THE SEEKERS' AID IN UPHOLDING THE RELIGIOUS DUTIES

The Prophet (SAW) said, ‘Islam is built upon five (pillars): the testimony that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, establishment the prayer, paying zakat, making the hajj to the House, and fasting in Ramadan’ (narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim).

 This short treatise succinctly presents each of these five pillars with the detail necessary for their correct understanding and application.

 The author; Shaykh ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Ghunaymi al-Maydani (d.1298/1800 or 1881), was born and raised in Damascus. There he memorised the Quran and studied under the foremost scholars of the time. As well as his expertise in Islamic Law, he was also renowned for his exemplary piety. He is most famous for his popular commentary on the Hanafi legal classic Mukhtasar al-Quduri known simply as al-Lubab.