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See Note 4531 under “Angels”
PRAYER – RESTRAINTS SHAMEFUL DEEDS:
29:45 - Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee and establish Regular Prayer: for
Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds; and remembrance of Allah is the greatest
(thing in life) without doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds) that ye do. 3471
See Note 3471 under “Quran”
PRAYER - TO SERVE HIM:
20:14 - "Verily I am Allah: there is no god but I: so serve thou me (only) and establish regular prayer
for celebrating My praise.
PRAYERS – ANSWERED:
42:27 - If Allah were to enlarge the provision for His Servants they would indeed transgress beyond
all bounds through the earth; but He sends (it) down in due measure as He pleases: for He is
with His Servants well-acquainted Watchful. 45654566
4565 It may be objected that all prayers, even of good people, are not answered. The reply is: (1) that even everyone who
is good does not necessarily know what is best for him, for the values in this life are curiously distorted; and (2) on
account of their want of knowledge, if everyone got all he asked for, there would be chaos and confusion, and
"transgression beyond bounds through the earth", for the different interests are so intermingled and balanced that
some measure must be observed in granting people's wishes. This measure is best supplied by the watchful care of
Allah and His perfect knowledge of all our real needs. (42.27)
4566 "As He pleases" is here almost equivalent to "as He thinks best". (42.27)
9:108 - Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose foundation was laid from the first
day on piety; it is more worthy of thy standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love
to be purified; and Allah loveth those who make themselves pure. 13571358
1357 The original "Mosque of Piety" built by the Holy Prophet himself. (9.108)
1358 The true Muslim must be pure in body, mind, and heart. His motives should always be sincere, and his religion without
any alloy of worldy gain. (9.108)
PRAYERS – CALAMITIES:
Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 2.18a
Al-Qunut in the five prayers
It is legitimate to recite the qunut aloud in any of the five daily prayers at those times when Muslims are faced with calamities.
Ibn 'Abbas relates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alehi wasallam made qunut consecutively for one month in the zuhr,
'asr, maghrib, 'isha, and fajr prayers. At the end of every prayer, after saying: "Allah hears him who praises Him" in the last
rak'ah, he would supplicate against Re'l, Dhakwan, and 'Usiyyah'ø of Banu Sulaim, and the people behind him would say
'Ameen'. This is related by Ahmad and by Abu Dawud adding that these three had killed the emissaries that the Prophet
sallallahu alehi wasallam had sent to them. 'Ikrimah says: "That was the begining of the qunut."
Abu Hurairah reports that whenever the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam wanted to supplicate against or for someone, he
would make qunut after going into ruku'. Sometimes, he would say: "Allah hears him who praises Him. Our Lord, to you is the
praise. O Allah! Save al-Walid ibn al-Walid and Salamah ibn Hisham and 'Iyash ibn Abi Rabi'ah and the oppressed [and
weak] believers. O Allah, put hardship and pressure on the tribe of Mudhar and give them years of famine like those during
the time of Yusuf." He would say this aloud in some of the prayers. Also in the dawn prayer, he would say: "Oh Allah, curse
so and so," cursing two tribes of Arabs until Allah revealed: "It is no concern at all of thee [Muhammad] whether He relent
toward them or punish them, for they are evildoers ." This is related by Ahmad and al-Bukhari .
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