Five pillars of Islam mentioned in the Bible
Pillars are the fundamentals principles of Islam which are obligatory upon every Individual Muslim to believe and practice through all days of their life. ISLAM was build upon five (5) pillars. They are: 1) TAUHEED (Believe that, there is no God but ALLAH and Muhammad (Pbuh) is the messenger of ALLAH). 2) SALAAT (The five daily prayers) 3) ZAKAAT (Giving Alms or Charity). 4) SAWM [Fasting in the month of Ramadan (9th Month of Islam)]. 5) HAJJ (Pilgrimage to Mecca; this obligatory upon those who are financially and physically sufficient to perform once in life time). WHAT THE BIBLE REALLY TEACHES It is exhilarating in our zest to extricate our Christian brothers from eternal judgement; for that, I was highly exulted when I discover that what the Bible really teaches as part of worship does not differ from these five pillars of ISLAM. The testimony of the Bible attested to the fact that, these five pillars of Islam are what the Prophets sent by God did and practice as part of their method of worship. The following examples will suffice: TAUHEED Tauheed is the monotheistic believe in one God; without the association of any Partner to Him in worship, it was the first Islamic Creed that one Most utter and believe before being a Muslim. It goes thus, “I TESTIFY, THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER”. This creed is exactly what the prior prophets believe and command their people to believe. For example, “God Says, I am the lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; you shall have no other gods before me, you shall not make for yourself any graven Image or any likeness of anything that is in the heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow down to them or serve them: for I the lord your God, I am a Jealous God. Visiting the Iniquities of the Fathers upon the Children to their third and forth Generation of those who hate me. And showing steadfast love to thousand of those who love me and keep my commandments”. This verse is teaching Tauheed (pure monotheism) which is the worshiping of one and only true God; without the association of any partner to him in worship. When Moses was reporting the commandments to his people; he said, “The first of all commandments is hear, O Israel, the lord our God is one lord”. Deuteronomy 6:4. If we also refer to the book of Isaiah; God says, “I am the first and lam the last and beside me, there is no God”. Isaiah 44:6 ……that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he (God) before me, there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I even, I am the lord and beside me there is no Saviour”. Isaiah 43:11 Similarly, Jesus was asked by a man, “Good master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? And Jesus answered and said unto him, why do you call me good? There is no good but one that is God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments”. Mark 10:17-18 When Jesus was asked about the first commandment, he said, “The first of all commandments is, hear, O Israel; the lord our God the lord is one”. Mark 12:29 According to the fore quoted biblical references, what Jesus Christ enjoins on his followers is the worship of only one God. So those who believe in three gods as one (Trinity); are they true Christians that believe the teachings of the Bible and the Prophets or they are pagans and polytheists? The second part of this Islamic Creed, after believing in one God is, “I TESTIFY THAT MUHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF GOD” This creed is possibly applied to all messengers of God. For example, during the time of MOSES; what one will say to become a believer before Moses is, “I TESTIFY THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH AND MOSES IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH”. JESUS utters the same ISLAMIC creed in Favour of his followers. Jesus said, “And this is life eternal that they might know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” John 17:3 for some one who wants to become a believer during the time of Jesus, what he will say with epitome to the above passage (John 17:3) is, “I TESTIFY THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH, AND JESUS IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (GOD)”. This is the same to all messengers sent by God. If you are a Christian; ask yourself if you have ever utter this creed once in your oath of allegiance to Jesus Christ, if you did; then you can still believe in Muhammad while you believe in Jesus Christ (may peace be upon them) because they are from one God and at the same time sent with the same message; which is the total submission of mankind to the will of God. 2. SALAAT (PRAYER) This is the second pillar of ISLAM which is obligatory upon every individual Muslim to perform five times daily. The method of praying practiced by Muslims (kneeling, bowing, prostrating, etc.) were strange to our loyal Christians, but not strange to the prior Prophets sent by God. As the Bible records, the way we (Muslims) pray is exactly as the prior Prophets did prayed. For example: ABRAHAM [PROPHET IBRAHIM] (A.S) “And Abraham, fell on his face and God Talk with him saying……..” Genesis 17:3 JOSHUA [PROPHET YUSHA’U] (A.S) “And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and did worship” Joshua 5:14. MOSES [PROPHET MUSA] (A.S) AND AARON [PROPHET HARUN] (A.S) “And they (Moses and Aaron) fell upon their faces and the glory of the lord appeared unto them” Numbers 20:6 LOT [PROPHET LUT] (A.S) “And Lot seeing them rose up to meet them and he bow himself with his face towards the ground” Genesis 19:1 ELIJAH [PROPHET WALYASA’A] (A.S) “And Elijah went up to the top of camel: and he cast himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees. I kings 18:42. DAVID (PROPHET DAWUD] (A.S) “Come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the lord our maker”. Psalm 95:6 EZRA [PROPHET UZAIR] (A.S) It really satiates our curiosity when we analyze that, Ezra and his people had performed a mobilized congregational prayer that perfectly epitomized the system observed by the Muslims in their Mosques. Muslims often gather themselves every Friday for a mobilized congregational prayer with a minimum number of twelve Muslims present. Thus the passage reads, “And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they have made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah and Maaseiah, on his right hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadanah, Zechariah and Meshullam. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was standing above all the people) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: and Ezra blessed the lord the great God. And all the people answered Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the lord with their faces to the ground”. Nehemiah 8:4-6 If a Muslim will find a rip of the above passage; he might expect it coming from a Muslim book of prayer (SIFFAT SALAAT) for the lucid analogy we have observed between them. However, it will be more perspicacious if we analyses the passage in a paraphrased order. 1. “And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood which they have made for that purpose”. Nehemiah 8:4 The above reference epitomize what the Muslims called “KHUTBA” (Sermon) which the IMAM (leader of the prayer) usually observed before the commencement of every Friday congregational prayer; which he did by standing upon a pulpit as exactly performed by Ezra. (See Nehemiah 8:4). In addition, the number of people that performed the congregational prayer with prophet Ezra is thirteen (13) which is compatible with the Islamic injunction; Islam obligates the minimum number of people to observe a Friday congregational prayer to twelve (12). 2. “Ezra opens the book”. Nehemiah 8:5 When Ezra opens the book; did he just look at the book? Instead, he reads it to the people. At first, the Imam (Leader of the Muslims prayer) will deliver a sermon to admonish the Maamus (the people following the prayer) which includes quotations from the glorious Qur’an and the Hadith (the tradition of our beloved prophet). After that, the Qur’an is recited at the beginning of every Raka’at (Performance). This is as exactly performed by prophet Ezra (pbuh). (See Nehemiah 8:5) 3. “For he (Ezra) was standing above all the people”. Nehemiah 8:5 During the sermon, the Imam (leader of the Muslims prayer) stands above the people on a pulpit as exactly performed by Ezra. See illustration below: Muslims during Friday congregational prayer; the Imam stands on the pulpit to deliver the sermon as did by Ezra (Nehemiah 8:6) 4. “When he (Ezra) opened the book, all the people stood up”. Nehemiah 8:5 It is an obligatory act of prayer (in Islam) that one must first stand (TAKBIR IHRAM). So, after delivering the sermon, the Imam stands in the front while the followers stands at his back as exactly performed by Ezra. See illustration below: . 5. “And Ezra blessed the lord THE GREAT GOD. And all the people answered Amen! Amen!! With lifting up their hands”….. Nehemiah 8:6 Amazing, this is exactly as observed by the Muslims in their mosques; the Imam leading the prayer will first lift up his hand and say “ALLAHU AKBAR” which corresponding English translation means “GOD IS GREAT” [Compare it with what the passage says, “And Ezra blessed the lord; THE GREAT GOD. (Nehemiah 8:6)] And all the followers at the back will do after him. See illustration below: Muslims in prayer session; lifted up their hands in prayer and submission to the Great God as did by Ezra. See Nehemiah 8:6 Secondly, when Ezra blessed the Lord; all the people answered; Amen, Amen,” (Nehemiah 8:6). Blessing the Lord is one of the obligatory aspects of the Muslims prayer. Our beloved Prophet Muhammad says in a Hadith, “There is no validity in the salaat (prayer) of any one of you; who prayed without reading the Mother of the Qur’an [Sura Al-Fatiha (the opening)”. Mother of the Qur’an (Sura Al-Fatiha) is the first chapter of the Qur’an; it read thus, “Praise be to Allah (God); the Lord of the world, the beneficent, the merciful. Master of the day of judgement. You alone we worship and you alone we ask for help. Guide us unto the right part; the part of those whom you have bestowed your favour; not the part of those who earn your anger; nor the part of those who go astray”. There is no biblical statement that can compare with this in its beauty and style of praise to God. 6. “And all the people answered; Amen, Amen,” Nehemiah 8:6 The same event took place in the Muslims mosques; when the first chapter of the Qur’an (Surah Al-Fatiha) was first recited by the Imam leading the Prayer, the followers at the back answered, Ameen. 7. “And they bow their heads”. Nehemiah 8:6 This is what the Muslims called, Ruku’u (bowing); after recitation from the verses of the Qur’an, it is the next thing that Muslims did after saying Ameen, as observed by prophet Ezra and his people. See illustration below. Muslims in bowing position (RUKU’U) during prayer as did by Ezra in Nehemiah 8:6 8. “And worshipped the lord with their faces to the ground”. Nehemiah 8:6 This is what the Muslims called, sujud (prostration) which follows immediately after bowing the head (Ruku’u) as did by Ezra and the people. See illustration below. Muslims worshipped the lord God with their faces to the ground as did by all the fore mentioned prophets (see the beginning of this chapter). Another significant point alluded in the passage is that; Ezra and his people had performed this prayer on the holy day. After the congregational prayer, Ezra said to the people, “Go your way, eat from the fat and drink from the sweet; for this day is holy to our lord”. Nehemiah 8:10,11 Muslims holy day of the week is FRIDAY which is the compatible day that Muslims observe their congregational prayers as exactly practiced by prophet Ezra and his people. Most Christians sees the Muslims prayer as a spiritual dance or an unnecessary movement of the body; not knowing that, the Muslims prayer finds its origin from the Bible. For this reason, we are not amazed; Allah the exalted has said in the Qur’an. “Muhammad is the messenger of God; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating (in prayer), seeking bounty from God and (His) pleasure. Their mark (i.e., sign) is on their faces (i.e. foreheads) from the trace of prostration. That is their example in the Torah (Taurat). And their description in the gospel (Injeel) is as a plant which produces its offshoot and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their stalks, delighting the sowers – so that He (Allah) may enrage them the believers. Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among them forgiveness and a great reward”. Qur’an 48: 29. The veracity of this passage can be analyzed from the gospels; the above verse stipulates that, the Muslims prayer was epitomized in the Torah and the gospel. In attestation to this, Jesus (Peace be upon him) also prayed with his face to the ground as exactly practiced by the Muslims. Read the forthcoming epithets: “And he (Jesus) went a little further, and fell on his face and prayed saying…… Mathew 26:39 “And he (Jesus) went a little, and fell on the ground. And prayed that…… Mark 14:35 So, if you are a Christian, please, Judge in Yourself whether you pray in your Churches as the fore mentioned Prophets did prayed; if you pray as this Prophets did Prayed, then you are a good Christian; What only remains for you is to move further and believe in the Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) as the last messenger of God and become a full Muslim, because what he brought (ISLAM) is the continuation of the religion of all the Prophets that preceded him. According to the narration from Mark and Mathew, Jesus prayed to God with his face to the ground as Muslims often do in their Mosques. Visit the Muslims mosques and see how they pray; you will not find a slight difference as to how the fore mentioned Prophets prayed. So if you are a real follower of Jesus (Pbuh) (True Christian) then you worship God with your faces to the ground as he does. ANGELS OF GOD The Angels of God also worshipped God with their faces to the ground as Muslims often do in their Mosques. This was recorded in revelation 11: 16 which says, “And the four and twenty elders (of the angels) which sat before God fell upon their faces and worship God”. f the angels will fell upon their faces and worship God, why should you go to your Churches singing and dancing for God as a method of worship? Have you ever read of any Prophet in the Bible who gathers people teaching them how to sing and dance as a form of worship? Muslims Prayed five times daily on an arranged time from dawn to night. This was also ordered in the book of David (psalm); it says, “From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the lord is to be praised”. Psalm 113:3. So, according to the Bible, praying to God is to be done daily; (and not only the Sunday specified by most Christians), as Muslims offer obligatory prayers five times daily. PROPHET DANIEL also pray to God three times daily; the passage reads, “….he (Daniel) kneels upon his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God as he did before time”. Daniel 6:10 The above passage elucidates the kneeling position usually observed by the Muslims in their daily prayers. See illustration below. So during the time of Prophet Daniel, the number of times given for obligatory prayers is thrice; tradition tells us that, some prophets were ordered to pray once daily. During the time of our beloved prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) the limit extended to five times daily. More over, the verse that appears on the first chapter of the Qur’an is, “PRAISE BE TO ALLAH (GOD) THE LORD OF THE WORLD”. Muslims often recite this; five times daily in addition to multiple times in their supererogatory prayers (Additional prayers that one observes to earn more rewards). This is as prophet Daniel usually did in his daily prayers. SAWM (FASTING) Fasting is the third pillar of Islam. It means; abstention from eating, drinking, indecent behaviour and any sexual approach from dawn to sun set. It is the obligation of each and every individual Muslim to observe FAST in the month of Ramadan (9th Month of ISLAM). The Qur’an says, “O You who believe; FASTING is prescribed for you as was prescribed for those that came before you (i.e. the time of Abraham, Moses, Jesus etc.) That you may become Al-Muttaqin (the righteous). Qur’an 2:183 The efficacy of the above Qur’anic verse stipulates that, FASTING as was prescribed upon the Muslims; was also prescribed upon the previous prophets. The testimonies of the Bible attest to this. It says, “And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month that they proclaimed a FAST before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem. Jeremiah 36:9 Amazing, the people of Jeremiah observed their Fast in the Ninth month exactly like the Muslims observed every year; it is obvious that, the world Muslims fast in the NINTH MONTH of the ISLAMIC calendar (MONTH OF RAMADAN). Before Muslims fasts the 30 days of the ninth month, (RAMADAN), the pious fasts the first ten days of the 8th MONTH (SHA’ABAN) as supererogatory; this makes 40 days fast. The testimony of the gospel intuited that, Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) had performed exactly like the Muslims; the passage reads, “And when he (Jesus) has fasted forty days and forty nights afterward, he was an hungered”. The number of days which Jesus fasted is exactly as the Muslims did once every year. Jesus Christ satiates the relevance of fasting when he says, “Blessed are those who hungered and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled”. Mathew 5: 6 “When you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting”. Mathew 6:6, The above passage elucidates what Islam called, “RIYA’I” (Doing good works in order to seek appreciation from others; not God). It is one of the greatest sins in God’s sight. ZAKAAT (CHARITY OR ALMS) Zakaat is the charity or alms ordered by God to be given to the poor, needy, etc. on an annual prescription. It is not the scope of this book to analyze how or who is Zakaat supposed to be given to. Qur’an says, “Establish the prayer and give Zakaat (Alms) or Charity”. Qur’an 2:48 Jesus Christ (Pbuh) reveres the obligation of alms giving when he says, “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them, for then you have no reward from your father in heaven. But when you give Alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing”. Mathew 6:1-3 Similar instruction was given by our beloved prophet Muhammad (Pbuh). He says in a Hadith that, “He is among those who will receive God mercy on the Day of Judgment, he who when giving alms, his left hand does not know what his right hand is giving. The fore going biblical references will sufficed one that ISLAM is the continuation of the religion of all the Prophets; including Jesus Christ (Peace be upon him).

HAJJ (PILGRIMAGE) Pilgrimage is a ceremonial journey to Mecca that is inferred obligatory upon those who are healthy and financially sufficient. Muslims world over, circumblates round the sacred stone (KA’ABAH); chanting the glory and unity of God. The Qur’an mentioned the name of the city as BACA. It reads, “Verily the first house of worship appointed for mankind was that at BACCA (MECCA) full of blessing and guidance for the entire world. Qur’an 3:96 It is alluring that the name of the city “BACCA” was clearly mentioned in the Bible; it says, “Who Passing through the Valley of BA’CA, make it a well, the rain also filled the pools”. Psalm 84: 6 The well mentioned, is the well known as ZAMZAM which Hagar (the mother of Ishmael); miraculously found under the feet of her son (Ishmael). The Bible says, “Then God opened her (Hagar) eyes and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin of water. And gave the boy (Ishmael) a drink”. Genesis 21: 19 This well (Zamzam) was presently in Mecca where Muslims went every year to perform pilgrimage. For a perspicuous reference on pilgrimage, trace the following passage. “All the flocks of kedar shall be gathered together to you; the rams of Nebioth shall minister to you: they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory”. Isaiah 60:7. An illustration depicting the pilgrims in their pilgrim garb; the rich and the poor appeared in white linen expressing their humbleness and humility in submission to God. See Isaiah 60:7 The flocks of Kedar mentioned in the above passage are the Arabs; the descendants of Ishmael through Kedar. Kedar is the second son of Ishmael according to Genesis 25:13. Ezekiel 27:21 reads, “Arabia and all the princess of Kedar”. With this few biblical evidences, one can know that, Islam is the only religion mentioned by God Almighty through his Prophets; Allah the Exalted says, “Verily the religion with Allah is Islam; those who were given the scriptures (Jews and Christians) did not differ except out of mutual jealousy after knowledge has come to them”. Qur’an 3:19.

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Islam the complete religion.
Abraham came to tell about one God so his noah, moses, Joseph,jesus and mohammed.
The all tell there people to worship nobody but God the one true God who created the heaven and earth. To cap it all a muslim is not yet a muslim until he or she belief in all this prophet from Adam to mohammed.
May Allah forgive us our sins and bless us to further understand the teaching of islam.The absolute and complete way of life.