Salat and Hajj Article - Lost Legacy of Abraham in the West
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A very interesting article about Salat and Hajj in history and how they are mentined in the Bible, how they were practiced in history and other interesting things.
Please visit http//www.universalunity.net/Salat_And_Hajj.htm
An excerpt from the article
In her book Muhammad, A Biography of the Prophet, Harper, 1992, pp. 148 and 163, Armstrong mentioned - without quoting sources - that the Arabs during the time of Muhammad also practiced three daily salat prayers similar to the Jews, i.e. morning, noon and evening. It is noteworthy that in the Quran, three salat prayers are also described. Two are observed at both ends of the day (11114), and they are mentioned by name in 2458 (salat al-fajr / the dawn prayer and salat al-isha / the night prayer). The third one (salat al-wustha or the middle prayer) is mentioned in 2238, and is described in 1778 as beginning at noon. Additionally, the Friday congregational prayer is decreed in 629. This gathering seems to be in lieu of the Sabbath observance of the previous communities.