Hypothesis: Islamic rituals are important to the Islamic tradition. Characteristics of Islamic rituals include: purification, charity, fasting and prayer. The individual believer finds Islamic rituals important. Chairs and prayer are two of the main rituals. Introduction: Islamic tradition believes that rituals are extremely important. They have five pillars, each pillar has a ritual the five pillars are prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage to Mecca and profession of faith. Islam is a very ritualistic religion and uses prayer as a way to purify the body and soul. They do this by praying five times a day. This essay will explain to you the importance of rituals in religious practice, ritual practices in the Islamic tradition, the importance of rituals for the individual believer, and the meaning of prayer and charity for the Islamic tradition. Rituals are a religious ceremony consisting of "Entrance, preparation, climax, celebration and return" (Terry Lovat). Rituals are in every religion, Islam has prayer and charity, while Christians have baptism and the sign of the cross before prayer. The effect that religious rituals have on today's society is that it functions as a community and makes people feel part of something. Over many years religions have developed growing rituals as a way to worship their god. Worshiping their god means assuring the believer or society that they will be treated well in the afterlife as a praise for worshiping and praying to their god over there. Without rituals religions would just be a group of people, the meaning of rituals is that it brings everyone together to work as a group and pray together. Some rituals such as purification make the individual... middle of paper... every year as charity. The idea of ​​charity is about giving money to the poor, which helps the poor and helps the person who gave his money move towards holiness and submission to Allah. The effect that prayer has on the Islamic person is that the person who prays feels "inner happiness, peace, comfort and that God is pleased with him" (Matt Slick). Conclusion: in conclusion the Islamic religion has many characteristics such as prayer and charity, these rituals are important for the individual believer because they make him feel closer to God through help and prayer. The Islamic tradition has many rituals, such as the five pillars of faith. These are very important rituals not only for tradition but also for the individual believer. The Islamic religion is an interesting religion that should be studied further, so we can understand more about their tradition.