Why Prayer and Quranic Recitation Are Inseparable

Alhamdulillah.

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us in the final verse of surah al chapter number 73 verse number 20 he says subhanahu wa ta'ala out. Let's see what he says.

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Hence recite what is easy and what is appropriate for you. Now this recitation here the scholars of mention two meanings to the intention behind the word recitation in surah m. Notice that the opening verses they are speaking about recitation reciting the Quran or speaking about praying. Which one is it? Speaking about Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says he says stand in prayer in the night. And so at the end of the chapter, he has abregated Ness the obligation of prayer at night and made it from obligatory to highly encouraged. And that is because the five daily prayers have now abregated making at night and abregated the at the time of at the time of after sunset. This was the way that salah was first as we mentioned at the beginning of this chapter. And so we know that this Ness, this abrogation came after the five daily prayers were legislated and took the place of the obligation of making the five daily prayers as they are today. These were made obligatory. on what event? During which event? And in the correct opinion was which year? Come on guys. Huh? Second year. the second year after hij or the second year after prophethood. Yeah. To to be to be honest the second year after prophethood. So when he was 42 years old this is the opinion of you mentioned two years before hijra. So 11 years after prophethood. Okay. So it was the 10th year after hijra or 10th year after prophethood three years before hijra right on the heels of hus and husen was which year? The nth. The 10th was the the five obligatory prayers are obligated. He is sent back to earth with that obligation and now becomes something that is highly recommended. Okay. So when Allah says in this verse, recite of the Quran what is easy for you, what is convenient for you. Is he speaking about recitation or is he speaking about salah? These are the two opinions that the scholars of mention. holds the view that this is speaking about recitation of the Quran because that's what the wording says. However, we know that sometimes Allah will use the word recitation and really what is intended is what? Salah. So for instance, so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala places a specific emphasis on the Quran, the recitation of the Quran at what is he speaking about here? Huh? He's speaking about but being that there is no such thing as salah without Quran it becomes a necessary component. Therefore, we can refer to the whole by one of its necessary parts. for instance, Hajj is standing on is if a person just stands on alone, is that Hajj? Of course not. Their Hajj is invalid according to the consensus of the however standing on is so emphatically important as a component of Hajj that we can refer to Hajj by calling it what? Standing on recitation of Quran in salah is such a necessary component of salah that we can refer to all of salah with just what? With just recitation of the Quran. Listen to this hadith. How many of us have heard this narration? It's a narration of it's what? It's a where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says I have divided I have divided prayer between myself and my servant into two equal halves. And for my servant what he has asked we've heard this narration before. What is he speaking about? I have divided salah between me and my servant. He's speaking about So here we have referring to salah by calling it Quran and we have referring to parts of the Quran by calling it salah because they come together and salah really what is salah what's the point of salah it is all formed around the recitation of the Quran think about it the First thing you do Allahbar you initiate then you begin to recite the Quran. Then after reciting the words of Allah verbatim Allah and you go into bowing and you say and then you rise. Allah answers those who praise him and then you go into sujud and you ask. Sujud comes after recitation. Comes after recitation. All of salah is built and based and formed around what? Around the recitation of the Quran. And so this is one opinion. Also we have in the Quran Allah refers to salah by calling it. He refers to salah by calling it. He says with those who are bowing. What does this mean? Right. But is there such a thing as without? No. kind of in English, if I say, "I just bought a new set of wheels." What does that mean? Huh? Who where are the hip hip you know, slick talkers? I bought a new I bought a new set of wheels. Huh? Bought a new car. Why? Why is it a car? Is there such a thing as a car without wheels? that is a necessary component of a vehicle, right? Therefore, I can refer to the whole vehicle as that component is that necessary component. Or for instance, a person would refer to a house, an entire house, and say, "I bought a twobedroom." What is a two-bedroom? Is there only two bedrooms in it? No bathroom, no kitchen, no living room, no foyer, no no porch, no anything, no driveway. No, but there is no such thing as a house without what? Without a place to sleep. That's the basis of what you're buying a house for, as shelter for yourself. And so this is commonly used in the Quran. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, Allah sees you amongst those making meaning what? The prophet sallall.aii wasallam asked one of his companions. He said ask me for anything you want. And what did he ask for? Jenna, I have no desire other than to be your companion in paradise. He said the prophet said he said so help me help you with lots of sujud. Meaning what? Lots of what? Salah. Make additional salah at night. That's the point. But there's no such thing as salah without sujud. The second opinion is that this is speaking about recitation in salah. Recite that which is accessible to you. what is convenient of the Quran meaning in salah. Therefore, we know that there is a bare minimum of of recitation in salah. What is the bare minimum of recitation in salah? Fat. Yes. And this is the opinion of the majority of the scholars. And this is the correct opinion due to the authentic and very clear narrations of the prophet sallall.aii wasallam where he says anyone who prays without reciting in his prayer then his prayer is invalid. So this means that the bare minimum of recitation in salah is anything beyond that is additional and anything beyond that is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala then goes on to say he gives now three commands. Number one, he says, "And all of you establish prayer and give zakah and lend Allah a good loan or a good lending which we will get to. A salah, this word salah, who can tell me what it means in the Arabic language? A salah. A dua. Okay, good. So in the Arabic language is actually what? Dua. Okay. What is the origin or the root word of salah? Good topic, isn't it? What did.

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The root word of salah does not come from meaning connection, connectivity or to tie things together. Rather it comes from a what is a in the Arabic language? Ai to burn something. Yes, that is the meaning of comes from the root word and it shares the root word of sali. Aali in the Arabic language is not just to burn something. It is to envelop something in fire entirely without leaving out a single bit of it. Where do we find this word in the Quran? Throughout the Quran. Right. Right. This is That in the Arabic language is to take something and envelop it in fire completely. And that is why this word. Whenever you see in the Quran that whoever this kind of person or when this wording is used it is only for kufur. Why is the Muslim even a Muslim who goes to the hellfire ever entirely enveloped in fire? The prophet sallallah.aii alaihi wasallam tells us that.

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The prophet sallall.aii alaihi wasallam tells us in the hadith of annis that Allah has prohibited upon the fire the places of sujud on a Muslim's body what a person uses to make sujud those seven points that will never be touched by the fire of hell and so a believer is never enveloped in fire.

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, and so the question here is why does salah, which is dua, the Arabs use it, dua. Why does it share a commonality with burning something? What's what's the commonality there? When we say in Arabic mean for.

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Men. Alsaz,.

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Mafaz.

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Allah sal So the Arabs in their Arabic language, they sometimes describe something with its opposite. Why? To show that this thing has an immediate effect on that opposite. So for instance, a salah shares a commonality with a which is to burn something entirely. Why? Because by making salah a person will exempt himself from being burnt. When a person makes salah, this person is burning and purifying himself from the sin that would end up burning him in the hereafter. And this is why the scholars tell us in the correct opinion that a salah shares its origins and etmology with burning something. Why? because of the effects that a salah has on a person's sins. Also because of the difficulty of salah. It's holding your hand to a fire. Right? When you stand for salah, you are reciting what you should be and then you are praying and begging to Allah to make better what you are. And so if a person really takes his prayer seriously, it will be very difficult for him. It is something that is not easy to maintain your focus to maintain. It's trying to hold your hand over over an open fire. And so the Arabs referred to as this is the meaning of salah. Allah says establish prayer. He didn't say just pray. He said establish prayer. The difference between pray and establish prayer is the one who prays is the one who does who who you cannot linguistically say he didn't pray. But the one who establishes prayer is someone who fulfills its conditions, its pillars, and its obligations. He establishes it. As for the one who prays in the Quran, this is usually the descriptions of the hypocrites in the Quran.

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And so the language of the Quran most usually there are exceptions Allah in the end of the verses. This is a rarity. However, the most usual description of a person who prays a prayer is usually given to the in the Quran. As for the believers, they are described not as being people who just pray. They are people who establish prayer. They embody it. They go to the epitome. They epitomize their prayer. Inshallah, we will pick this up tomorrow night with a zak and loaning Allah. Allah says, "And those who loan Allah a good loan." We will discuss that wording.

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