The Baha'i Studies Listserv I would also like to point out that not every Islamic practice comes directly from the Qur'an. Some were enumerated or slightly modified by the Prophet, and became part of the "Sunna." So the Qur'an may indeed only mention three prayers throughout the day, but the Prophet may have made some minor modifications for specific instances, that then became part of the regular "Sunna." The Shi'a still pray three times a day instead of five, but they perform the extra rakats for two of the Salats, which amount to the same amount as if they prayed five times a day.
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Gilberto Simpson <[email protected] > wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > A fairly common interpretation is that salat al-wusta refers to asr. > > > Also 73:20 is pretty clearly a reference to Tahajjud (night prayer) > which arguably includes witr. Also, the verse which Sen brought up > seems to include maghrib (as a prayer time), no? > > > On 8/5/10, Stephen Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > The ones mentioned in Hadith: > > Fajr > > Dhuhr > > Asr > > Maghrib > > Isha'a > > Witr > > Tahajjud > > > > The ones mentioned in Quran: > > Fajr > > Al-Wusta > > Isha'a > > > > Note: Dhur, Asr, and Maghrib are mentioned but not in connection with > > prayer. > > > > Question: If Al-Wusta is mentioned in the Quran, why don't Muslims pray > it? > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto: > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > [email protected] > > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > > [email protected] > > Or subscribe: > > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > [email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
