Dear All,
Assalaamu 'alaikum
I hope you have corrected the mistake in my reply (#4) with the verse 2:239.
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But i would like to know what you think about when you say:
"So no point of performing Swalah other than the mentioned times. ."
To you, is it pointless (or maybe even wrong) to pray voluntarily to Allah(swt), for example praying two rakaats of volunteer prayer, besides the prescribed daily prayer times ? Is it forbidden or wrong to make volunteer salah between the fajr and the noon for example ?
Dear ilker,
As I understood from the Qur'an,
Swalah is a timed practice of worship. If we are performing this practice at any time as our wish, it may not coincide with the Qur'anic definition for the Swalah (4:103). This can be easily understood if we apply this thought to Hajj,
What do you think about performing Hajj at months other than the 4 sacred months ?The purpose of any rituals/ practices of worship is to remember Allah at/by certain times in different ways. Whether it is Swalah or Fasting in Ramadan or Hajj etc., the basic concept is the same.
Qur'an says,
[4:103] "
So if you accomplished the Prayer, so remember Allah standing, and sitting, and on your sides..."
[2:152] "
So remember Me, I remember you, and thank/be grateful to Me and do not disbelieve."
[24:37] "Men,
commercial trade and nor selling/trading does not distract/divert them from remembering Allah, and keeping up the prayers and giving/bringing the charity/purification..."
[33:41] "You, you those who believed,
remember Allah much remembering."
[33:35] "...and
the remembering (the men) Allah much, and the remembering (the women), Allah prepared for them a forgiveness and a great reward."
[63:9] "You, you those who believed,
(let) not your properties/possessions/wealths and nor your children distract/preoccupy you from remembering Allah, and who makes/does that, so those, they are the losers."
[29:45] "...
and start/keep up the Prayer, that the Prayer forbid/prevent from the enormous/atrocious deeds and the defiance of Allah and His orders/obscenity and Allah's remembrance/reminder (is) greater indeed..."
So, the first and the foremost thing we always have to bear in mind is, the remembrance of Allah, the thankfulness for the great gift He has bestowed upon us. The awareness that He is watching our each second and each of it will be questioned. And this consciousness/ reminder is an essential part of our life, it is not restricted to any practices of worship, i.e. even without any special practices of worship (like Swalah) Qur'an command us to remember Allah.
But because of the ardent human desire towards the wordly life and the evil forces present around us, human beings are not able to keep the remembrance of Allah. That may be the reason behind the grace of the institution of the mandatory/ special practices of worship at particular time intervals by Allah.
And Allah knows best.
I expect opinions/ advises from you all,
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