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Glimpses of World Religions
Deen = religious acts. The Muslims are commanded to do 5 holy acts. These five holy acts, in order, are : (1) Kalams, (2) Namāj, (3) Rojā, (4) Jakat, (5) Haj.
Islam lays special stress on good conduct. Jakat – Alms or charity. To spend away for himself, what is earned by himself is a sin. From the earnings, certain portion should be reserved for the poor, orphans and fakirs. Charity done in secrecy has been more valued. All livng beings are members of God's family and he who acts for the welfare of those family members of God is the most loved one by God.
Kalams mean Mantra. Take for instance, “Allah is one and Hajrat Muhommad is his Paigambar.” The act of reading this ‘Kalam’ is called as 'learning by heart of Kalmo'. In the Koran, there is a message given of (the virtue of) religious tolerance. “In the matter of religion, there must not be any kind of force or compulsion.” Meccā-Madeenā are holy places of pilgrimages and one who does that pilgrimage - i.e. does Haj is called holy person – “Hajee”. Hadis :
The collections of materials describing the daily routine deeds of prophet Muhommad Saheb and his dialogues-talks are called “Hadis”. As these collections afford the best explanations of the teachings of the Koran judged from the behaviours of Muhommad Saheb, the importance of them greatly increases. In all, there are 6 Hadises. In the Hadis, it is written as regards Namāj, “Namāj is a spring of quite pure water, which flows by your compound, and bathe five times in it in a day.”
Islam Dharma which believes in the adage “to be infatuated with this world is the root of all sins” asks us again and again to perform good acts. Thus, Islam Dharma is beneficial from any point of view.
