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Islam is built on five

The Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi, hadith No.3

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Arabic edition text

1

عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ:

Narrator

On the authority of Abdullah, the son of Umar ibn al-Khattab (ra), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, "Islam has been built on five [pillars]: testifying that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establishing the salah (prayer), paying the zakat (obligatory charity), making the hajj (pilgrimage) to the House, and fasting in Ramadhan.

Word by word
عَنْ
'an
from
أَبِي
abi
Abu (father of)
عَبْدِ
'abdi
Abd
الرَّحْمَنِ
l-rahmani
al-Rahman
عَبْدِ
'abdi
Abd (servant of)
اللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
بْنِ
b'ni
son of
عُمَرَ
'umara
Umar
بْنِ
b'ni
son of
الْخَطَّابِ
l-khattabi
al-Khattab
رَضِيَ
radiya
may be pleased
اللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
عَنْهُمَا
'anhuma
with them both
قَالَ
qala
he said
2

سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم يَقُولُ: بُنِيَ الْإِسْلَامُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ: شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَإِقَامِ الصَّلَاةِ، وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ، وَحَجِّ الْبَيْتِ، وَصَوْمِ رَمَضَانَ .

Matn

" [Bukhari & Muslim]

Word by word
سَمِعْت
sami'tu
I heard
رَسُولَ
rasula
the Messenger of
اللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
صلى
salla
may bless
الله
l-lahu
Allah
عليه
'alayhi
him
و
wa
and
سلم
sallama
grant peace
يَقُولُ
yaqulu
saying
بُنِيَ
buniya
is built
الْإِسْلَامُ
l-is'lamu
Islam
عَلَى
'ala
upon
خَمْسٍ
khamsin
five (pillars)
شَهَادَةِ
shahadati
the testimony
أَنْ
an
that
لَا
la
there is no
إلَهَ
ilaha
god
إلَّا
illa
except
اللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and that
مُحَمَّدًا
muhammadan
Muhammad
رَسُولُ
rasulu
is the Messenger of
اللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
وَإِقَامِ
wa-iqami
and establishing
الصَّلَاةِ
l-salati
the prayer
وَإِيتَاءِ
wa-ita'i
and giving
الزَّكَاةِ
l-zakati
the zakah
وَحَجِّ
wa-hajji
and pilgrimage to
الْبَيْتِ
l-bayti
the House
وَصَوْمِ
wa-sawmi
and fasting
رَمَضَانَ
ramadana
Ramadan
3

[رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ] ، [وَمُسْلِمٌ]

Word by word
رَوَاهُ
rawahu
narrated it
الْبُخَارِيُّ
l-bukhariyyu
al-Bukhari
وَمُسْلِمٌ
wa-mus'limun
and Muslim

Lesson

The five pillars are the frame of a Muslim's practice; everything else rests on them, so learning and living by the faith begins with them.

Read in the Qur'an:2:433:97

Text within an-Nawawi's collection: the Arabic source edition and the Ukrainian translation by the “Nur” project (by meaning).