ʿAqīdah
عقيدة
إسلام
Islām
Definition
Submission to Allah through the five pillars — shahādah, ṣalāh, zakāh, ṣawm, and ḥajj.
Example
The Prophet ﷺ said Islām is built on five; in the Hadith of Jibrīl, Islām is the outward submission, īmān the inward belief, and iḥsān the spiritual refinement.
See also
Īmān
Faith — affirmation in the heart, declaration on the tongue, action by the limbs. It rises with obedience and falls with sin.
Iḥsān
Excellence in worship — to worship Allah as though you see Him, and if you do not see Him, to know He sees you.
Shahādah
Testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muḥammad is His Messenger — the key to Islam.
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