Alevi view on Islamic prayer

Updated January 11, 2004

PRAYER (SALAT, NAMAZ) (Halil Oztoprak Dede)

Comply with the Alevi commandments of the Prophet and the Koran and fulfill their devotional practices according to his commandments. Qur'anic verses testify. They perform all the duties of religion in accordance with all requirements of Hazreti Muhammed in the way of God. Those who deny are ignorant and refuse to pay attention. Based on the verses of the Qur'an, it is to explore the original namaz, its evolution and its current form. Some report that the five daily times of prayer were prescribed during the Ascension (Mi'radj ) along with the Qur'an. And because Alevi do not perform namaz that they were treated disbelievers, they can not cut and eat ... it is advisable to kill them. Thus in Alevi belief, prayer is accomplished by the night of the Ascension Sura ( Mi'radj ) 17. The Night Journey (Al-Isra) - 78-79: [Ekiymüselâte lidüluküssemsi gasekilleyli ve ila kur'anelfecri inne Kur'anelfecri kane ve meshuden minelleyli fetehecced bihi nafileten leke asa in yeb'aseke rabbüke mekamem mahmuden]

Tafsir (exegesis): Arise for prayer prescribed. Made prayer (Salat) at dawn and the sun's decline till the darkness of the night and the angels will attest size day and night. You awake at night, made the night prayer as prescription for your great merit that thy Lord High Glorious ( Jalla Sha'nuhu ) make you reach the station of Praise ( mahmud ). 11. Hud - 114.Et made the prayer at the two ends of the day and in some hours of the night. Good deeds annul bad. This is an admonition for those who reflect.

Concerning the Ascension ( Mi'radj ) The Star (An-Najm) - 8-9: [Summe dena Fetedell

Tafsir : The Prophet ( aleyhisselam ) approached and bound. The Prophet ( aleyhisselam ) was even closer Hakk Ta'ala that two bows. Allahu ta'ala and sent the revelation to Muhammad by his servant Djebra'il aleyhisselam . The Star (An-Najm) - 62: [fescüdü lillahi va'büdü]

Tafsir : Prostrate yourselves to Allah and worship Him.

Thus, according to these verses above shows, the five daily prayers have not been fixed for the Ascension with the Qur'an. Imran - 191: [Elleziyne yezkürunellahe kiyamen kuuden ve ve ve ala cünubihim yetefekkerune fiy halkissemavati vel'ardi rabbena mahalakte Haza batilen sübhaneke fekina azabennari.]

Tafsir : The endowed with reason, who, standing, sitting and lying on their sides, Allahu ta'ala invoke and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth ... The wrapped (Al-Muzzamil) - 1-6: [Ya eyyuhelmuzzemmilu. Kumilleyle illa kaliylen. Nisfehu evinkus minhu kaliylen. [...] Inne nasietelleyli Hiye eseddu vat'en ve akvemu kiylen. ]

Tafsir : O! you, wrapped up in your clothes or sent Prophecy! Arise and pray all night except a little, Half of it, or a little less [...] 73. The wrapped (Al-Muzzamil) - 7: leke Inne fiynnehari sebhan taviylen. Inne leke fiynnehari sebhan taviylen.

Tafsir : Prayer at night is more efficient and suitable for recitation. You in the day to take care of the affairs of the people. Tafsir-ul Beyan of Nür : Getting up at night to pray is more powerful and the audience by reading the heart is more advantageous. Work during the day and by your effort. 78. The new (An-Naba) - 9-11: [Ve cealna nevmeküm sübaten ve ve cealnelleyle libasen cealnennehare measen]

Tafsir : We made your sleep for rest, and made the night a garment - and the darkness covers you in the fulfillment of the prayer, you have this way of isolation, and assigned the day work 73. The wrapped (Al-Muzzamil) - 20: [Inne rabbeke ya'lemu Enneke tekumu edna min suluseyilleyli nisfehu ve ve ve sulusehu taifetun minelleziyne me'ake vallahu yukaddirulleyle vennehare 'Alime in tuhsuhu fetabe len' aleykum fakreu my teyessere minelkur'ani ' Alime]

Tafsir : O Muhammad, your Lord knows, of course, that you stand less than two thirds of the night, or half of it, or a third. As well as some of those with you. Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that you'll never spend the whole night in prayer. He turned to you with mercy. So recite what you can from

the Qur'an. Muzzamil Sura was revealed during his Ascension from Alti Parmak Tarihi . Regarding this verse prayer was prescribed the night and the 5 daily prayers are thus in the absolute void. There is no legitimate source that this is supposed to be revealed to the Prophet, nor in verses, or in riwayat .In addition, the final form of the 5 daily prayers was a decision imposed by community consensus (ijma 'al umma ) at the time of the Abbasids, to settle this dispute. To those who practice them, we have nothing to say, this can be for them a condition of prayer. *** History is witness By carefully examining the history of Islam, it is seen that after the death of Hazreti Resul-i Ekrem, the first prayer taraweeh date caliphate of Omar, and the first four days of prayer rakat date Caliphate of Osman. (Taberi Tarihi shf.15) Muawiya and his son Yezid took charge of religious affairs under the guise of politics and their hatred of the Prophet have built Chairs ( minbar ) in mosques to curse Hazreti Ali and his descendants were killed and those who love them. Surah Isra - 100: [Kullid'ullahe evid'urrahmâne eyyen ma ted'û felehülesmâ ül Husna]

Tafsir : O Muhammed said: Your Lord, that you make against the quoting or the Magnificence, Glory, God or Mercy, His Beautiful Names ( Asma Husna-ül ) are You. Truth ( Hakk ) is in You. Hazreti Ja'far as-Sadik its Khutbat-ul Bayan says of these two names, Allah is the greatest ( Azam ).Your invocations are accepted in the name. Even if you remove one letter of the name, its meaning does not change. Thus Alevi following the requirements of Kur'an-i Kerim citing in gülbank the name of Allah invocation recognize this as the greatest prayer. And recommend the prayer of the heart. Question : Hazreti Muhammed Ali and Hazreti do not they practiced the 5 daily prayers? Answer : Yes they prayed. But in the Qur'an only prayer of the night is a time prescribed. The dispute concerns the time at which it must be accomplished. Since we do not know the real time performance, according to the judgment analog ( qiyas al fuqaha ), it was decreed prayer Agenda 5 prayers. And lasted until our days the decree of consensus and analogy: this is the true face of this prayer. And each

time has allowed God. "Halebi Sagir P.6" Azhab Sura - 41: [ Ya eyyulhellezine âmenuzku rullahe zikren kesiyren vesebbihu bukreten ve asilen.]

Tafsir of Hülasat-ül Beyan : O believers! Mention Allah with much remembrance; receive and consent to the divine and attain degrees of Beyond. And must constantly invoke God day and night, morning, evening ... While God's command is clear, it does not conform to the name of community consensus ( ijma 'al umma ), call the people at fixed hours crying openly, and binding: we let readers 'higher knowledge' to consider it valid or not. In "Encyclopedia of Islam", page 163, it is reported: "Hazreti Ali ( keremellahu wadjhahu ) Hazreti Fatima, Hasan and Hüseyin ( radiyellahu anhula ) refused the opinion ( ra'y ) and community consensus ( ijma 'al umma ) " The Holy Family ( Ahl-ul Bayt ) after the Prophet's death, refused the consensus of the 5 prayers invented. The decision to form the five prayers was decided by consensus ( ijma ), and analogical reasoning ( qiyas ), so this is nothing other than a decision to settle the dispute. *** Qibla In Islam, the Qibla is a major point of prayer. For many, it is as please turn primary obligation towards the Hajar ul Aswad . Turn to Hajar is an ancient custom dating back to the pre-Islamic period. During prayer the most important direction is the heart of man ( Beytullah - House of God) or his existence inside. According to the book " Şah varil-i Islam " "The pilgrimage to the Kaaba is not a prayer ( ibadet ) specifically Islamic. Because even before the advent of Islam, the idolaters in Arabia worshiped the Kaaba already ( Hajar Aswad-ül ) and pilgrims gathered in Mecca and knelt towards Mecca. ' And gather and worship in one direction (Mecca) is a practice of obscurantism Arab time of ignorance ( Djahiliya ) and Hazreti Muhammed (saw) had deleted this

practice, as prescribed by Allahu Ta ' ala. 2.La Cow (Al-Bakara) - 115. To Allah belong the scene of the dawn and dusk. Where you turn to pray, Face (Branch) of Allah is there. Because the size is Allah, It stands in the extent of His creation and He knoweth all things. [Ve lillâhil meshriku velmaghribu fe eynemâ tüvellû fesemme veçhulâhi innallahe vâsi'un'aliymün.] 2.La Cow (Al-Bakara) - 177. The righteousness does not consist in turning your faces towards East or West.But it is righteousness to believe in Allah,

To implore Allah, all directions are the Qibla (direction of prayer). Pray heading towards a point, a place Hajar ul Aswad as associating it with the only direction ( Qibla ) can be called idolatry. 5. The Table Spread (Al-Ma'ida) - 57 : And whosoever recognizes the holiness in the face of Allah, His Messenger and the believers will succeed because it is the party of Allah (fighters) who will be victorious.

And those who see with the eyes of Hakk faces of God, Resul and Friends are God's peopleTawalla (those who love the Ahl-ul-Bayt and their friends). They have not announced anything other than Nuri Hak Wadjhi Adam Ast (hadith: The light Hakk is on the face of man, Adam), based on the Word verse 61 of Surah Isra. Kallelahou Taala: 17. The Night Journey (Al-Isra) - 61: And when We said to the angels: before they prostrated except Iblis, who said: "I bow down before me someone one that you created from clay?>

And Hakk Ta'ala has prescribed this verse, verse 63 of Surah Isra. 17. The Night Journey (Al-Isra) - 63. And Allah said: "Go away! If any of them follow thee ... your punishment is Hell, repayment in full.

There is no existence closer to God than the angels All faces are the manifestation of Hakk. Hakk is not hidden in a specific location. I am looking for the path, but not the Kaaba nor the temple because I do not see that in the first troop of idolaters and in the latter a band of self-worshipers. Mevlana Djelal-ed-Din Rumi(XIII century ) (Initiator of the Sufi Mevlevi or Whirling Dervishes)

*** The invocation (Salat) veiled Prayers performed openly, for all, making the display are dupes prayers, as stated verses 4, 5, 6, 7 of Sura Mâ'ûne: 107. The utensil (Al-Maun) - 4,5,6,7: [Feveylün lil musaline ellezine Human slâtihim Sahune, elleziyne Hum yuraune ve yemne'unelmâ'ûne.] Woe to those who pray, neglecting their prayer, in shoplifting by praying openly and refusing Utensil / help / zakat.

Exegesis (tafsir) of Tibyan : These impostors, who perform prayer openly and violently suffer the torments of hell. They are those who show their submission to their hands and do not perform their devotions in prayer isolated places but open. These are the community, those claiming prayer and who by their actions and prayers do not perform for Allah but by interest, in order to obtain a reward, and showing the eyes of the community, Muslim and dedicated. In the tafsir of Tibyan the first chapter page 282: ["Ve izakamuva illelselâte kamu küsali"]

Tafsir : For missed prayers, they will rise and when they feel heavy, they look at their hand, and accomplish prayer. They show. When they see someone else pray, they pray. "Yeraunen Nase". This prayer done openly is not for Allah, and their hand saying Caring act only for deception. And on these displays of prayers, verses 11,12,13 verses of Sura Zumar: 39. Groups (Az-Zumar) - 11-13: [Kum inniy ümirtü in abüdallahe muhlisan lehüddiyne ve ümirtü link ekûne evvelelmüsli miyne kul inniy ehâfü in asatytü rabbiy azabe yevmin aziymin]

Tafsir : O Muhammad, say: I have been commanded to pray in purity and Allahu ta'ala for the union, and I have been commanded to be the first of the Muslims. I fear if I disobey Allah by the association and duplicity (display of prayer) and that I will be resolved violently last punishment. 39. Groups (Az-Zumar) - 14-15: [Kullilâha a'büdü muhlisan Lehu diyniy fa'büdû mâsi'tüm dunihi min kul ve innelhâsiriyneellezine hasrû enfüsehüm ehliyhim yevmelkiyâmeti Elâ zâlike hüvel husrânülmübiynü]

Tafsir : Say . , Worship, therefore, apart from Him, that you

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