Salah is a cognate with the Hebrew Selah, which is found untranslated in certain English translations of the Psalms, generally marking a pause in the reading (as the Psalms are meant to be recited, and still are in traditional churches, particularly in the East). So, in that way, you could say so.As we know Salat was/is main worshiping in all Holy religion for God. So ı have search about Salat in Gospels. I think there should be much about Salat. Just ı saw that verse which ı think is about Salat:
let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
- O come, let us worship and bow down:
The Psalms:95/6
I would agree with that. We are supposed to stand and bow in prayer before God with humility and respect, more than one would do before a Majestic King. The heart does indeed follow the movements of the body, and the body is also affected by the soul. That is why we are taught physical prostration before God, so that humility in the soul is further induced. The condition of true humility is achieved when both body and soul are in humble submission before God Almighty.My own feeling is that prayer is a holy obligation that should be practiced with due respect. A nun who taught me in school told me that ‘the body reflects the soul’ and if we sat and knelt respectfully and attentively; our hearts and souls would follow in respect and attentiveness.
Can you prove what you assert?(full prostrations, with head to the ground; this was adopted by Islam from Eastern Christianity)
In second temple Judaism there were 7 daily prayers which were usually kept by a ringing of a bell at different hours of the day. These prayers could be divided into major and minor hours. Basically around 3 major prayers to 5 major prayers, and 2-4 minor prayers. The system of prayers isn’t exactly recorded but was probably composed of of one or more psalms, and several readings per prayer complete with other prayers added. These also most likely incorporated some bows.I would agree with that. We are supposed to stand and bow in prayer before God with humility and respect, more than one would do before a Majestic King. The heart does indeed follow the movements of the body, and the body is also affected by the soul. That is why we are taught physical prostration before God, so that humility in the soul is further induced. The condition of true humility is achieved when both body and soul are in humble submission before God Almighty.
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Salat is prostration, right? Orthodox Christians do that everyday in prayer. Islam copied the exact type of prostration from us. We also have formal prayers 8 times a day, Islam lowered it to only 5. Islam also copied headcovering for women from Orthodox Christianity, though most Orthodox Christian women only cover in Church or during former prayer now, if at all. The prayer rope was also taken from Christianity, but used for other purpose in Islam.As we know Salat was/is main worshiping in all Holy religion for God. So ı have search about Salat in Gospels. I think there should be much about Salat. Just ı saw that verse which ı think is about Salat:
let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
- O come, let us worship and bow down:
The Psalms:95/6
Salat (صلاة) is prayer. Prostration is sujud (سجود).Salat is prostration, right?
Its not unreasonable to suggest Muhammad saw the actions of Jews and Christians (who were bowing completely on the ground in prayer to God long before the Muslims first did it) and imitated them. This however is an educated guess.Can you prove what you assert?
The manner of prayer was taught to the Prophet Muhammad pbuh by the Angel Gabriel pbuh.
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im 99% certain he copied his form of prayer from watching Yemenite Jews in the city of Yathrib which hosted him. Below is a link to a jew praying in the yemenite fashion, note the extreme similarities:Its not unreasonable to suggest Muhammad saw the actions of Jews and Christians (who were bowing completely on the ground in prayer to God long before the Muslims first did it) and imitated them. This however is an educated guess.
Peace.im 99% certain he copied his form of prayer from watching Yemenite Jews in the city of Yathrib which hosted him. Below is a link to a jew praying in the yemenite fashion, note the extreme similarities:
youtube.com/watch?v=0aHWASyMjwg
The problem with your hypothesis is that even if we accept that the current form of Islamic prayer was adopted before Mohammad’s migration to Yathrib it doesn’t mean anything. Mohammad had an uncle in-law named Waraqa who was a Jew and was a mentor of Mohammad for quite some time. His wife Khadija was most likely a Jew as well.Peace.
A major problem with your hypothesis is that the Muslim method of prayer has been practiced since the early days of Islam in Mecca, not after migrating to Medina/Yathrib 13 years later.
As for similarities, when God is the source of the teachings of all the prophets, there are bound to be similarities in worship. The Qur’an itself claims that it contains within it those teachings from the former Scriptures which were of a lasting value:
[98:2-3] A Messenger from Allah, reciting unto them the pure Scriptures. Therein are lasting commandments.
Infact, if Islam taught that the way to approach God was opposite the way the former prophets approached God, then it would be open to question. If God is the same, and human nature remains the same, then the way to form a relationship with God should not be fundamentally different, nor should the scriptural teachings be vastly different.
However, some people do not realise this point, and erroneously charge Islam with having copied the scriptures and practices of the former peoples. This charge is actually a proof of it’s truth, not of it’s falsehood. For instance, about the practice of fasting, the Qur’an categorically states that:
Why would Islam teach similar ways of forming a relationship with God, if the purpose of Islam was not that very same thing?
- [2:184] Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you*, so that you may become righteous.
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Waraqa was not his uncle, nor was he a Jew. He was an Arab polytheist who had become a Christian, but he died soon after the Prophet pbuh received his first revelation. Khadija r.a. was also an Arab.The problem with your hypothesis is that even if we accept that the current form of Islamic prayer was adopted before Mohammad’s migration to Yathrib it doesn’t mean anything. Mohammad had an uncle in-law named Waraqa who was a Jew and was a mentor of Mohammad for quite some time. His wife Khadija was most likely a Jew as well.
The details of the rules of prayer may have been issued from time to time, but the form of prayer remained as taught by Gabriel a.s. in the furst year of prophethood in Mecca.Second, the Muslim prayer changed over time. Mohammad changed certain things over time. For instance the lines were made compact when we know that at the beginning they stood spread out. Also Mohammad later forbade talking during prayer or taking breaks between prayer units.
I said they would be similar, not necessarily the same. Everything in religion was perfected by Islam, hence there are some differences with previous religions, whose teachings were not perfected.Third, you make the rational point that all Divinely Inspired acts of worship would be the same.
How has islam perfected the rule of prayer which exists in Christianity? Examples?I said they would be similar, not necessarily the same. Everything in religion was perfected by Islam, hence there are some differences with previous religions, whose teachings were not perfected.
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In many ways.How has islam perfected the rule of prayer which exists in Christianity? Examples?
I assume you are referring to the Lord’s prayer which Jesus himself commanded and I see nothing imperfect in it. Christian prayer life however is not defined by that prayer alone but a whole swath of subjects and topics, be it the praying for family, friends, fellow congregants civil authorities, people who travel by land and sea and air and in the general prosperity of the world and that would be just the liturgy. In orthodox prayer books, along with catholic prayer books one can find all sorts of prayers for all sorts of circumstances, but merely covering topics is not the heart of prayer. The heart of prayer is to pray without ceasing, that should be one of the Christian’s Goals, to never cease praying, rather never cease trying but to recall and praise God in any given circumstance.In many ways.
For instance, in Christianity, your prayer is for your daily bread, whereas in Islam, one’s daily prayer is for right guidance along the way of the favoured ones, such as the prophets, which is the way that leads to a union of love with God Almighty.
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