The Fruits of Worship taqwa Contributors to this volume provide

Contributors to this volume provide perspectives based on research material as well as personal encounters

this work offers an in-depth discussion of ritual purity (taharah)

he explores how Fethullah Gülen is one of those speaking most vocally in favor of a world community

Rudolph Bilal Ware

shari‘a and political affairs

The Fruits of Worship taqwa Contributors to this volume provideEmphasizing the character of the religion of Islam as consisting of faith and practice, this book analyzes thoroughly the five most important pillars of Islam that form the core of Islamic life, namely the profession of faith, the prayer, which is the first practical manifestation of faith, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage to Mecca. Explaining lucidly the necessity of fulfilling these pillars of Islam with the intention of pleasing God and purely for