United Islamic Trust South Windsor Connecticut
Welcome to Islamic Center of South Windsor. We have been providing the basic day to day services to the Muslim community including five daily prayers; Friday communal prayers; Eid Prayers and Islamic Evening Education for our youth. Madrasah: Qur’aan and Islamic studies classes (for children aged 5 to 16)
Pillars Of Islam
“I witness that there is no god but God and I witness that Muhammad is His messenger.” Since the profession of faith is an integral part of daily prayer, the practicing Muslim recites it repeatedly.
Each Muslim should pray five times a day: in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, after sunset, and early at night. These prayers can be said anywhere, prayers that are said in the company of others are better than those said alone.
Another pillar is the fast (sawm) kept each year in the ninth month in the lunar Muslim calendar, Ramadan. While the fast lasts, neither food nor drink may be taken from sunrise to sunset, but they are allowed at night.
The third pillar is the giving of alms, or a special tax, to the needy (zakat). Traditionally, this tax is paid in conjunction with the large celebration held when the month of fasting is over.
At least once in his or her lifetime, every Muslim whose health and finances permit should make the pilgrimage to Mecca to carry out various rituals, including walking seven times around the Kaaba.
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