The Fabricated Pillars of Islam

[Dr. Shabbir]

THE FABRICATED PILLARS OF ISLAM
The term Pillars of Islam is absolutely non-Qur'anic. There is no such term as 'Imaad-id-Deen in the Book. ('Imaad means pillars.) But the "Imams" have designated Faith, Ritual prayer, 2.5% of wealth as Charity, Fasting and Pilgrimage as the so-called Five Pillars of Islam. They, however, abjectly fail to describe the building! Guarding human rights, benefiting people is the central theme in the Qur'an. Give and grow! Bukhari relates a strange and incomplete statement here, "The foundation of Islam is on five." Notice the word 'Pillars' missing even here, betraying the half-hearted attempt at forgery.

Moreover, the Shi’a Pillars of Islam are quite different:
1. TAWHEED (Oneness of God), 2. 'ADL - (Justice), 3. NUBUWWAT (Belief in the Prophets of God) A Prophet is sinless (ma'soom). The total number of prophets that were sent by God to mankind is 124,000 and every nation on earth was given guidance through them, 4. IMAMAT (Guidance) - Essentially part of Nubuwwat - Belief that prophethood ended with Prophet Muhammad a.s. Then God deputed Imams (leaders) to guide us. They are sinless (ma'soom). The Imams have knowledge from God, and their verdict is the verdict of God. The Imams are twelve and they are the only rightful leaders and successors of the Holy Prophet. There is no successor to the Twelfth Imam Muhammad ibnul Hassan Mahdi who is alive today but in occultation (hiding) until the 5. QIYAMAT (The Resurrection).