Application of Faith

God has ordained four major exercises of faith, some are daily, some weekly, some monthly, some annually and some are required at least once in a lifetime.
1. Prayer:
It is a matchless and unprecedented formulate of intellectual meditation and spiritual devotion, of moral elevation and physical exercise, all combined.
The meaning of prayer is many fold: It is a lesson of discipline, a practice in devotion and remembrance of God, a safeguard to indecency, an expression of gratitude and repentance to God, a demonstration of true equality and fellowship, a course of inner peace and stability.
2. Fasting
Fasting is abstaining completely from eating, drinking and sexual relations from the break of dawn till sunset. It is performed once a year for the duration of the lunar Islamic month of Ramadan (ramazan).
It is a matchless Islamic institution, which teaches one the principal of sincere devotion to God.
3. Charity (Zakah)
Zakah refers to the annual amount, which a Muslim with means must distribute among the needy and the poor.
Zakah has a deep humanitarian and socio-political value; for example it frees society from class welfare from ill feelings and distrust and from corruption.
Although Islam does not hinder private enterprise or condemning private possessions, it does not tolerate greedy capitalist.
Every Muslim, male and female at the end of the year must give Zakah at the minimum rate of 2.5% on the net savings after paying expenses, taxes etc.
4. Pilgrimage (Hajj)
The pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime is obligatory upon every mentally, physically and financially fit Muslim.
It is the largest annual convention of faith on earth (more than 2.5 million in 1995). Muslims from every corner of the globe assemble to demonstrate the unity of humankind in response to the call of God.
Peace is the dominant them. Peace with God with one’s soul, with one another, with all living creature. To disturb the peace in any way is strictly prohibited.
Hajj commemorates the Divine rituals observed by Prophet Abrahim and his son Ishmael, who were the first pilgrims to the house of God; the Ka’bah. It is performed in the remembrance of the grand assembly on the Day of Judgment when people will stand equal before God.