, water, and sex from sunrise to sunset.
5. Hajj: Pilgrimage. If at all possible, at least once in a lifetime Muslims are to travel to Mecca to engage in rituals of prayer and worship at the central shrine in Islam's holiest city.
The Qur'an
The Qur'an, in Arabic, is the perfect Word of Allah.
The Qur'an contains 114 chapters, or suras.
Muslims believe that the Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel.
The Qur'anic material was composed from 610 through Muhammad's death in 632.
The final compilation was completed about 650.
The Prophet
Most Muslims believe that Muhammad was sinless, but not divine.
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