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have quoted earlier Allâhu ta’âlâ calls namâz ‘Dhikr’. So this
âyat-i-kerîma shows that mosques are for performing namâz.
Hadrat Abdullah ibni Abbâs said that [Mosques are called
Baytullah. Therefore, to interpret the expression ‘homes’ in this
âyat-i-kerîma as ‘their homes’ would mean to change the âyat-ikerîma].
The hundredth âyat of Nisâ sûra purports, “When you set out
on a journey on the earth you may shorten the Salât!” After the
revelation of this âyat-i-kerîma the Messenger of Allah performed
two rak’ats of his prayers of namâz during journeys. After this
âyat-i-kerîma, another âyat-i-kerîma, which purports, “When you
and your As-hâb perform Salât during a combat, let a group of the
jamâ’at perform it with you with their weapons on them. When
one rak’at is completed they should resume their positions against
the enemy. Then those who have not made Salât (because they
have been fighting) should come and continue the Salât with
you!”, shows very plainly that Salât means Namâz, not (only)
prayer.
A hadîth-i-sherîf reported in Tabarânî and Munâwî states, “Do
not make mosques into a (place that you walk through on your)
route! Enter mosques (only) for Dhikr and Salât!”
Another hadîth-i-sherîf, which states, “The Salât’s perfection
depends on straightening the lines,” points out that Salât means
Namâz and that the namâz which is farz is to be performed in
jamâ’at.
A hadîth-i-sherîf, which is cited in Ibni Âbidîn, at the end of its
chapter dealing with acts of makrûh in the namâz, states, “Your
salât in your own home is more valuable than your salât in my
mosque. However, this is not the case with (the salât which is)
farz.” As this hadîth-i-sherîf shows, Salât means Namâz and it is
better to perform the namâz which is farz in a mosque and that
which is sunnat at home. It is stated in another hadîth-i-sherîf,
“The salât performed in my mosque deserves a thousand times as
much thawâb as the salât performed elsewhere. And the salât
performed in the Mesjîd-i-harâm will be given a hundred times as
much thawâb as the one performed in my mosque.”
A group of those people without a Madh-hab and zindiqs do
not perform namâz. They assert that “Salât is a commandment. It
means prayer. Islam does not contain any worship consisting of
such acts as bowing and prostration or building mosques. Prophets
say not to attend mosques but to entreat Allah in the mosque of
your heart.” The âyat-i-kerîmas and hadîth-i-sherîfs quoted above
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