Five Pillars of Islam Five level of prayers!!! SubanAllah its so amazing

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Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullaah) said:

And mankind, with regard to their performance of prayer are in five levels:

The First: The level of the one who is negligent and wrongs his soul: He is the one who falls short in performing wudhoo (ablution) properly, performing the prayer upon its time and within its specified limits, and in fulfilling its essential pillars..




The Second: The one, who guards his prayers upon their proper times and within their specified limits, fulfils their essential pillars and performs his wudhoo with care. However, his striving (in achieving the above) is wasted due whisperings in his prayer so he is taken away by thoughts and ideas.





The Third: The one who guards his prayers within the specified limits, fulfils their essential pillars and strives with himself to repel the whisperings, thoughts and ideas. He is busy struggling against his enemy (Shaytaanor Satan) so that he does not steal from the prayer. On account of this he is engaged in (both) prayer and jihaad.




The Fourth: The one who stands for the prayer, completes and perfects its due rights, its essential pillars, performs it within its specified limits and his heart becomes engrossed in safeguarding its rights and specified limits, so that nothing is wasted from it. His whole concern is directed towards its establishment, its completion and its perfection, as it should be. His heart is immersed in the prayer and in enslavement to his Lord the Exalted.




The Fifth: The one who stands for the prayer like the one mentioned above. However, on top of this, he has taken and placed his heart in front of his Lord Azzawajall, looking towards Him with his heart with anticipation, (his heart) filled with His love and His might, as if he sees and witnesses Allaah. The whisperings, thoughts and ideas have vanished and the coverings which are between him and his Lord are raised. What is between this person and others with respect to the prayer, is superior and greater than what is between the heavens and the earth. This person is busy with his Lord Azzawajall, delighted with Him.



The First type will be punished, the second type will be held to account, the third will have his sins and shortcomings expiated, the fourth will be rewarded and the fifth will be close to his Lord, because he will receive the portion of the one who makes his prayer the delight and pleasure of his eye. Whoever makes his prayer, the delight and pleasure of his eye, will have the nearness to his Lord Azzawajall made the delight and pleasure of his eye in the hereafter. He will also be made a pleasure to the eye in this world since whoever makes Allaah the pleasure of his eye in this world, every other eye will become delighted and pleased with him.

(Source: Al-Waabil us-Sayyib)
 

Shia believe in the Five Pillars of Islam, as do Sunnis, but categorize them differently. Shia beliefs include the following:

Principles of Faith (Us?l AL-D?n)

* Tawhid (Oneness): The Oneness of God

* Adela (Justice): The Justice of God

* Nubuwwah (Prophethood): God has appointed perfect and infallible prophets and messengers to teach mankind the religion (that is, a perfect system of how to live in "peace" ("submission to God")).

* Im?mah (Leadership): God has appointed specific leaders to lead and guide mankind ? a prophet appoints a custodian of the religion before his demise.

* Qiy?mah (The Day of Judgment): God will raise mankind for Judgment - the Day of Resurrection

Branches of Religion (Fur? al-D?n)

* Salat (Prayer) ? meaning "connection", establish the five daily prayers, called nam?z in Persian and Urdu

* Sawm (fast) ? fasting during the holy month of Ramadhan, called r?zeh in Persian

* Zakat (Poor-rate) ? charity. Zakat means "to purify".

* Khums ("Fifth" of one's savings) ? tax

* Hajj (Pilgrimage) ? performing the pilgrimage to Mecca.

* Jih?d (Struggle) ? struggling to please God. The greater, internal Jihad is the struggle against the evil within one's soul in every aspect of life, called jih?d akb?r. The lesser, or external, jihad is the struggle against the evil of one's environment in every aspect of life, called jih?d asgh?r. This is not to be mistaken with the common modern misconception that this means "Holy War". Writing the truth (jih?d bil qalam "struggle of the pen") and speaking truth in front of an oppressor are also forms of jih?d.

* ?Amr bil-Ma?r?f ? commanding what is good

* An-Nahy ?ana l-Munkar ? forbidding what is evil

* Tawalla ? loving the Ahlu l-Bayt and their followers

* Tabarra ? dissociating oneself from the enemies of the Ahlu l-Bayt
 
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