Ask a Shia

[Muslimah]

Bismillah

May Allah bless you and have mercy on you for you are indeed blessed already with an insight and common sense. I apologise if I went a bit overboard.


We call Sunnah prayers its equivalent Nafilah prayers. For Fajr I believe it is 2 rak'at to be performed before Fajr prayer sometime between the break of dawn and sunrise. As for Asr 8 Rak'at is performed after Zuhr prayers, before Asr prayer before an indicator shadow reaches 4/7th of its length


(According to the fatwas of Ayatollah Sayyed al-Sistani http://www.najaf.org/english/book/1/index.html)

As salam alykom


This is great news, first of all u dont need to apologise, let me try first and continue on this companions issue. i m sure you are aware that Allah mentioned Abu Bakr not in name but indicating that he was the second of two staying in the Ghar. You think Allah Shall Command His messenger prayer and peace be upon him to take this person as a company during Hijra because he is a bad person, u think the person who was given the nick name of assedeeq because he believed whatever the Messenger prayer and peace be upon him said without any hesitation because he didnt deserve it???


Allah Say:


If you help him (Muhammad) not (it does not matter), for Allah did indeed help him when the disbelievers drove him out, the second of two, when they (Muhammad and Abu Bakr) were in the cave, and he said to his companion (Abu Bakr): "Be not sad (or afraid), surely Allah is with us." Then Allah sent down His Sakeenah (calmness, tranquillity, peace, etc.) upon him, and strengthened him with forces (angels) which you saw not, and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowermost, while it was the Word of Allah that became the uppermost, and Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise."" Quran 9:40.


While for instance Allah Honourd Zaid by mentioning him by name in Quran:


So when Zaid had accomplished his desire from her (i.e. divorced her), (Quran 33:37)


Well, if the way you are taught is that both Umar and Abu Bakr did certain things that you as shia are taking it against them till today, in a manner that can be somewhat an extreme. Let us go back and see how did our beloved Messenger, leader and teacher address situations with companions.


Did u hear of Hateb Ibn Baltaà:


To cut a long story short, he is one of those who fought Badr. U sure know what does this mean.


He disclosed a military secret when the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam was planning to open Mecca, he sent a letter with a Quraishi woman alerting them about it. What did the Messenger do when Allah Informed him about it? first he sent to stop the letter from reaching and succeeded in doing so. Then he called Hateb and investigated the matter with him, he didnt judge him without an investigation. He asked Hateb what made u do so?? Hateb said Wallahi I didnt cheat u after advising u, didnt turn to kufr after being a muslim, didnt love the kufar after being a muslim. Just wanted to have some advantage because no one is there to protect my family and my money while all other Muhajereen has people to protect their family and moeny. He continued I was sure that Allah Shall Grant His Messenger victory over them. Umar asked the Messenger's permission to cut his neck, but the Messenger replied didnt he fight Badr, how would u know that Allah pardoned all of the sins of those who fought Badr.


See brother Karbla how did our Messenger handle matters? If the attitude of you as shia towards Umar and Abu Bakr is a result of any teachings of a scholar u sure need to consider. No human being is infallible. They can make mistakes.


Regarding the Sunnah prayer, i m so happy to hear this, the reason I asked is that when I go for Umra, many times I observed Iranian shia pray both Fajr and Asr sunnah after not before. U sure know why we pray it before, because those who worshiped the sun used to pray during that time we are not supposed to pray on.


Imagine I wished that I can speak Farsi, I used to sit next to them and use very simple english, one of the women informed me that their Mullah's teach them to pray sunnah after fajr and asr rather than before. I explained that their beloved Messenger who is more important than the Mullahs taught us other wise. Not sure if u r exposed to similar situations. But this is how some scholars become responsible for faults of Muslims.