Islam and what is islam and its basis

 Islam and what is islam and its basis. 

Every muslim has to know what Islam is. 

Islam means submission to Allah alone upon tawheed. 

And islam has five pillars.

The first is to bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is his messenger.

The second most important is to establish the prayer.

The third is to give zakaah which is annual money given out to charity. It is 2.5% of the yearly income one takes from it and give as charity.

The fourth is to observe the fasting of Ramadan.

The fifth is to make the prilgrimage to hajj.

These are the five pillars of islam.

There are six fundamentals of faith.

The first is believe in Allah, his angels, his sacred books, his messengers, believe in the last day, believe in qadr whether good or evil is from Allah.

And we have one fundamental of ihsan which is to believe or worship Allah as if one sees him and if one does not see him, then he sees us.

And islam is into three categories.

A muslim, a mu'min and ihsan.

And these are rank according to our deeds.

As reported in hadith,

It was narrated that Yahya bin Ya'mar and Humaid bin ‘Abdur-Rahman al-Himyari said:

We met 'Abdullah bin 'Umar and discussed the divine decree (al qadar) and what others said concerning it. He said: When you go back to them, say; Ibn ‘Umar has nothing to do with you and you have nothing to do with him - three times. Then he said: ‘Umar bin al Khattab رضي الله عنه told me that whilst they were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ , a man came to him walking, with a handsome face and hair, wearing white clothes. The people looked at one another (as if to say): We do not know this man and he does not look like a traveller. Then he said: O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , shall I come to you? He said: `Yes.` So he came and put his knees against his knees and his hands on his thighs and said: What is Islam? He said: `To testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , to establish regular prayer, to give zakah, to fast Ramadan and to go on pilgrimage to the House.` He said: What is faith (eeman)? He said: “To believe in Allah, His angels, Paradise and Hell, resurrection after death and thedivine decree, all of it.” He said: What is ihsan? He said: `To strive for the sake of Allah as if you see Him, and even though you do not see Him, He sees you.` He said: When will the Hour come? He said: `The one who is asked about it does not know more than the one who is asking.” He said: What are its portents? He said: `When the destitute, barefoot, naked shepherds compete in constructing lofty buildings, and the slave women give birth to their masters.” Then he said: `Call the man to me.” They looked for him but they saw no trace of him. Two or three days passed, then he said: “O Ibn al Khattab, do you know who that was who asked about such and such?” He said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: `That was Jibreel who came to teach you your religion.` A man from Juhainah or Muzainah asked him: O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , what are we striving for? Is it something that is already decided or is it something that is evolving right now? He said:`For some-thing that is already decided.` The man or one of the people said: O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , then why should we strive? He said: “The people of Paradise will be enabled to do the deeds of the people of Paradise and the people of Hell will be enabled to do the deeds of the people of Hell.` Yahya said: And that is how it is.

Musnad Ahmad 184

These are the basis of Islam.