Seven Pillars of Islam (Ismaili)

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Sunni Five Pillars of Islam
Shahādah - Profession of faith Salat - Prayer Zakât - Paying of alms (giving to the poor) Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca
Sunni Six articles of belief
Tawhīd - Oneness Nabi and Rusul - Prophets and Messengers Kutub - Divinely Revealed Books. Malā'ikah - Angels Qiyâmah - Judgment Day Qadar - Fate
Shia Twelvers Principles of the Religion
Tawhīd - Oneness Adalah - Justice Nubuwwah - Prophethood Imamah - Leadership Qiyâmah - Judgment day
Shia Twelvers Practices of the Religion
Salat - Prayer Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca Zakât - Poor-rate Khums - One-fifth tax Jihad - Struggle Amr-Bil-Ma'rūf - Commanding good Nahi-Anil-Munkar - Forbidding evil Tawalla - Loving the Ahl al-Bayt Tabarra - Disassociating Ahl al-Bayt's enemies
Shia Ismaili 7 pillars
Walayah - Guardianship Taharah - Purity & cleanliness Salat - Prayers Zakât - Purifying religious dues Sawm - Fasting during Ramadan Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca Jihad - Struggle
Others
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Shi'a Ismaili Seven Pillars of Islam have three doctrines that are not included in the Sunni Five Pillars of Islam: Walayah, Taharah and Jihad. This would raise the total to eight, but Ismailis do not include Shahadah, lowering it to seven <ref>[1]</ref>.

The ordering of the pillars as understood by Ismailis is as follows:

walayah (love and devotion) for Allah, the Prophets, the imam and the dai
taharah (purity & cleanliness)
salah (prayers)
zakah (purifying religious dues)
sawm (fasting)
hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
jihad ("struggle"), in the sense of the Biblical "Faith without (good) works is dead"

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