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Seven Pillars of Islam (Ismaili)
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Part of a series on the Islamic creed:  |
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| Five Pillars of Islam | |
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Shahādah - Profession of faith |
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| Sunni Six articles of belief | |
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Tawhīd - Oneness |
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| Shi'a Twelvers Principles of the Religion (Usul al-Din) |
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Tawhīd - Oneness |
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| Shi'a Twelvers Practices of the Religion (Furu al-Din) |
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Salah - Prayer |
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| Shi'a Ismaili 7 pillars | |
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Walayah - Guardianship |
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| Others | |
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Kharijite Sixth pillar of Islam. |
Shi'a Ismaili Seven Pillars of Islam, including the Nizari, Druze, and Mustaali have three doctrines that are not included in the Sunni Five Pillars of Islam: Walayah, Taharah and Jihad. This would raise the total to eight, but the Bohra Ismailis do not include Shahadah, lowering it to seven. The Shahadah is a prominent part of other Ismaili traditions, with the added inclusion of " Alīyun Ameerul Mo'min wali Allah (علي ولي الله("Ali, the Master of Believers, is the friend of God")", at the end of the standard shahadah as recited by the rest of the Muslim Ummah. [1].
The ordering of the pillars as understood by Ismailis is as follows:
- walayah (meaning love and devotion) for Allah, the Prophets, the imam and the dai.
- taharah meaning purity and cleanliness. The Druze however changed this pillar to shahada, meaning statement of faith.
- salah meaning prayer.
- zakah meaning purifying religious dues.
- sawm meaning fasting.
- hajj meaning pilgrimage to Mecca.
- jihad meaning "struggle".
- Sunni Five Pillars of Islam and Six articles of belief and Sixth pillar of Islam.
- Shi'a twelvers Roots of Religion and Branches of Religion
- Shi'a Druze Seven Pillars
- ^ Article on 'Bohras' in OUP Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, John Esposito (ed), 1995, retrieved from [1]