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“Just as the prayer has been built upon 5 principles: Qira’ah (recitation), Qiyam (standing), Rukoo‘ (bowing), Sujood (prostration) and Dhikr (remembrance), it has also been named as such.
The prayer has been called ‘Qiyam‘ in the verse:
Þõãö Çááøóíúáó ÅöáøóÇ ÞóáöíáÇð Stand (to pray) all night, except a little.” [al-Muzzammil: 2]
And in:
æóÞõæãõæÇú áöáøåö ÞóÇäöÊöíäó “… And stand before Allah with obedience” [al-Baqarah: 238]
It has been called Qira’ah in:
æóÞõÑúÂäó ÇáúÝóÌúÑö Åöäøó ÞõÑúÂäó ÇáúÝóÌúÑö ßóÇäó ãóÔúåõæÏÇð
“… and recite the Qur’an in the early dawn (i.e. the morning prayer). Verily, the recitation of the Qur’an in the early dawn is ever witnessed.” [al-Isra: 78]
And:
ÝóÇÞúÑóÄõæÇ ãóÇ ÊóíóÓøóÑó ãöäúåõ “… So recite as much of the Quran as may be easy…” [al-Muzzammil: 20]
It has also been termed ‘Rukoo‘ in:
æóÇÑúßóÚõæÇú ãóÚó ÇáÑøóÇßöÚöíäó “… And bow down along with the Raki’un (those who bow in prayer).” [al-Baqarah: 43]
æóÅöÐóÇ Þöíáó áóåõãõ ÇÑúßóÚõæÇ áóÇ íóÑúßóÚõæäó “And when it is said to them: “Bow down yourself (in prayer)!” They bow not down.” [al-Mursalat: 48]
And again it’s been named Sujood in:
ÝóÓóÈøöÍú ÈöÍóãúÏö ÑóÈøößó æóßõä ãøöäó ÇáÓøóÇÌöÏöíäó
“So glorify the praises of your Lord and be of those who prostrate themselves (to Him).” [al-Hijr: 98]
æóÇÓúÌõÏú æóÇÞúÊóÑöÈú “… Fall prostrate and draw near to Allah!” [al-'Alaq: 19]
And finally it has been called Dhikr in:
ÝóÇÓúÚóæúÇ Åöáóì ÐößúÑö Çááøóåö “… come to the remembrance of Allah (i.e. the Friday prayer)…” [al-Jumu'ah: 9]
áóÇ Êõáúåößõãú ÃóãúæóÇáõßõãú æóáóÇ ÃóæúáóÇÏõßõãú Úóä ÐößúÑö Çááøóåö “… Let not your properties or your children divert you from the remembrance of Allah (i.e. prayer).” [al-Munafiqun: 9]
Ibn al-Qayyim: ‘The most honourable of actions (in the salah) is the sujood and the most honourable of adhkar (words of remembrance) is recitation. The first chapter revealed to the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) was:
ÇÞúÑóÃú ÈöÇÓúãö ÑóÈøößó
“Read in the Name of your Lord…” [al-'Alaq]
It begins with the command to read and it ends with the command to prostrate. So each unit of prayer has been established upon this, its first part is recitation and its end is that of prostration.’
The muslimah rocks the cradle with her right hand and shakes the thrones of kufr with her left.
It was once said to ‘Abdullah b. Al-Mubârak, “After you have prayed with us you don’t sit with us?” He replied, “I go and sit with the Sahâbah and the Tâbi’în.” We said, “And how can you sit with the Sahâbah and Tâbi’în (when they have all passed away)?” He replied, “I go and read the knowledge I have collected, I find their narrations and deeds. What would I do with you? You sit around backbiting people.”
Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ` in his biography of ‘Abdullah b. Al-Mubârak.
Shubrumah said, “We accompanied Karz al Harithi on a journey. Whenever he wanted to set camp in an area, he used to scan it with his eyes and when he found a good piece of land that he liked, he would go to it and pray there until it was time to leave.” [Sifat as Safwah 3/120]
It's a small piece written by Ibn al-Qayyim on the inner realities of Salah. He speaks of the wisdom behind the movements within the salah as well as the words of remembrance uttered. He also looks at how the salah is constructed and the wisdom ('asrar' he terms it) behind things everything like repetition of words/raka'at, going from positions of uprightness (qiyam) to one of lowliness (sujud) and how that links to servitude, tawhid, and the message of Islam etc.
It's a really nice book, recently published for the 1st time I believe. The one I have is actually a combination of this particular book (Asrar al-Salah) and Ibn Rajab's book 'al-Khusu' fi-Salah' - so you might find it published like that, 2 books in one.
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