The nuclear forty On the authority of Abu Abdul Rahman Abdullah bin Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with them both, he said I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, say Islam is built on five testimonies: There is no god but God And that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger Performing prayers and paying zakat Hajj to the House and fasting during Ramadan Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim This hadith shows that Islam is based on great foundations A Muslim's faith is not valid without it The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, likened Islam to building To indicate that these pillars They are the pillars on which religion is based The more a Muslim maintains it His faith was strong and his religion was upright