what is islam

The article: Predestination in IslamIn accordance with the Islamic belief in predestination, or divine pre ordainment , Allah has all knowledge and control on all that occurs. This is explained in verses of Qurran such as "Say: 'Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decided for us: He is our protector'..." For Muslims, everything in the world that occurs, good or bad, has been preordained and nothing can happen unless permitted by Allah.

 According to Muslim theologians, although events are pre-ordained, man possesses free will in that he has the faculty to choose between right and wrong, and is thus responsible for his actions and for his deeds. According to the tradition in Islam, all that has been decreed by Allah is written in al-Lawh al-Mahfuz, the "Preserved Tablet"

the article:Pillars of Islam

The Pillars of Islam (arkan-e-Islam; also arkan ad-din, "pillars of religion") are only five basic acts in Islam, considered obligatory for all believers. The Quran presents them as a framework for worship and a sign of commitment to the faith. They are first the shahadat  means creed. 

Thesecond one is daily prayers which is called in arabic salat,the third one is almsgiving in arabic zakat,the forth one is fasting during the month of Ramadan and the fifth oneis the pilgrimage to Mecca which is called in arabic hajj at least once in a lifetime. The Shia and Sunni sects both agree on the essential details for the performance of these acts.Testimony

Main article: Shahadat

The Shahadat, which is the basic thing of Islam that must be recited under oath with the specific statement: "'ašhadu 'al-la ilaha illa-llahu wa 'ašhadu 'anna muhammadan rasulu-llah", or "I testify there are no deities other than Allah alone and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." 

This testament is a foundation for all other beliefs and practices in Islam. Muslims must repeat the shahadat in prayer, and non-Muslims wishing to convert to Islam are required to recite the creed.

Prayer
Main article: Salat


muslim use to offer pray five times in a day is called sallat. salat is an important pillar of islam . Muslims perform salah in mosque.male person of home went to perform at mosque and ladies satay home and perform pray there.there are some additional salah for juma pray which muslims perform every juma and eid prays muslims celebrate two eids in a year eid-ul-azha eid-ul-fiter


Main articles: Zakat and Sadaqa
"Zakat" (Arabic: zakah "to give alms") is giving a fixed portion of accumulated wealth by those who can afford it to help the poor or needy one who can not even afford the food for there kids and themselves, and also to assist the spread of Islam.

 It is considered a religious obligation (as opposed to voluntary charity) that the well-off owe to the needy because their wealth is seen as a "trust from God's bounty". The Qur'an and the hadith also suggest a Muslim give even more as an act of voluntary alms-giving (sadaqah).Saqka of your family member is also save them from evals and bad luck indeed.



God
God in Islam


Allah means God in English language
Islam's most fundamental concept is a rigorous monotheism, called tawhid. Allah is described in chapter 112 of the Qur'an as"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him." Muslims repudiate the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and divinity of Jesus, comparing it to polytheism, but accept Jesus as a prophet. In Islam, Allah is beyond all comprehension and Muslims are not expected to visualize Allah anywhere. Allah is described and referred to by certain names or attributes, the most common being Al-Rahman, meaning "The Compassionate" and Al-Rahim, meaning "The most Merciful" (See Names of God in Islam) there are 99 different names of Allah each name describes Allah s differnt qualities.
Muslims believe that creation of everything in the universe is brought into being by Allah’s sheer command “‘Be’ and so it is.”and that the purpose of existence is to love and serve Allah. He is viewed as a personal god who responds whenever a person in need or distress calls him. There are no intermediaries, such as clergy, to contact Allah who states "We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein"
Allah is the term with no plural or gender used by Muslims and Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews to reference Allah, while ilah is the term used for a deity or a god in general. Other non-Arab Muslims might use different names as much as Allah, for instance "Tanri" in Turkish or "Khoda" in Persian.