Brother Mbye Sey,
I totally agree with you that it was to Muhammad (Sallalahu Allaihi Wasallam) that the five daily prayers were prescribed. But I guess what the Brother wanted to say was when 50 daily prayers were given to our Holy Prophet(S.A.W), on his way back to the Earth, Prophet Musa(Allaihi Salam) told him 50 daily prayers was going to be too difficult for his(Muhammad`s) Ummah; and so he had to go back and request Allah (Subhanahu Wat`ala) to reduce the frequency from 50 to 5 daily prayers.
May Allah forgive me if what I am saying is the wrong story.
Wallahu Alam(Allah knows Best).
Many thanks brother Mbye Sey, May Allah guide and bless us...amen!
Alieu
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From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of baboucarr Sey
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 3:58 PM
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Subject: Re: Question - Islam, Slavery
Bro it was prophet mohamed may allah bless him.
Allah knows best
Cheers
Mbye
--- Momodou S Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I realised I could have been mistaken. I am not
> entirely certain it was
> Prophet Musa. Kindly correct me.
> Thank you.
>
> Momodou
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "baboucarr Sey" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Question - Islam, Slavery
>
>
> > Brother are you sure it was prophet Musa,
> concerning
> > the five dailies?
> > Cheers
> > Mbye Sey
> >
> > --- Momodou S Sidibeh <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I have received a number of private mails related
> to
> >> this topic, but came to the conclusion that it
> would
> >> probably be best to deliberate publicly, a little
> >> bit more on the issue at hand in order to
> straigthen
> >> out a number of misconceptions inherent in those
> >> mails. Also, this will accord me the chance to
> clear
> >> the air about my raising the question in the
> first
> >> place.
> >>
> >> Given the exchange that preceded my asking the
> >> question about the occurence of condemnation of
> >> slavery in the Holy Quran, it was probably a case
> of
> >> bad timing. One ought to have suspected that it
> >> could be perceived as offensive. My sincere
> >> apologies to all who felt that way.
> >>
> >> I reasoned that injecting such a question into
> the
> >> tail end of an important but degenerating
> exchange
> >> would not only bring that to an end, but would
> also
> >> provide a radical twist to the overall issue of
> >> racism and Islam as we Africans understand it.
> >>
> >> Those who responded to my question publicly or
> >> privately, with the exception of Kabir, all went
> on
> >> the defensive, placing the spotlight on other
> >> religions, making the case for slavery as a
> >> universal historical institution, or making
> >> comparative racial analogies.
> >>
> >> But defending Islam in this way has the
> unfortunate
> >> consequence of making it suspect in the first
> place.
> >> Muslims ought to have the courage for unfettered,
> >> severe introspection, unpolluted by scriptures of
> >> other faiths. Islam has been perfected for us
> >> (remember?) and must therefore be able to stand
> on
> >> its feet. Besides, IT is the religion that most
> of
> >> us practice in Gambia. So, naturally it IS Islam
> we
> >> should explore, research, and question, and we
> >> should not worry about ANY attempt to question
> >> Islamic teachings because ALLAH placed it upon us
> to
> >> seek the TRUTH.
> >>
> >> That is the reason why questions raised about our
> >> religion should not translate into automatic
> >> assaults at our faith. Fearing that questions
> raised
> >> by agnostics and even oursleves as believers may
> >> dent our faith in our religion is normal, but it
> is
> >> a fear we ought to overcome if we are to evolve
> into
> >> better muslims. We must open up our minds if we
> >> should expect ALLAH's radiance to guide us; we
> must
> >> ask questions - even uncomfortable questions to
> mere
> >> mortals like oursleves - if we should receive
> wisdom
> >> about our deen? And given that we are the worst
> off
> >> on earth, is it not we Africans who ought to have
> >> the most questions to ask of our creator?
> >>
> >> In moments of despair and darkness, we should
> take
> >> inspiration from prophet Musa, who through
> >> negotiation or argument or prayer (call it what
> >> suits you) landed us with the five dailies
> instead
> >> of fifty, as Allah had initially proposed.
> >> We will make improvements in our imperfections by
> >> being fearless at the world and the heavens,
> through
> >> asking questions, doing research and praying for
> >> guidance. Not by being afraid and putting up
> >> irrational defenses.
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Sidibeh
> >>
> >> Comrade Kabir, many many thanks for the links.
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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