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The term, "usul al-din," was not used in the [[Qur'an]] and [[hadith]]s, and it was coined by Muslims.<ref>Motahhari, ''Majmuʿa-yi āthār'', vol. 3, p. 96.</ref> It is conjectured that the use of the term, "al-usul al-khamsa" (the five principles), by [[Abu l-Hudhayl al-'Allaf]], a Mu'tazili theologian, paved the ground for the use of the word, "usul al-din".<ref>Guzashta, "Uṣūl-i dīn", p. 283.</ref> Since [[Ibn al-Nadim]] has attributed a book with the title, "usul al-din", to Abu Musa Murdar, some people think that the term was common in early 3rd/9th century.<ref>Guzashta, "Uṣūl-i dīn", p. 283.</ref> | The term, "usul al-din," was not used in the [[Qur'an]] and [[hadith]]s, and it was coined by Muslims.<ref>Motahhari, ''Majmuʿa-yi āthār'', vol. 3, p. 96.</ref> It is conjectured that the use of the term, "al-usul al-khamsa" (the five principles), by [[Abu l-Hudhayl al-'Allaf]], a Mu'tazili theologian, paved the ground for the use of the word, "usul al-din".<ref>Guzashta, "Uṣūl-i dīn", p. 283.</ref> Since [[Ibn al-Nadim]] has attributed a book with the title, "usul al-din", to Abu Musa Murdar, some people think that the term was common in early 3rd/9th century.<ref>Guzashta, "Uṣūl-i dīn", p. 283.</ref> | ||
However, in some hadiths from [[ | However, in some hadiths from the [[Prophet (s)]] and the [[Imams (a)]], some religious elements were introduced as tenets of the religion. For example, Sunni Muslims have transmitted a hadith from the Prophet (s) to the effect that Islam is founded on five elements: monotheism, the prophethood of Muhammad (s), the saying of the [[prayer]], paying the [[zakat]], [[hajj]],<ref>Bukhārī, ''Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī'', vol. 1, p. 8.</ref> and [[fasting]] in the [[Ramadan]] month. | ||
==Requirement of Certainty== | ==Requirement of Certainty== | ||