What is the Social Structure of Islam?

Answer 1

There are 5 main pillars of Islam and 6 main pillars of faith in Islam

The 5 pillars of Islam are:

1- Believing and bear witness that there is no God but Allah, and the bear witness that Mohammad is a messenger of the god (Allah).

2- The Ritual prayer of Islam. (SALAH)

3- Zakat, or mandatory charity, which is like a tax levied annually upon the Muslim's savings and investments.

4- The fasting of Ramadhan (a month of the Hijra calendar).

5- the pilgrimage, or Hajj. This is a duty binding only on those who are physically able and who can afford it.

The 6 pillars of faith in Islam are:

1- Believe in God (ALLAH).

2- Beilieve in God's Angels.

3- Believe in the Books of God; such as the Holy Qur'an (revealed to Momhammad), Torah (revealed to Moses), Psalms (revealed to David), Gospel (revealed to Jesus).

4- Believe in God's Messengers, who include among others, Adam the first man, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus and Muhammad, the Last of the Prophets. "There never was a people to whom a prophet was not sent." (Holy Qur'an).

5- Believe in the Last Day, the Resurrection of the dead, the Day of Judgment, and the Eternal Life Hereafter.

6- Believe in Divine Pre-ordainment. Every thing that happens here, whether good or bad, can happen only with the knowledge of God.

Answer 2

There wereee main social classes of ancient Islam. They were the Clergy and Nobles, the common folk such as merchants and businessmen, and the slaves.

Answer 3

The social hierarchy of Islam starts from the Prophet Adam (Peace Be upon Him) and it goes continue with whosoever accepted Islam to the last Muslim of the world.