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- Muslims recite the words “La ilia Allah, wa Muhammadun results Allah” meaning “There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God”
- This is the most significant of the Five Pillars
- Muslims proclaim this several tomes a day
- By saying this declaration it defines you as Muslim

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- The Salah is the act of Muslims praying five times a day
- To pray muslims must cleanse themselves (wudu), where proper clothing, and use a mat (qilblah)
- Muslims can pray wherever they are at the given moment as long as it is clean
- the five times of prayer are
1. between dawn and sunrise
2. after mid-day
3. between late afternoon and sunset
4. between sunset and the end of daylight
5. night until Dawn

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- Zakah is almsgiving
-Muslims believe almsgiving is an obligation and it is a way someone can be freed from things that are obstacles to Allah
-  two and one half times one’s savings is the normal amount of wealth on should share
- Almsgiving is got the rich and the poor to be involved in

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-Ramadan is month-long fast during the ninth Islamic lunar month
- the point of fasting is to remember the month when Muhammad received his first revelation
- Islamic fasting means to avoid food from dawn to sundown
- People should try to not argue and focus on the positives
- Ramadan ends with the major celebration of Eid-al-Fitr (the Festival of Breaking the Fast)

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- the last pillar is a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca
- on the twelfth month of the islamic calendar
- only completed once in one’s life
- reflects rituals/actions performed by Abraham and his family
-  people in Hajj run back and forth between two hills, similar to how Hagar did looking for water for her sun Ishmael (Zam Zam)
- Abraham instead of sacrificing Ishmael was told to sacrifice a lamb; in Hajj lams are sacrificed.
- Through the Ángel Gabriel God told Abraham the rituals of the Hajj
- The pilgrimage ends with the Festival of Sacrifice, Eid al Adha

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- This practice is similar because we as Catholics believe there is no God but God

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- This differs from the practices of the Catholic faith because as Catholics we do not have a specific saying we recite at all times of the day
-  Catholics also do not claim Muhammad as the messenger of God

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- The Catholic faith encourages to pray whenever we feel the need to in any location like how Muslims pray in any location they are in those moments

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- The catholic church encourages almsgiving during all times of the year to those who are less fortunate than us

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-  Catholics do not have to pray at certain times or amounts during the day
- Catholics do not have the say a certain prayer like the Salah, rather we speak from the heart directly to God
- Catholics do not necessary need to be cleansed or use a mat while praying

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- In the catholic church almsgiving is one of the three pillars of the Lenten season
- We do not see almsgiving as an obligation rather an necessary part of Catholic life

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- Fasting is a similar to both Muslims and Catholics as we both practice this act towards God
-Like Muslims fasting is meant not to be a somber and disciplinary act

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- Catholics do not fast for a whole month like Muslims, rather they have two primary days of fasting (Ash Wednesday and Good Friday)
- Catholics can eat one full meal then two smaller meals
- Catholics when fasting must also abstain from meat
- As Catholics we only fast during the season of Lent on the two obligatory days and every Friday during Lent we are to abstain from meat

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- Catholics also go on pilgrimages to become closer and connect with God spiritually
- Catholics believe they are dependents of Abraham just as Muslims do

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- We Catholics do not participate in the Hajj or see pilgrimage as a necessary event to be Catholic
- When it comes the Abraham Catholics believe God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac not Ismael on mount Moriah
- This is where the two religions differ greatly because although we see Abraham the same, we believe God’s true son to be Isaac