Question

What are the meanings of these? Sawm Salat Hajj Zakat Jihad Shahada

Answer 1

Sawm = fasting from dawn until dusk during Ramadan, one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

Salat = the ritual prayer of Muslims, performed five times daily in a set form, one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

Hajj = the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which every adult Muslim must make at least once in his or her lifetime.

Zakat = is a form of obligatory charity that has the potential to ease the suffering of millions