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layout: post
title: "The claim that Islam is based on morals and not Salah"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah, Fatwa no. 17114, Question1"
category: [fatwas, salah]
hijri: Muharram 15, 1442
locale: en
lang: en
date: 2020-09-03
note: true
excerpt: "Some people say that Islam is not just to perform Salah or Prayer, but it is to be of good manners. What is your opinion regarding that?"
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman:
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Shaykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/zayd/
---

### Question: 

Some people say that Islam is not just to perform Salah (Prayer), but it is to be of good manners. What is your opinion regarding that?

### Answer:

Islam is made up of sayings, deeds, and conviction. Salah is one of the Rukns (pillars) of Islam and fostering good manners is an Islamic requirement. However, it is not permissible to confine Din (religion) to nobility of character and abandon the Rukns and the Wajib (obligatory) acts of Islam.