QnA on Salaah (3/10)

In Islam everything is based on wahi – revelation. Therefore we say when there is a conflict between reason and revelation we have to give revelation preference. The main reason is because Almighty Allah SWT commanded us to emulate Nabi Muhammad SAW. This is the revelation However from a logical perspective we say: a person embracing Islam and they are new in Islam, at the time of salaah When a person reads two rakaats salaah at fajr, we thank Allah SWT for the sense of touching – a sign of gratitude to Allah SWT for blessing us with the sense of touch. At Zuhr we perform four rakaats, we thank Almighty Allah for the sense of hearing – from all four directions, North, East, South and West. This is to thank Almighty Allah SWT for the sense of hearing. Again at Asr we perform four rakaats and this is to thank Almighty Allah for our sense of smell. With it we are able to smell things from all four directions. At Maghrib we perform three rakaats as gratitude to Allah SWT for the sense of sight. Every normal human being can see in three directions, the front, right side and left side. To thank Almighty Allah SWT for all that we consume, the solid and liquid, that is for the sense of taste, we perform four rakaats at Esha. In this way we are thanking Almighty Allah daily for these five faculties that Allah SWT has blessed us with. People without a particular sense are not exempt from performing their salaah, this is the logical explanation of how the salaah was divided into its specific number of rakaats.

This is the manifestation of the Mercy of Almighty Allah SWT. Allah SWT is our Master and we are His servants and to show our servitude and our gratitude, we perform the salaah with this number of rakaats.