Could you please give information about “Salah” from the time of prophets up to now? Did other prophets and their Ummahs (community) perform salah?
A Brief Description of the Question:
Could you please give information about “Salah” from the time of prophets up to now? Did other prophets and their Ummahs (community) perform salah?
The Answer:
The times and forms of salah can be different during the time of the other prophets. However, there are hadiths about salah that it has been a kind of worship from the very beginning and there are also verses which tell us that there have been bowing (ruku`) and prostrating (sajda). Some of the verses are as follows:
Hz. Ibrahim prays:
O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Thy Sacred House; in order, O our Lord that they may establish regular prayer: so fill the hearts of some among men with love towards them, and feed them with Fruits: so that they may give thanks.
O my Lord! make me one who establishes regular Prayer, and also (raise such) among my offspring O our Lord! and accept Thou my Prayer. (Surah Ibrahim, 14/37 and 40).
The following information is given about the prophets Ibrahim, Lot, Ishaq and Jacob:
And We made them leaders, guiding (men) by Our Command, and We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish regular prayers, and to practise regular charity; and they constantly served Us (and Us only). (al-Anbiya, 21/73).
He (Ismail) used to enjoin on his people Prayer and Charity and he was most acceptable in the sight of his Lord. (Maryam, 19/55).
Hz. Luqman advises his child as follows:
O my son! Establish regular prayer, enjoin what is just, and forbid what is wrong. (Luqman, 31/17)
They said:
Oh Shuayb! does thy (religion of) prayer command thee that we leave off the worship which our fathers practised or that we leave off doing what we like with our property? Truly, thou art the one that forbeareth with faults and is right-minded! (Hud, 11/87)
“We inspired Moses and his brother with this message":
Provide dwellings for your People in Egypt, make your dwellings into places of worship, and establish regular prayers: and give Glad Tidings to those who believe! (Surah Yunus, 10/87)
O children of Israel!... Be steadfast in prayer; give Zakat, and bow down your heads with those who bow down (in worship). (Al-Baqara, 2/40-43)
O Mary! worship thy Lord devoutly; prostrate thyself, and bow down (in prayer) with those who bow down. (Surah Aal-e-Imran, 3/43)He (Jesus) said: I am indeed a servant of Allah: He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet; And He hath made me Blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live. (Surah Maryam, 19/30-31).
They (The Book of People) have been commanded to establish regular prayer.
Nor did the people of the Book make schisms, until after there came to them Clear Evidence. And they have been commanded no more than this: to worship Allah, offering Him sincere devotion, being True (in faith); to establish regular Prayer; and to practise regular Charity; and that is the Religion Right and Straight. (Surah Al-Bayyina, 98/4-5).
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