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Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from the
mawla of Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al-Khattab wrote to his governors,
saying, "The most important of your affairs in my view is the prayer.
Whoever protects it and observes it carefully is protecting his deen, while
whoever is negligent about it will be even more negligent about other
things." Then he added, "Pray dhuhr any time from when the afternoon
shade is the length of your forearm until the length of your shadow matches
your height. Pray asr when the sun is still pure white, so that a rider can
travel two or three farsakhs before the sun sets. Pray maghrib when the sun has
set. Pray isha any time from when the redness in the western sky has
disappeared until a third of the night has passed - and a person who sleeps,
may he have no rest, a person who sleeps, may he have no rest. And pray subh
when all the stars are visible and like a haze in the sky." (Malik's
Muwatta Book 1, Number 1.1.6) *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links
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