QnA on Salaah (4/10)

When we look at how the times of salaah has been dictated we see the beauty of Islam and salaah. At Fajr there is darkness. After 45 minutes to an hour, the sun rises. We are often taught as children “early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. From the sayings of Nabi Muhammad SAW we learn that he (SAW) has taught us: “Oh Allah you give baraqah to this Ummah in the early part of the morning” – Tirmidhi. In Bukhari Sharif it is narrated that a person who does not read fajr on time, the shaytaan is urinating in that person’s ears. When the sun reaches its zenith and it begins its descent, we perform the zuhr salaah, this is to teach us a lesson also, that human beings can reach the highest pinnacle that a human can imagine but the day will come when decline will take place. During the late afternoon there is a change in the atmosphere, the heat is no longer as intense, we perform Asr salaah and thereafter maghrib salaah at the alternating of the day and the night, when the sun has set. We then read Esha before we retire, there is darkness. Whenever there is a difference during the day, that is the atmosphere and the creation undergoes a change, we have an appointment to speak with Allah SWT.