What are the major beliefs in Islam?
The six basic Beliefs in Islam are the beliefs in: 1) Allah (the one God). 2) Angels of Allah. 3) Books revealed by Allah (including the final, uncorrupted revelation: The Qur’an). 4) Messengers of Allah, from Adam to Muhammad (peace be upon them.) 5) Day of Judgement — the Day when all our actions in this life will be judged by Allah, and we will be rewarded or punished. 6) Al-Qadar or the Supremacy of the Divine Will and Knowledge. A Muslim has to mould his or her entire life based on ‘submission to God,’ Islam. The most essential practices are known as the Five Pillars of Islam. They consist of the following: 1) Shahadah (‘bearing witness’) – The sincere belief in: ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger.’ 2) Prayer – Performing the five daily prayers. 3) Fasting – abstention from food and drink from dawn to sunset of every day of the month of Ramadan (a holy month in the Islamic calendar.) 4) Charity – Giving a certain portion of one’s wea
