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  • noun the first pillar of Islam is an affirmation of faith

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Examples

  • For example, of the five pillars of Islam, only the first, the shahadah, is more belief-oriented than a practice like the other four.

    Questions about Islam JDsg 2007

  • On the walls there were colorful paintings of old Baghdad streets, with their overhanging balconies; pastel paintings of mosques; a drawing of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, inscribed with the shahadah, the Muslim profession of faith; a watercolor of the family tree of the Prophet Muhammad, in reds and blues; and the ninety-nine names of God printed in Arabic calligraphy.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • On the walls there were colorful paintings of old Baghdad streets, with their overhanging balconies; pastel paintings of mosques; a drawing of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, inscribed with the shahadah, the Muslim profession of faith; a watercolor of the family tree of the Prophet Muhammad, in reds and blues; and the ninety-nine names of God printed in Arabic calligraphy.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • So if Obama was registered at the public school as a Muslim, and took the religious instruction for Muslims, then he must have recited the shahadah.

    Sound Politics: Re: Giuliani is looking interesting 2007

  • (And even there, we recite the shahadah at least once in every prayer.)

    Questions about Islam JDsg 2007

  • I'm putting this post up partly because of my pride in this masjid (it was where I first made shahadah), but also because I appreciated this minister's open-mindedness, which shows quite clearly in his writing.

    Archive 2006-03-01 JDsg 2006

  • Softy that I am, I actually started to get a little teary-eyed when the one woman (not one of the intervieweees) announced that she wanted to take the shahadah right then and there.

    Turning Muslim in Texas JDsg 2006

  • Softy that I am, I actually started to get a little teary-eyed when the one woman (not one of the intervieweees) announced that she wanted to take the shahadah right then and there.

    Archive 2006-01-01 JDsg 2006

  • There are a number of conditions attached to the recitation to the shahadah in order for a reversion to be valid, one of which is sincerity: to become a Muslim, one must be sincere in his or her beliefs.

    Archive 2006-09-01 JDsg 2006

  • There are a number of conditions attached to the recitation to the shahadah in order for a reversion to be valid, one of which is sincerity: to become a Muslim, one must be sincere in his or her beliefs.

    Salaam 'alaikum (peace be unto you). JDsg 2006

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  • the First Pillar of Islam: profession of faith.

    October 7, 2007