There was not one single man who introduced the Namaz deception into Islam. Obviously, no one man could. Such conspiracies have to be state-sponsored in order to get hold of the masses. Think of the history of Christianity for a moment. The Pauline doctrine was not canonized until Emperor Constantine supported it at the Conference of Nicea in 325 CE.
The Imamist Conspiracy of Namaz Please remind yourself of the famous weird tale of the Prophet (S) ascending to heavens to meet with Allah, the so-called Me'raj. Is not Allah Omnipresent? The "Imams" of Hadith want us to believe that Allah ordained 50 ritual prayers daily for Muslims on that occasion. As the exalted Prophet was descending, Prophet Moses told him of the impossibility of the situation and sent Muhammad (S) back again and again. Imagine the Prophet (S) bargaining with God! Repeated visits to and fro then bring the number down to 40, 30, 20, 10, and finally 5! Moses a.s. wanted him to make one more trip but Muhammad (S) felt shy to bargain any further. Was this Hadith, in addition to promoting ritualism, fabricated to prove Moses' a.s. farsightedness over Muhammad (S)? Only an extremely gullible mind would accept this nonsense.
The later Persian Imams built upon this tale and formulated the current Namaz. They received strong support from the Persian Zoroastrian mother of Khalifa Haroon Rasheed, Khaizran (d. 789 CE). Haroon's Zoroastrian viziers, the Baramika were only too happy to join hands with the royal mother, Khaizran.
So, it was she who "canonized" Namaz according to the desires of the Criminal Imams in 153 AH (773 CE). Her main philosopher was Imam Al-Khalil bin Ahmad Shikoh, the first ever compiler of Arabic to Persian dictionary, Al-'Ain.
Why was Imam Hanbal flogged? Now, Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal is reported to have been flogged by Khalifa Mamun son of Haroon because Hanbal supposedly insisted that the Qur'an being the Word of God was Ghair Makhlooq (non-creation). No Sir! No Madam! That wasn't it. It was too trivial a debate. Hanbal got flogged because he saw and opposed the Persian Namaz (Bandagi or Gah) being incorporated into Islam.
Another point of interest: Khaizran spent a fortune on her project and distributed one million gold coins and 65 million silver coins among her subjects to propagate the 'canonized' Namaz. References are given in the next heading.
- Less than 5% Muslims "perform" Namaz and they keep announcing their prayers. No one can say or says, "I have established Salat." Yet, most Muslims keep arguing about Namaz.
Experiment: Call a random gathering of Muslims anywhere for Namaz under completely unexpected circumstances. You will notice almost all of them joining the lines, most of them without Wudhu (Ablution)!
What Exactly Was NAMAZ (Ritual Salat) As far as I have been able to analytically search our history and Hadith, following was the probable situation in the life-time of the exalted Prophet and Sahaba Karam.
- Ritual prayer or Namaz was a small part of Aqamatis-Salat, i.e. establishing the System that facilitates the following of Divine Commands.
2:43 And establish the Divine System, and set up the Just Economic Order in the society. And bow with others who bow to these Commands.
[9:119, 89:27-30.
Salat = To follow closely, like a runners-up (
Musalli) follows the winning horse (Saabiq). '
Aqimussalat' = Establish the System that facilitates the following of Divine Commands]
- The ritual prayer was always congregational.
- The frequency and timing of the congregations were determined by the State as needed. It was never fixed as five times a day ritual.
- Namaz was performed with the Imam (Central or local government official) reciting some verses from the Qur'an relevant to the situation at hand as the congregation sat listening to the Imam.
- Masjid was not a temple of worship. It was the Assembly, the School, the Municipalty, the Parliament and the Government House. So, after that recitation, the leader would discuss real issues about the community, entertain questions, present bills, announce decisions of the Shura (Counsel) and the Assembly would legislate. People came up with their ideas for betterment of the society. Masjid was also the place where the leader was elected.
(Some references on the above two headings:
*** Haroon Wa Baramikatil Faras by Sheikhul Ifta Salman bin Abu Qasim Baghdadi. Vol 1 pg 31-55
*** Meezan-il-Faris by Hujjatullah Abdul Qadir Ali Al-Moosvi pg 249-261
***Takmilatil Lughatal 'Ain 'Urfa by Al-Ustaz Jalaluddin Al-Ash'ari on Imam Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad Shikoh Tabrezi vol 2 pg 3-5
*** Mujahid-al-Munafiq Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal by Abdul Muhsin bin Mullah Ali Al-Qari, pg 67-135)
How Quickly Was The Ritual Salat Changing! Arif Shamim, Karachi
Bukhari Vol.1, Book 10, Number 507:
Narrated Ghailan: Anas bin Malik (A Companion or Sahabi) said, "I do not find (now-a-days) things as they were (practiced) at the time of the Prophet." Somebody said "The prayer (is as it was)". Anas said, "Have you not done in the prayer what you have done?" Bukhari Vol.1, Book 10, Number 508: Narrated Az-Zuhri that he visited Anas bin Malik at Damascus and found him weeping and asked him why he was weeping. He replied, "I do not know anything which I used to know during the life-time of Allah's Apostle except this prayer which is being lost (not being offered as it should be)." The comments "Have you not done in the prayer what you have done?", and the "Lost Prayer" indicate that something went wrong with the Ritual Prayer (Namaz) soon after Sahaba Karam.
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