My PERSONAL conclusions about salaat (contact prayer)
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Purpose of SALAAT
"1. Allah?s Zikr
?Establish SALAAT for my ZIKR?
O You who believe! When the call is made for the SALAAT on the Day of the Congregation, hasten to the ZIKR of Allah and leave your commerce?
1.1 Purpose of Allah?s Zikr
The purpose of Allah?s ZIKR is as follows
i. To feel a fear in the heart (for the consequences of violating the commands of Allah); (and as a result)
ii. To make the heart humble and submissive to the commands of Allah; and
iii. To get the faith strengthened
See the following verses
The true believers are those who feel a fear in their hearts (of the consequences of violating the commands of Allah) when Allah is mentioned. And when His Revelations are recited to them, they find their faith strengthened. They do their best and then put their trust in their Lord.
Whose hearts are filled with fear (of the consequences of violating the commands of Allah) when Allah is mentioned?
Is it not time for the believers that their hearts feel humble at the remembrance of Allah and the Truth which has been revealed?...
?Verily, with the remembrance of Allah hearts become tranquil (, lowly and submissive).
1.2 What is Allah?s ZIKR?
Allah?s ZIKR is the remembrance of Allah Himself (but it does not mean repeating His name for a certain number of time) as well as remembering, revising, and being mindful of His commands in the Quran {Quran is also called ZIKR (159)}.
20/124 And whoever turns away from My ZIKR, his shall be a straitened life, and We will raise him on the day of resurrection, blind.
- Social and Economic Reforms
Remembrance of Allah Himself and being mindful of His Laws is not an objective in itself. The ultimate objective of SALAAT is more than that. Please see the following verses
1185-87 (The Prophet Shoaib said) "Hence, O My people! Always give full measure and weight with equity and do not deprive people of what is rightfully theirs. Do not spread corruption and disorder in the land. That which Allah gives you as just profit is better for you if you believe. But I am not a guardian over you." They said, "O Shoaib!. Does your SALAAT command that we should forsake the worship that our fathers practiced? Or, that we leave off doing what we like to do with our economy? Behold, you want us to think that you are the only clement, and the rightly guided man among us."
- End to everything that is contrary to the Quranic values (munkaraat)
?Verily, establishment of SALAAT (as an end result) refrains from lewdness, stinginess and all behaviour contrary to the Quranic Values.
In the verse 2945, the word tanha is used, which is from the same root as the word muntaha (which means end result or ultimate point). Tanha means that which forbids or refrains. So the end result of the establishment of the system of SALAAT is to refrain from all stinginess, lewdness and end of all behaviour contrary to the Quran. The remembrance or ZIKR of Allah Himself and remembrance and revision of His commands are just means towards the ultimate objective. Means of Remembrance are also important to attain the ultimate objective but to consider means as the objectives in themselves will never attain the ultimate objective. Nor the objectives can be achieved without the means.
SALAAT Allah's ZIKR End of Fuhshaa and Munkar
The following verse is also worth consideration in comparison to 2945 given above
16/90 Surely Allah ... forbids lewdness, stinginess and all behaviour contrary to the Quranic Values and rebellion; He admonishes you that you may be mindful.
In 2945, salaat forbids fushaa and munkar and in 1690 Allah forbids fahshaa and munkar and commands to remember this admonition and be mindful of it. Allah does not Himself implement or enforce His Laws on people. His commands have to be implemented by the people through a system or mode. The system or mode that Allah has suggested for the end of fuhshaa and munkar is Salaat.
In summary, this is how the system of Salaat functions
An authority makes sure that
i. People preserve in their memories the commands of Allah
ii. They remind themselves, remember and rehearse the commands of Allah on a regular basis
i and ii { i.e. ZIKR (on a regular basis)} results in
a. a fear in the hearts of the people (for the consequences of violating the commands of Allah);
b. making their hearts humble and submissive to the commands of Allah; and
c. getting their faith strengthened
a, b, and c drive them to follow what is commanded in 1690 (and in other parts of the Quran) fulfilling the objective laid down in 2945 and disobeying what the satan commands according to 2421.
If Allah's laws are enforced without taking into account ZIKR, people may follow the laws when they are being watched but they might tend to violate otherwise if they do not have a fear in their hearts for the consequences of violating the commands of Allah and their hearts have not become submissive to His commands and their faith is not strengthened through ZIKR."
source
http//quranicteachings.org/purpose-of-salaat.htm
http//quranicteachings.org/index.htm
"And do not follow (blindly) any information of which you have no (direct) knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception, you must verify it for yourself. (In the Court of your Lord,) you will be held accountable for your hearing, sight, and the faculty of reasoning."[1736
If you know that, why follow all this bs? That's just like admitting your perception and conception sucks, imo.
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The Medical Benefits of Sujood
...Hence the first positive effect upon a person who prostrates or does Sajdah is that he comes nearest to Allah and hence in that condition he can supplicate. This is a great psychological advantage and it gives relief to the person concerned as life is full of worries and in this position he gets at least a transient refuge from the agonizing problems. When a person goes to the position of prostration Sajdah his whole body is in active motion. This position can be considered as a mini dive as the musalli (one who offers prayer) goes to rest his forehead on the ground while his hands are placed at the sides. This brings most of the body muscles if not all in active motion and serves to give them some exercise.
The hands are then specifically stretched out and thence the forearm as well as arm muscles are supposed to bear the weight in the Sajdah position. It gives good exercise to the muscles of the upper limb.
Sajdah is a unique position as this is the only position in which brain (or head) becomes lower than the heart and hence for the first time the blood gushes towards the brain with full force whereas in all other positions (even when lying) brain is above the heart when it has to work against gravity to send blood to the brain.
In the position of Sajdah due to the increased blood supply the brain receive more nourishment and it has good effect upon memory, vision, hearing, concentration, psyche and all other cognitive abilities. People who offer their prayers regularly have more will power and can cope with the difficulties of life in a much better manner. They have less incidence of headaches, psychological problems and other defects of cognitive function.
In the unique position of Sajdah the neck muscles get best exercise. They have to bear the load when the forehead lies at the ground hence the neck muscles become stronger. One can note the tense pressure at the neck muscles in the position of Sajdah specially the active motion of the neck and the facial muscles when the head is being lifted. (e.g. one inch above the ground) and it will be noticed that they are in a very active motion.
More strong cervical muscles mean the cervical vertebra will be better protected. Strength of cervical muscles is important as the head rests upon cervical vertebra supported by cervical musculature.
In fact head performs rotation movements over the cervical vertebra. In any accident cervical neck examination is especially important to the physicians because of its extraordinary importance.
It is uncommon that a person who offers his prayers regularly will get the usual neck myalgias or cervical spondylosis as the neck muscles particularly become very strong due to the 34 sajdahs offered daily in five prayers.
Position of Sajdah is also said to be a good treatment for the retroversion of uterus, a disease of women.
Most of us do not know that the position of Sajdah is an excellent exercise for men (for manpower). It may be a good information to the Viagra dependents. While getting up from Sajdah the perinneal muscles are one of those muscles which have to pull the trunk back to sitting position and they contract actively. Similarly while standing up from Sajdah the perennial muscles are again actively mobilized and this gives much strength to the muscles important for manpower.
The unique position of Sajdah also has positive effects upon the back muscles as while going into Sajdah and getting up from it the back muscle contract actively and they become stronger. Probably it is because of this reason that a person who is regular in prayers will uncommonly get backache.
After performing Sajdah either the musalli stands up or he sits to pray Attahiyyat. In this position the person sits calmly while his hands rest at his thighs which are folded backwards. This is much similar to the relaxation position of Yoga and has soothing effect upon one's health and mind.
Holy Prophet Muhammad used to elongate the position of Ruku (bending) and Sajdah positions and he advised to do so. In the light of the above facts it is appropriate to say that from medical point of view as well this advice is a golden rule for health.
Finally it must be reminded that prayer is not meant to be an exercise. However there are a lot of medical advantages associated with it.
Still the best blessing is the peace of mind, which a person derives by the accomplishment of his duty to Allah by fulfilling an obligation.source
http//www.reciteislam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456&Itemid=110 -
Some more medical benefits
For thanking the Creator, for preventing a crisis, for healing sickness and diseases, for eliminating a problem, a Muslim prostrates, makes Sujood, to Allah (swt). A Muslim thanks Allah (swt) daily and regularly. A Muslim's methods of thanks and appreciations could be the minimum, saying verbally "Subhana Rabbil ah'lah (Praise be to Allah)," (swt) or the maximum, i.e. of prostrating to Allah. During prostration, a person glorifies Allah, exalts Him, praises Him, and surrenders to Him.
Prostration is to Allah (swt) alone. No prostration is to be performed in front of any king, royal highness, president, or any other leader. Those individuals should also make sujood to Allah alone, and they should not allow anyone to bow to them or to prostrate to them. There are many medical benefits of prostration. As Muslims, one must pray five times a day. During the process of prayer, a Muslim must first stand erect; then bow forward; then prostrate on the floor where the whole body is bent; and then sit down on the floor. All of these movements help the Muslims to have the least amount of arthritic problems on their bodies.
Another interesting feature of the salat (prayer) is that the course of assuming three main positions (qiyam, rukuh, and sajdah) one makes the physical shapes of the Arabic Alif, Dal, and Mim. These spell the word Adam, the name of the first created human and the first prophet (a.s.).
People are exposed daily to many different problems. They may also be exposed to many electrostatic charges from the atmosphere. These charges are affect the central nervous systems (CNS) supersaturating it. One has to rid themselves of these extra charges, otherwise, they will have headaches, neck aches, muscle spasms, etc. The best way to get rid of these extra electrostatic charges is by dissipating them and discharging them from the body. In as much as an electrical appliance is in need of grounding (or "earthing" by the use of an electric cord, a human being has to "earth" him/herself to the ground as well. By putting, his/her forehead on the ground, because the thinking capacity of the brain is in the forelobe and not the topmost portion of the brain, one dissipates the extra electrostatic charges from the brain and the central nervous system to the ground. Therefore, one will receive piece of mind and soul. By doing prayer five times a day, with each prayer having several prostrations in it, a person will undoubtedly feel more peace, happiness, and relaxation. This type of approach does not cost money and does not have any side effects. It is very natural. This is the best method for allowing a person to continue to live in peace, harmony, obedience, and happiness for the rest of his/her life.
Above all, a Muslim who performs prostration on the floor as a sign of obedience will attain tremendous rewards and blessings from our Creator, Allah Almighty.
source
http//www.islamicbulletin.com/newsletters/issue_20/sujud.aspx -
GUIDELINES FOR POSTING THE REPLIES ON MY THREAD (specially to ppl like Kaiokenred)
(of course, first read the very first post of this thread!)
During the golden Abbasid period, one of the scholars in Baghdad, the capital of Muslim caliphate at that time, was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.
One day an acquaintance met the great scholar and said,
"Do you know what I just heard about your friend?
Scholar Hold on a minute, before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test.The Man Triple Filter Test?
Scholar That's right, before you talk to me about my friend it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say.
Schlolar continued That's why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?
The man No, actually I just heard about it and ...
Scholar All right, so you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?
The Man No, on the contrary...
Scholar So, you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left
Scholar continued The filter of Usefulness.
Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?The man No, not really.
Scholar Well, if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?
Surah 49 Al-Hujurat Ayah 12
Translation
O you who believe! Avoid much suspicions, indeed some suspicions are sins. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting) . And fear Allah. Verily, Allah is the One Who accepts repentance, Most Merciful. -
When Abraham implored God in 1440, he did not ask for wealth or health; the gift he implored for was "Please God, make me one who observes the contact prayers (Salat)." The religious duties instituted by God are in fact a great gift from Him. They constitute the nourishment required for the growth and development of our Souls. Without such nourishment, we cannot survive the immense energy associated with God's physical presence on the Day of Judgment. Belief in God does not by itself guarantee our redemption; we must also nourish our souls (6158, 1090-92). Additionally, 1599 states that observing the religious duties instituted by God is our means of attaining certainty "Worship your Lord in order to attain certainty."
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Mr Ahmed Hulusi's article
Does The Divine Truth Ever Worship?Whether you know that your reality is the manifestation of the Divine Being or not, your mere existence in reality is His creation.
But even with this awareness and understanding, no change ever takes place within your structure.
The only thing is that, with this understanding, you only comprehend and hence perceive the reality of your existence. Nothing ever changes within your structure at the material world at all!
Your life still continues with this knowledge, even though you are living in this dimension, so you can fulfil the purpose of your existence and experience the conditions of this present dimension at the same time.
Since your physical body is the product of the Divine Truth and the fact that it is still in need of eating, drinking and sleeping, then feeling this need does not simply reveal that your physical body constitutes an obstacle for the Divine Truth. What is more, feeling this need gives rise to this longing.
Similarly, certain activities carried out under the name of worship, such as prayers, fasting and Islamic meditation, does not conflict in any way with the creation of your structure, which comes into existence by the power of the Almighty Being.
Furthermore, all these religious practices are designed purely for the purpose of providing the brain as well as the spiritual body made of frequencies, which we name the Ruh, with the energy and the power it needs in the afterlife realm, because this will be absolutely necessary for that environment.
Even though the physical body continues its survival with the energy that it receives from the Divine Truth, it is still in need of eating and drinking and this of course does not mean that the physical body does not belong to the Divine Truth. Similarly, the spiritual body often referred to as the light body also needs the energy that these religious practices known as prayer, fasting and meditation will eventually provide in the afterlife realm.
It is because of this absolute necessity that the religious practices known as worship are commanded.
Let us imagine for a moment that you are fully aware of the fact that your existence depends on His existence, but even though this is the case, your physical needs are always in effect.
In the same way, your spiritual body made up of frequencies as well as your brain would need this divine energy in the life hereafter as well because of the conditions that are in force in that environment.
However, this energy can only be produced by the power of the brain and it is obtained while here in this world, living in the physical body.
If the energy that is essential in the future cannot be obtained here in this world, then it is impossible to acquire it in the life hereafter as well. This is because the brain in this dimension has a structure that is made up of frequencies; therefore, it is the spiritual body in that environment. Thus, the brain that is within the spiritual body can no longer produce energy.
Because they will be unable to produce this energy, each of the inhabitants of that environment would then say
'I wish we could go back to the world again and perform all the good deeds which we had neglected while we were there!'
Here, the prime purpose of returning to the world is of course to obtain the opportunities that were once available while in the world. In other words, it is about returning to the biological brain which helped the individual to produce the required wave frequencies while living in the world. However, this is absolutely impossible!
For this reason, even though there are so many people who have very successfully managed to comprehend the reality of this matter, they are destined for hell, because they did not perform the necessary tasks and therefore became occupants of hell.
It is for this reason the Sufi author Abdul Karim al-Jili writes in his book entitled 'The Perfect Man' (Insan-ul-Kamil) that he has seen Plato (Aflatun) in hell, even though he is a man who has gained considerable insight into the reality surrounding the issue of creation.
In fact, many people who have reached the pinnacle of this spiritual awareness are still in hell. These are only some of the mysteries pointing to this reality.
On the other hand, Muhammad (SAW) says that 'The people of paradise are mostly populated by naive people'.
This is because going to paradise does not depend on a person's deeds.
They have heard from the Rasulullah Muhammad (SAW)
'None amongst you can get into Paradise by virtue of his deeds alone!'
They replied 'Oh, RasulullahMuhammad , not even you?'
Thereupon he said, 'Yes, not even me, but that Allah wrapped me in His Mercy'.
What this means is that 'My creation took place in such a way that He had preordained my destiny as a person who belongs to paradise and therefore I was born into this world as a blessed person, so I will enter paradise'.
If the person was destined as one of the people of paradise, he will then perform the good deeds of the blessed people, because doing this will be made easy for him.
The people who are eternally blessed perform deeds such as prayer, fasting or meditation and they live for the sake of others by sacrificing all their personal desires so that others can benefit from this. However, carrying out all these deeds should never put them into the state that their prime goal is to compete with the others for the pleasure of exercising their ego on them rather than sacrificing their souls for their benefit. They should lead such a life so that they can be helpful to those people at all times, which in turn would increase the energy they will need in the afterlife realm known as paradise.
Because of this reason, the main purpose here is not only to obtain the knowledge of the Truth, but soon after attaining it, the person involved also has the responsibility to perform certain actions so that both the physical body and the spiritual mind can be stored with the divine energy. This is how gnosis can be attained after the Truth is perceived. Of course, this can only be achieved if it is destined to be made easy on that person. Pay attention, I am not blaming the person who is negligent in performing this act. I am simply trying to explain how the system works.
If, however, the person is created for the purpose of manifesting the divine qualities within himself and living with this reality in the environment we call paradise, then knowledge of the Truth as well as knowledge of spiritual truths known as gnosis is bestowed on him.
As a result of experiencing this direct knowledge, the person has been given the opportunity to realise certain realities, such as how did the system he presently lives in come into existence, how does it work and what actions does he have to perform as a consequence of living in this system.
From then on, the person is not only fully aware of the knowledge of the Truth himself, but he will also be able to carry out all the actions which need to be displayed on the outside in the right manner.
The following verse from the Koran says
That Allah may forgive (cover/conceal) your past and (in spite of the conquer) future misdoings (concealment resulting from corporeality) and complete His favor upon you and guide you to your reality (essence).
Indeed, Allah has forgiven all the sins of Muhammad (SAW), including all the faults of the past and those to follow.
In spite of this fact, the Koran has addressed the Rasulullah Muhammad (SAW) in the following way
And pray during part of the night (awaken from your slumber), which will benefit you, and it is expected that your Sustainer will resurrect you to a praised station (He will activate within you the qualities pertaining to this station... {And he already has, in respect of the verse 'Inna fatahnalaka})
This is because; "And never will you find in Sunnatullah (Allah's creation system, laws) any change."
source
http//www.ahmedhulusi.org/en/articles/truth-ever-worship.html -
excellent proof sun
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H44Gvf0PTg
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcRaAGT-pH4
source
http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9601157.msg258150#msg258150
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excellent proof sun
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H44Gvf0PTg
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcRaAGT-pH4
source
http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9601157.msg258150#msg258150
(interesting thread)Pfffft
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Very good videos on salat
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kpGz6zL0kk&feature=BFa&list=SP8299EE89CE8C3793&lf=list_related
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wkkDDDTUXs&feature=bf_next&list=SP8299EE89CE8C3793&lf=list_related
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKQ6jLp4Dvs&feature=bf_next&list=SP8299EE89CE8C3793&lf=list_related
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLxSnF-yHQk&feature=bf_next&list=SP8299EE89CE8C3793&lf=list_related
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Pfffft
4911
O YOU who have attained to faith! No men shall deride men it may well be that those are better than themselves;
and no women women it may well be that those are better than them?selves.
And neither shall you defame one another, nor insult one another by epithets evil is all imputation of iniquity after faith;
and they who do not repent - it is they, they who are evildoers.
This verse is a precious reminder to every believer, young and old.
Salaam. peace
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dear people,
I just read http//www.aididsafar.com/mental.html
I think this man got a decent point..... I mean salaa should not mean ritual , it is not worship thing, Hajj does not mean to go mecca and do rounds in cubic stone.....
- masjid does not mean a building....
Me personally think if islam is not a religion then it is a SYSTEM, GOD'S SYSTEM.
Just think for a while, many people say Abraham build the stone and he did ritual there.. like physically bow and postrate there...
I do not agree with it. He was more universal than that.... search a direction to bow or prostratee???... is it not silly!!!! !
we shall bow and prostrate to a given system!!!
- masjid does not mean a building....
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good point
peace
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Very good and logical clarification of the word Salat... )
http//www.youtube.com/user/BoodskapDraer
sun
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Mr Wakas,
With due respect, I asked all, not to post posts, because I didn't intend this as a discussion-thread, which only shows your lack of respect, in NOT reading my thread from the beginning!!!
As I wrote
"I do not intend to start this as a thread for discussion, but as a small contribution to this Forum.
Therefore, I direct all of those who would question or discuss my views, to post them in other topics for discussion of the threads for salaathttp//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?board=4.0
Thank you."
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And the first part, as an introduction as well, to the theme of Sol-laa
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjOcNNTwI1k&feature=relmfu
sun
enjoy
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I just stopped doing Salat, as taught by submitters 5 times a day, altogether, for the time being.
First, because I am not any more convinced that it was instructed by God.
Second, because I think it is an Islamic innovation and invention.
And thirdly, after reading many posts here, I think Salat is probably an inner link and subconscious bondage with God, not a ritual prayer with motions.I feel something missing though, and I also think that it is a good physical exercise.
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I think Salat is probably an inner link and subconscious bondage with God, not a ritual prayer with motions.
Peace,
Those who make that ludicrous claim are not sincere and shouldn't be considered Muslim IMO. Salat has been performed since prophet Ibrahim, it's nothing new!
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Peace,
Those who make that ludicrous claim are not sincere and shouldn't be considered Muslim IMO. Salat has been performed since prophet Ibrahim, it's nothing new!
Can you prove that Abraham was performing the ritual salat prayer 5 times a day?
What proof there is that it was instructed by G-d before imposed by hadiths?Thank you
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Can you prove that Abraham was performing the ritual salat prayer 5 times a day?
What proof there is that it was instructed by G-d before imposed by hadiths?Thank you
not 5 times a day (I didn't claim that)
thousands of believers performed salat, it's a historical fact.
if you don't believe anything from history, then for example you have no reason to believe that the Roman empire existed.
Peace
