Ibn Kathir claims two salat and one during night prior to abrogation!
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peace all,
I never knew this until now that Ibn Kathir (and probably others) claim there were two daily salat (they call it prayer) and one during the night prior to abrogation then making it 5 daily. Interesting, considering Al Quran's position.
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5040Taken from here
http//www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1725&Itemid=106(and glorify the praises of your Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting.) There were two ordained prayers prior to the Isra' journey. One before the rising of the sun at dawn and the other before sunset in the evening. Qiyam Al-Layl, prayer at night, was a command for the Prophet and his followers for sometime but it was later abrogated for the Ummah. Later, during the Isra' journey, Allah abrogated all of the previous orders for prayer by ordaining five daily prayers, including the prayers of Fajr before sunrise, and
Asr in the late afternoon. Imam Ahmad recorded that Jarir binAbdullah said, "When we were sitting with the Prophet , he looked at the full moon and said,? ?
(Certainly you will be brought before your Lord and will see Him as you see this moon, and you will have no trouble in seeing Him. So, if you can avoid missing the prayer before the sunrise and the prayer before sunset, you must do so.) He then recited Allah's statement,
(and glorify the praises of your Lord, before the rising of the sun and before (its) setting.)''' The Two Sahihs and the rest of the Group collected this Hadith through the chain of Isma`il. Allah the Exalted said,
(And during a part of the night glorify His praises), meaning pray to Him. Allah said Ayah,
(And in some parts of the night offer the Salah with it, as an additional prayer for you. It may be that your Lord will raise you to Maqam Mahmud.) (1779) Ibn Abi Najih reported that Mujahid said that Ibn `Abbas said that,
(and after the prostrations.) refers to Tasbih, i.e. glorifying Allah's praises, after the prayers. There is a Hadith collected in the Two Sahihs that supports this meaning. Abu Hurayrah said, "Some poor migrants came and said, `O Allah's Messenger! The wealthy people will get higher grades and will have permanent enjoyment. ' The Prophet said,
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(Why is that) They said, `They pray as we do, fast as we do, yet they give charity, but we can not. They free slaves, but we can not.' The Prophet said,
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(Shall I tell you about something that, if you did it, you would catch up with those who have surpassed you and nobody would be better than you except those who would do the same Say,
Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar,' thirty-three times each after every prayer.) Later, they came back and said,O Allah's Messenger! Our brethren, the wealthy Muslims, heard of what we did and they also did the same.' The Prophet said,? ?
(This is a favor and grace of Allah, and He grants it to whom He wills.)'' There is another way of explaining the Ayah. It is that Allah's statement,
(and after the prostrations.) refers to the two Rak
ahs after the Maghrib prayer. This was reported fromUmar bin Al-Khattab,Ali bin Abi Talib and his son Al-Hasan,Abdullah binAbbas, Abu Hurayrah and Abu Umamah, may Allah be pleased with them. This is also the saying of Mujahid,Ikrimah, Ash-Shabi, An-Nakhai, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Qatadah, and others.Contradicted by
Al Jalalayn
and glorify Him at night, that is to say, perform the two evening prayers, and after prostrations (read adbr, as the plural of dubur, or idbr as the verbal noun from adbara, ?to pass?), in other words, perform supererogatory prayers as prescribed by the Sunna after the obligatory ones; it is also said to mean the actual uttering of glorifications at these times, with continuous praise.
Yet more confusion from traditional sources.
Further evidence
http//www.scribd.com/doc/37518694/Uri-Rubin-Morning-and-Evening-Prayers-in-early-Islam-by-muslims -
But it seems Jalalayn is not speaking of any abrogation of previous commandments. I find the Ibn kathir statment interesting as I had come to the same conclusion based on my reading of the Quran. It's even more interesting that the 2 prayers are based on the Quran and the 5 on a hadeeth.
Godbless,
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Yes, but what I meant was Jalalayn contradicts Ibn Kathir and provides an alternative or his own explanation. The fact that 5 prayers is openly admitted as not being from Quran by traditional commentators is very telling.
I have also read in other sources, that there were only two daily salat (called "prayer", e.g.
http//www.amazon.com/Development-Islamic-Ritual-Formation-Classical/dp/0860787125/I recommend reading the sample pages. Very interesting.
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But it seems Jalalayn is not speaking of any abrogation of previous commandments. I find the Ibn kathir statment interesting as I had come to the same conclusion based on my reading of the Quran. It's even more interesting that the 2 prayers are based on the Quran and the 5 on a hadeeth.
Godbless,
AnwarThe red highlight above is from me.
The daily obligatory prayers have been practiced since the days of the Prophet
Abraham (pbuh). We are to offer our daily obligatory prayers AT LEAST FIVE TIMES A DAY, 2238.
The Qur?an actually tells us the more the merrier when it comes to worshipping GOD Almighty.There are also some that are so LAZY that don?t want to PRACTICE any
religious rituals at all, and keep interpreting them all to their
liking, i.e., to be just ?symbolic!?11114 informs us about the dawn/FAJR, and dusk/MAGHRIB prayers when
it talks about the TWO ends of the daylight/?annahaar. The verse also
informs us of the ?ISHAA?/NIGHT prayer.1778 explains the time of early afternoon/ZUHR prayer.
So, up until now we?ve ended up with FOUR prayer times, or the
SALAWAAT in 2238.Next, is the SALAATUL WUSTAA, 2238, which sits right in between the FOUR/
SALAWATT. It sits right in BETWEEN the ZUHR and the MAGHRIB prayers,
thus FIVE DAILY OBLIGATORY PRAYERS PER 24-HOUR DAY. Nothing too
complicated at all, very simple and logical, and all comes from The
Qur?an, and NOT from any other source.With Salaam,
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peace Khalil, all,
Forgive me in advance for being brief, but the content of your above post has been refuted previously. In brief
11114 says "...and adjacent/near parts (plural) of the night"
1778 says "from setting of sun / sunset to darkness of the night, and the quran/reading at dawn"
2238 meaning a "middle prayer" not only has critical flaws, no time-range exists.
This particular topic has been discussed in significant detail on this forum, perhaps over 100 pages, and you have brought nothing new and repeated the same erroneous arguments. Here is a good starting point http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9598319.0
No wonder traditional commentators struggled to create 5 so-called "prayers" from The Quran, hence the variance.
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peace Khalil, all,
Forgive me in advance for being brief, but the content of your above post has been refuted previously. In brief
11114 says "...and adjacent/near parts (plural) of the night"
1778 says "from setting of sun / sunset to darkness of the night, and the quran/reading at dawn"
2238 meaning a "middle prayer" not only has critical flaws, no time-range exists.
This particular topic has been discussed in significant detail on this forum, perhaps over 100 pages, and you have brought nothing new and repeated the same erroneous arguments. Here is a good starting point http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9598319.0
No wonder traditional commentators struggled to create 5 so-called "prayers" from The Quran, hence the variance.
All highlights above are from me.
Peace Wakas,
I think you skipped the first part of the verse 11114 in which the dawn / FAJIR and the dusk / MAGHRIB salaats are prescribed.
11114-And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.
And you?re right the latter part of the verse is about the night / ?ISHAA? salaat.1778-Establish prayer at the decline of the sun until the darkness of the night and the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
It says the decline of the sun from its meridian, i.e., after mid-day, NOT ?from setting of sun.? i.e., DULOOK, but not GHUROOB.2238-Maintain with care the prayers and the middle prayer and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient.
And you are right again. In 2238 no time range exists. SALAATULWUSTAA in 2238 is the middle salaat that must be added to the SALAWAAT, right in the middle, i.e., FAJIR+DZUHUR+SALAATULWUSTAA+MAGHRIB+?ISHAA?.Last but not least. Dear Wakes, I know this reasoning of mine has been refuted so many times. That doesn?t mean that I should stand by and not be able to refute the opinions of others. The Qur?aan, cover to cover, is full of repetitious issues and arguments, and SALAAH is one of them. Otherwise the Qur?aan was going to have far less verses than 6346=19x334 verses in it!
And yes, STRUGGLE / JIHAAD is non-stop in ALL the different levels of GOD'S creation, but GOD HAS promissed HIS victory and the end.
Peace,
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peace Khalil,
And you?re right the latter part of the verse is about the night / ?ISHAA? salaat.
Please do not put words in my mouth. I never said that.
In any case, yes, thanks for sharing your view, as I said, it has been refuted previously, see past discussion. At least you admitted you have no time-range for the so-called "middle prayer". I guess you feel Al Quran wants us to make it up as we please.
Each to their own.
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Peace,
I won't add too much but to say that I agree with Wakas, fully in everything he said in response to kgwithnob. I hate for it to sound like I'm just taking sides, but if I were to respond, I could not have responded better or more impartially.
Godbless,
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Peace,
I won't add too much but to say that I agree with Wakas, fully in everything he said in response to kgwithnob. I hate for it to sound like I'm just taking sides, but if I were to respond, I could not have responded better or more impartially.
Godbless,
AnawrDear progod,
You seem to have accepted only 2-salaat times per a 24-hour day and you claim that this opinion of yours is based on the Qur?aan. In the verse 2238 GOD (SWT) commands us to safeguard over the SALAWAAT and/+ the SALAATULWUSTA. My point here is that the word SALAWAAT, which is an Arabic word is not a singular, a dual, but a PLURAL word, i.e., it MUST be considered to be at least THREE or MORE. Based on this logical reasoning your 2-salaat per day does not hold water according to 2238 in the Qur?aan. On the other hand this number for SALAWAAT should be an EVEN number in order to have room for the MIDDLE / WASAT for salaatulWUSTAA to sit right in its middle. In other words, the number of SALAWAAT must be at least FOUR, adding the SALAATULWUSTA, thus AT LEAST 5 salaats per day. This logic comes right out of the Qur?aan, NOT any other source as you claim. I?ve been using this reasoning all along in my previous posts on this and other boards as well. Here, I am using it in combination with my previous posts again; to remove any sorts of doubts claiming that FIVE prayer times per 24-hour day is EXTRA Qur?aanic! Again, according to the Qur?aan we must perform AT LEAST 5 salaats per 24-hour day. Please contemplate 2238 carefully.
Peace,
Khalil -
Dear progod,
. My point here is that the word SALAWAAT, which is an Arabic word is not a singular, a dual, but a PLURAL word, i.e., it MUST be considered to be at least THREE or MORE. Based on this logical reasoning your 2-salaat per day does not hold water according to 2238 in the Qur?aan.
Peace,
KhalilThere are more than '2 salawat' in one's life-time. But, nice try.
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There are more than '2 salawat' in one's life-time. But, nice try.
Please be straightforward and enter from the main entrance, instead. Do not beat around the bush. God's business is far from being diplomatic. Please elaborate on the quote above so everyone including me understands what you really mean.
Peace,
Khalil -
Peace,
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God knows that we pray every day. So if he tells up to uphold our prayers, he does not have to use the dual even if there are 2 prayers a day. Again God knows that the total of our prayers will add up to more than just 2 as the days go buy. It's like if I were to say 'pray during sunset' or 'pray during the sunsets'. It makes no difference whether I use the specific number of sunsets that occur in one day as a collective for all sunsets or if I use plural to mean all sunsets. It make no difference they both communicate the same things because you are to do this every day but still one day at a time.
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I think your logic for middle prayer was a bit off. For there to be a middle prayer there has to be an ODD number of prayers, i.e. 3, 5. Why? Because there has to be an even number of prayers before and after for it to be considered in the middle. However, because this is the only place where a middle prayer is even mentioned IF WE CHOOSE TO UNDERSTAND IT THAT WAY, we must consider the stated repetitiveness of the Quran. Since there is no specific prayer mentioned that falls in between the two prayers that ARE specifically mentioned I think it is fair for us to see of the word wustaa has other meanings. And it does.
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Wustaa middle, middling (not being on any particular side), moderate (in between extremes), best.
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The Quran mentions how our prayers are to be moderated/moderate not being subject to jahr (loudness or publicization) or ikhfaat (hiding, through volume or just hiding the fact that one prays)
So you can see what my conclusions are. I hope you have understood how I have seen this matter differnently than how you have.
Godbless,
Anwar -
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There are more than '2 salawat' in one's life-time. But, nice try.
laugh
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Please be straightforward and enter from the main entrance, instead. Do not beat around the bush. God's business is far from being diplomatic. Please elaborate on the quote above so everyone including me understands what you really mean.
Peace,
Khalil
rotfl, You are starting to understand them!Quote from Jack on July 11, 2010, 104609 PM
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Peace Wakas,
Have you bought the book by any chance?
I was just wondering whether it is discussed in that book the significance of the number 5 for daily ritual prayers?
I mean why 5; if I read from your linkThere were two ordained prayers prior to the Isra' journey. One before the rising of the sun at dawn and the other before sunset in the evening. Qiyam Al-Layl, prayer at night, was a command for the Prophet and his followers for sometime but it was later abrogated for the Ummah. Later, during the Isra' journey, Allah abrogated all of the previous orders for prayer by ordaining five daily prayers, including the prayers of Fajr before sunrise, and `Asr in the late afternoon
The abrogation quoted above may refer to the famous Muhammad+Musa vs. Allah bargaining episode.
But if there's a bit of information as to how the number 5 came up, it'd be interesting IMO.=adley=
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peace adley,
Yes, I have the book. The authors CH Becker and Uri Rubin discuss conflicting reports and timings, formalisation, incorporation of Friday meetings, attempted harmonisation etc.
As far as I recall I do not think they discuss much about "why 5", but they do mention a ton of conflicts with an eventual fixing of 5-ish.I just realised it is interesting in the traditional account of the night journey, they have Muhammad meeting Moses, considering The Quran likely refers to Moses in 171 going by context. Perhaps this is a remnant of the truth.
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The Arabs (al-arabu) are the worst in rejection and hypocrisy, and more likely not to know the limits of what God has sent upon His messenger
997Out of the whole Quran, thousands of verses, this is what you felt was so memorable you had to share it with everyone?
Are you aware that you have mistranslated that verse?
Are you aware that spreading around falsehoods of the Quran is an extreme sin?
446 From amongst the Jews there are those who take the words out of context, and they say, "We hear and disobey, and listen but let not any listen, and shepherd us," in a twisting of their tongues and as a mockery of the system! Had they said, "We hear and obey, and listen, and watch over us," it would have been better for them and more upright; but God has cursed them for their rejection, they do not acknowledge except very little.
316 And from the people, there are those who will purchase a
baseless narrative with which to mislead from the path of God
without knowledge, and to make it a mockery. These will have a
humiliating retribution.979 Those who slander such of the believers as give themselves freely to (deeds of) charity, as well as such as can find nothing to give except the fruits of their labour,- and throw ridicule on them,- God will throw back their ridicule on them and they shall have a grievous penalty.
