Why is daily prayer important in the five pillars?

Answer 1

the importance of prayer is HUGE. on the day of judgement humans will be asked about salah(prayer). if it is good everything else will be good, if it is bad everything else will be bad. also if a person does correct wudu(cleaning of oneself before praying) and then performs correct salah all his sins will be forgiven and this is with each salah, allah has made it eayse for his servents. In the Quran it says many times about being steadfast in prayer. the importance of Salah in Islam is HUGE and very very important, some muslims underestimate the power of salah.

a good muslim should at the very least:

Pray five times a day at the correct times

Fast Ramadan(all 30 days) unless excused(like sickness, being elderly ect.)

Pay Zakat(chairity you MUST pay)

make Hajj once in a lifetime(if your healthy and have enough money to make the trip)

and of course all of this must be done for the sake of Allah and only Allah. all worship in islam must be pure and for the intention of pleasing Allah. there is no good deed to small so we must try and do as much good as we can for the sake of Allah even if it means smiling at a sad person or giving your brother a kind word. nothing is too small if it is for the sake of Allah the one true and only god.

My Allah be pleased with us muslims and may Allah guide the Christains, jews and others to the right path as he is able to do all things. Salaam wa'alikum

Answer B

according to shia Islam although prayer is important but it is not in five pilllars of Islam.

Five Pillars of Islam according to shia Muslims are:

1. Monotheism: The Oneness of Allah (tawhid)

2. Divine Justice ('adl)

3. Prophethood (nubuwwa)

4. Succession to Muhammad (imamat)

5. The Day of Judgement and the Resurrection (Qiyama)

Practices of Islam according to shia Muslims:

1- Prayers (salaat) - 5 times a day

2- Fasting (sawm) during Ramadan

3-4. Alms giving (zakaat and khums)

5- Pilgrimage to the city of Makkah (hajj)

6- Holy Defense (Jihad)

7-8. Enjoining good (amr bil-ma'rouf) and forbidding evil (nahiy an al-munkar)

9- Supporting those who walk in the path of Allah (tawalli li awliyaa' Allah)

10- Turning away from the enemies of Allah (tabarri min a'daa Allah)

Five Pillars of Islam according to Sunni Muslims are:

1. professing (Shahadah)

2. Prayer (Salat)

3. Alms-giving (Zakāt)

4. Fasting (Sawm of Ramadan)

5. Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)

also different schools of sunni have differs in five pillars. for example Mu'tazilate Sunni Scholars like shia consider Adl as one pillar. but Ash'arites does not believe Adl is one of Pillars although believing in Adl as an attribute of God but with an interpret of Adl that in view of shia and Mu'tazilate is equal to not having Adl.