English translation
8. Narrated Ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنهما: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: Islām is based on (the following) five (principles): 1. To testify that Lā ilāha illallāh wa anna Muḥammad-ar-Rasul Allāh (none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh and that Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allāh). 2. Iqāmat-aṣ-Ṣalāt [to perform the (compulsory congregational) Ṣalāt (prayers)].(1) 3. To pay Zakāt(2). 4. To perform Haj. (i.e. pilgrimage to Makkah). 5. To observe Saum [fasts (according to Islāmic teachings)] during the month of Ramaḍān.
