“Rabbana, inni askantu min thurriyyati biwadin ghayir zi zar’in ‘inda baytika al-Moharram, Rabbana li yuqimus Salaat”.
“O our Nourisher, I have stationed my offspring in a barren valley in the proximity of your respected house so that “they ESTABLISH AS-SALAAT”.
Now the point to consider here is whether nabie Ibrahim offered the great sacrifice of devoting his son Ishmaeel’s whole life for the sake of making namaaz all the time?
Therfore, if Nabie Ismaeel's sacrifice was in effect only for teaching how to make salaat, then the natural result thereof would have been that not only himself, but all his descendents, and that included nabie Muhammad (saw) too, would only continue offering and teaching people how to make salaat only.
The question then to ponder on is what was the entire struggle for that nabie Muhammad (saw) underwent in his life time, eventually succeeding in establishing a model community in Medina? Shouldn’t he just have continued guiding the people to offer the ritual of salaat if we interpret it this way?
And furthermore, under what orders did nabie Muhammad (saw) undergo all the rest of his struggle?
Isnt it possible that the struggle for establishment of Salaat amounts to the struggle for enforcement of the complete ideology – the goal for which prophets had been chosen? In fact after their training, Allah revealed to them His commandments through the medium of ‘Wahi’and demanded their enforcement of these commands.
I believe that the noble Prophets conveyed those orders to the public and set out in their struggle to establish a state, just like the one nabie Muhammad (saw) established and exemplified in Medina. It started from the dissemination of divine teachings up to the establishment of a state where Muslims could live in peace. And thus this all fell under the chapter of the ‘Duty of Salaat’, and wherein the economic aspect was usually the most crucial one.
That’s why the Quran has related the episode in Chapter “Hood”, verse No.87, wherein the community of Prophet Shoaib asked him as to why ‘his Salaat’ forbade them from spending their earnings according to their own wishes. The people of Shoaib said :
“Qalu ya Shoaib, a-salatuka ta’muruka an natruk ma ya’bud abaa’una aou an naf’al fi amwalina ma nasha’au”
“O Shoaib, does your Salat command that we give up that which our forefathers obeyed steadfastly, and that we may not spend from our belongings as we may wish?”
Isn't this the concept of ‘Deen-ul-Qayyam’ (the firm/authentic ideology)?
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