SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBER 5
booklet compiled by Lalitha Venkat for Anita Ratnam (Artistic Director, Arangham Dance Theatre)
Source: Internet
ISLAM
* In Islam 5 is a sacred number. Foremost are the five Pillars of
Islam: profession of faith, CHAHADA; ritual prayer, SALAT; legal alms,
ZAKAT; fast of the Ramadan, SAWM; and the pilgrimage to Mecca, HADJ.
* Muhammad was five years old when his father Abdullah died.
* The five "takbirs" or formula of prayer, in the Islamic
religion. Prayers are said five times every day. There are five
categories of Islamic law and five law-giving prophets (Noah, Abraham,
Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad).
* In Islam, particularly Shia Islam, the Panjetan or the Five Holy
Purified Ones are the members of Muhammad's family including: Muhammad,
Ali, Fatima, Hasan, Husayn and is often symbolically represented by an
image of the Khamsa.
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