In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
The Qur'aanic Verse 62:9 (و اذا ندى للصلاة من يوم الجمعة ٠٠٠) stipulates that when
the call for the Friday prayer is given, the believers should abandon worldly
business and hasten towards meditation on Allah. And the next Verse tells them
that this restriction ends at the completion of the Friday prayer. So, the
duration of the restriction is only about an hour! Such restriction, on the
other hand, was extended to an entire day - Sabbath - for the Jews. We, Muslims,
ought to be thankful to Allah Almighty for this concession!
But what do we do? We try our best
to get over this little restriction even, in dubious ways. Some of us say that
the أذان (call for prayer) with which the
restriction starts is not the first, but the second one given just before the
ritual congregational prayer starts. The ritual prayer lasts for less than 10
minutes. So, the duration of the restriction would be 10 minutes at the most!
This is just nonsense! The 2nd اذان is given when the people are already
engaged in ذكر الله at the places of
prayer! They are not engaged in their worldly affairs then. It is the first اذان that the Verses mentioned above refer to.
At the first اذان most people are
indeed engaged in their worldly affairs. The اذان
serves as a notice to them to abandon those affairs and prepare themselves for ذكر الله.
This divine restriction is for all
believers, both male, and female. But the females, particularly those in the
Indian subcontinent, consider themselves exempted. They remain engaged in their
household activities during this restricted time!
When Muslims are so openly unmindful
about divine instructions to them, why would Allah Almighty care for them? They
have consequently become the favourite whipping boys for any Tom, Dick, or
Harry of this world, today!
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