[أم سفيان]

In the Name of Allaah, the Extremely Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy

Imaam as-Sa`dee, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:¹



:The Prophet, may Allah raise his rank and grant him peace, said

(( بُنيَ الْإسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ: شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا أله إِلَّا اللهُ, وأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللهِ, وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ, وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ, وَحَجِّ الْبَيْتِ, وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ))

«Islaam is built upon five: Bearing witness that none has the right to be worshiped save Allah alone and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; establishing salaah; paying zakaah; performing Hajj; and fasting Ramadaan.»³ Agreed upon.

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Translated by Umm Sufyaan Faatimah

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[1] Imaam `Abdur-Rahmaan as-Sa`dee, Manhaj as-Saalikeen wa Tawdeeh al-Fiqh fī ad-Deen, p11.

[2] Related by al-Bukhaaree, no. 8 and Muslim, no. 16 from the hadeeth of Ibn `Umar, may Allaah have mercy upon him.