Arba'un 3 — Islam is built on five

الأربعون 3 — بني الإسلام على خمس

Abdullah ibn Umar's hadith on the pillars of Islam, the third hadith of al-Nawawi's Forty and of Ibn Rajab's commentary; transmitted by al-Bukhari (8) and Muslim (16) through Ikrama ibn Khalid, Sa'd ibn Ubayd and Muhammad ibn Zayd from Ibn Umar, and also by Ahmad (2/143), al-Tirmidhi (2609), al-Nasa'i, Ibn Khuzayma, Ibn Hibban and others; a version from Jarir ibn Abdullah al-Bajali is transmitted by Ahmad (4/363–364). Ibn Rajab explains Islam as a structure resting on these five supports, with belief in God and His Messenger included within islam (Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam pp. 121–130).

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«بني الإسلام على خمس: شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا عبده ورسوله، وإقام الصلاة، وإيتاء الزكاة، وحج البيت، وصوم رمضان»

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Hadith of Abdullah ibn Umar on the pillars of Islam, the third in the Forty Hadith and in Ibn Rajab's commentary. Islam is built on five pillars as a building on its supports, and faith in God and His Messenger is included within Islam. 1

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The five pillars of Islam· Islam (the religion and the term)
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Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab

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The shahada· Arba'un 8 — I was ordered to fight the people· Muslim 16 — Islam is built on five· The five pillars of Islam· Islam (the religion and the term)· Fitra (innate disposition)· Iman (faith)· The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)

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  1. Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
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The shahada

The testimony that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is God's messenger, named first in the hadith 'Islam is built on five' that lists what Islam is built on.