Alevi view on Islamic prayer

8/12/2019 Alevi view on Islamic prayer

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Updated January 11, 2004


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PRAYER(SALAT,NAMAZ) (Halil Oztoprak Dede)

Comply with the Alevi commandments of the Prophet and the Koran andfulfill their devotional practices according to his commandments. Qur'anic versestestify. They perform all the duties of religion in accordance with all requirementsof Hazreti Muhammed in the way of God. Those who deny are ignorant andrefuse to pay attention.

Based on the verses of the Qur'an, it is to explore the original namaz, itsevolution and its current form. Some report that the five daily times of prayer wereprescribed during the Ascension (Mi'radj ) along with the Qur'an. And because

Alevi do not perform namaz that they were treated disbelievers, they can not cut

and eat ... it is advisable to kill them.

Thus in Alevi belief, prayer is accomplished by the night of the Ascension Sura(Mi'radj)

17. The Night Journey (Al-Isra) - 78-79: [Ekiymselte lidlukssemsi gasekilleyli ve ilakur'anelfecri inne Kur'anelfecri kane ve meshuden minelleyli fetehecced bihi nafileten leke asa in

yeb'aseke rabbke mekamem mahmuden]

Tafsir (exegesis): Arise for prayer prescribed. Made prayer (Salat) at dawn andthe sun's decline till the darkness of the night and the angels will attest size day andnight. You awake at night, made the night prayer as prescription for your greatmerit that thy Lord High Glorious (Jalla Sha'nuhu) make you reach the station oPraise ( mahmud).

11. Hud - 114.Et made the prayer at the two ends of the day and in some hours of thenight. Good deeds annul bad. This is an admonition for those who reflect.

Concerning the Ascension (Mi'radj)

The Star (An-Najm) - 8-9: [Summe dena Fetedell

Tafsir: The Prophet ( aleyhisselam) approached and bound. The Prophet( aleyhisselam) was even closer Hakk Ta'ala that two bows. Allahu ta'ala and sent therevelation to Muhammad by his servant Djebra'il aleyhisselam.

The Star (An-Najm) - 62: [fescd lillahi va'bd]

Tafsir: Prostrate yourselves to Allah and worship Him.


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Thus, according to these verses above shows, the five daily prayers have notbeen fixed for the Ascension with the Qur'an.

Imran- 191: [Elleziyne yezkrunellahe kiyamen kuuden ve ve ve ala cnubihim yetefekkerune fiy

halkissemavati vel'ardi rabbena mahalakte Haza batilen sbhaneke fekina azabennari.]

Tafsir : The endowed with reason, who, standing, sitting and lying on theirsides, Allahu ta'ala invoke and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth...

The wrapped (Al-Muzzamil)- 1-6: [Ya eyyuhelmuzzemmilu. Kumilleyle illakaliylen. Nisfehu evinkus minhu kaliylen. [...] Inne nasietelleyli Hiye eseddu vat'en ve akvemukiylen. ]

Tafsir: O! you, wrapped up in your clothes or sent Prophecy! Arise and pray allnight except a little, Half of it, or a little less [...]

73. The wrapped (Al-Muzzamil)- 7: leke Inne fiynnehari sebhan taviylen. Inne leke fiynneharisebhan taviylen.

Tafsir: Prayer at night is more efficient and suitable for recitation. You in theday to take care of the affairs of the people.

Tafsir-ul Beyan of Nr : Getting up at night to pray is more powerful and theaudience by reading the heart is more advantageous. Work during the day and byyour effort.

78. The new (An-Naba)- 9-11: [Ve cealna nevmekm sbaten ve ve cealnelleyle libasencealnennehare measen]

Tafsir : We made your sleep for rest, and made the night a garment - and thedarkness covers you in the fulfillment of the prayer, you have this way of isolation,

and assigned the day work

73. The wrapped (Al-Muzzamil)- 20: [Inne rabbeke ya'lemu Enneke tekumu edna minsuluseyilleyli nisfehu ve ve ve sulusehu taifetun minelleziyne me'ake vallahu yukaddirulleyle vennehare'Alime in tuhsuhu fetabe len' aleykum fakreu my teyessere minelkur'ani ' Alime]

Tafsir : O Muhammad, your Lord knows, of course, that you stand less thantwo thirds of the night, or half of it, or a third. As well as some of those withyou. Allah measures the night and the day. He knows that you'll never spend the

whole night in prayer. He turned to you with mercy. So recite what you can from


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the Qur'an.

Muzzamil Sura was revealed during his Ascension fromAlti ParmakTarihi. Regarding this verse prayer was prescribed the night and the 5 daily

prayers are thus in the absolute void. There is no legitimate source that this issupposed to be revealed to the Prophet, nor in verses, or in riwayat.In addition, thefinal form of the 5 daily prayers was a decision imposed by community consensus(ijma 'al umma ) at the time of the Abbasids, to settle this dispute. To those whopractice them, we have nothing to say, this can be for them a condition of prayer.

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History is witness

By carefully examining the history of Islam, it is seen that after the death ofHazreti Resul-i Ekrem, the first prayer taraweeh date caliphate of Omar, and thefirst four days of prayer rakatdate Caliphate of Osman. (Taberi Tarihi shf.15)

Muawiya and his son Yezid took charge of religious affairs under the guise ofpolitics and their hatred of the Prophet have built Chairs ( minbar) in mosques tocurse Hazreti Ali and his descendants were killed and those who love them.

Surah Isra- 100: [Kullid'ullahe evid'urrahmne eyyen ma ted' felehlesm l Husna]

Tafsir : O Muhammed said: Your Lord, that you make against the quoting orthe Magnificence, Glory, God or Mercy, His Beautiful Names (Asma Husna-l) are

You. Truth ( Hakk) is in You.

Hazreti Ja'far as-Sadik its Khutbat-ul Bayansays of these two names, Allah is thegreatest (Azam).Your invocations are accepted in the name. Even if you removeone letter of the name, its meaning does not change.

Thus Alevi following the requirements of Kur'an-i Kerim citing inglbankthe

name of Allah invocation recognize this as the greatest prayer. And recommendthe prayer of the heart.

Question : Hazreti Muhammed Ali and Hazreti do not they practiced the 5daily prayers?

Answer: Yes they prayed. But in the Qur'an only prayer of the night is a timeprescribed. The dispute concerns the time at which it must be accomplished. Since

we do not know the real time performance, according to the judgment analog

( qiyas al fuqaha), it was decreed prayer Agenda 5 prayers. And lasted until our daysthe decree of consensus and analogy: this is the true face of this prayer. And each


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time has allowed God. "Halebi Sagir P.6"

Azhab Sura- 41: [ Ya eyyulhellezine menuzku rullahe zikren kesiyren vesebbihu bukreten veasilen.]

Tafsir of Hlasat-l Beyan: O believers! Mention Allah with much remembrance;receive and consent to the divine and attain degrees of Beyond.

And must constantly invoke God day and night, morning, evening ...

While God's command is clear, it does not conform to the name ofcommunity consensus ( ijma 'al umma), call the people at fixed hours crying openly,and binding: we let readers 'higher knowledge' to consider it valid or not.

In "Encyclopedia of Islam", page 163, it is reported:

"Hazreti Ali ( keremellahu wadjhahu) Hazreti Fatima, Hasan and Hseyin( radiyellahu anhula) refused the opinion ( ra'y) and community consensus ( ijma 'aumma) "

The Holy Family (Ahl-ul Bayt) after the Prophet's death, refused theconsensus of the 5 prayers invented.

The decision to form the five prayers was decided by consensus ( ijma), andanalogical reasoning ( qiyas ), so this is nothing other than a decision to settle thedispute.

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Qibla

In Islam, the Qibla is a major point of prayer. For many, it is as please turnprimary obligation towards the Hajar ul Aswad. Turn to Hajar is an ancient custom

dating back to the pre-Islamic period. During prayer the most important directionis the heart of man ( Beytullah- House of God) or his existence inside.

According to the book " ah varil-i Islam "

"The pilgrimage to the Kaaba is not a prayer ( ibadet) specificallyIslamic. Because even before the advent of Islam, the idolaters in Arabia

worshiped the Kaaba already ( Hajar Aswad-l) and pilgrims gathered in Mecca andknelt towards Mecca. '

And gather and worship in one direction (Mecca) is a practice of obscurantismArab time of ignorance ( Djahiliya) and Hazreti Muhammed (saw) had deleted this


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practice, as prescribed by Allahu Ta ' ala.

2.La Cow(Al-Bakara) - 115. To Allah belong the scene of the dawn and dusk. Whereyou turn to pray, Face (Branch) of Allah is there. Because the size is Allah, It stands in

the extent of His creation and He knoweth all things. [Ve lillhil meshriku velmaghribu feeynem tvell fesemme vehulhi innallahe vsi'un'aliymn.]

2.La Cow(Al-Bakara) - 177. The righteousness does not consist in turning your facestowards East or West.But it is righteousness to believe in Allah,

To implore Allah, all directions are theQibla(direction of prayer). Prayheading towards a point, a place Hajar ul Aswad as associating it with the onlydirection (Qibla) can be called idolatry.

5. The Table Spread (Al-Ma'ida) - 57 : And whosoever recognizes the holiness inthe face of Allah, His Messenger and the believers will succeed because it is the partyof Allah (fighters) who will be victorious.

And those who see with the eyes of Hakk faces of God, Resul and Friends areGod's peopleTawalla(those who love theAhl-ul-Baytand their friends). They havenot announced anything other than Nuri Hak Wadjhi Adam Ast (hadith: Thelight Hakk is on the face of man, Adam), based on the Word verse 61 of Surah

Isra. Kallelahou Taala:

17. The Night Journey (Al-Isra)- 61: And when We said to the angels: before they prostrated except Iblis, who said: "I bow down before mesomeone one that you created from clay?>

And Hakk Ta'ala has prescribed this verse, verse 63 of Surah Isra.

17. The Night Journey (Al-Isra) - 63. And Allah said: "Go away! If any of them

follow thee ... your punishment is Hell, repayment in full.

There is no existence closer to God than the angels

All faces are the manifestation of Hakk. Hakk is not hidden in a specificlocation.

I am looking for the path, but not the Kaaba nor the temple because I do not seethat in the first troop of idolaters and in the latter a band of self-worshipers.MevlanaDjelal-ed-Din Rumi(XIII century ) (Initiator of the SufiMevlevior Whirling Dervishes)


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The invocation (Salat) veiled

Prayers performed openly, for all, making the display are dupes prayers, asstated verses 4, 5, 6, 7 of Sura M'ne:

107. The utensil (Al-Maun)- 4,5,6,7: [Feveyln lil musaline ellezine Human sltihim Sahune,elleziyne Hum yuraune ve yemne'unelm'ne.]

Woe to those who pray, neglecting their prayer, in shoplifting by praying openly andrefusing Utensil / help / zakat.

Exegesis (tafsir) of Tibyan : These impostors, who perform prayer openly andviolently suffer the torments of hell. They are those who show their submission totheir hands and do not perform their devotions in prayer isolated places butopen. These are the community, those claiming prayer and who by their actionsand prayers do not perform for Allah but by interest, in order to obtain a reward,and showing the eyes of the community, Muslim and dedicated.

In the tafsirof Tibyan the first chapter page 282:

["Ve izakamuva illelselte kamu ksali"]

Tafsir: For missed prayers, they will rise and when they feel heavy, they look attheir hand, and accomplish prayer. They show. When they see someone else pray,they pray. "Yeraunen Nase". This prayer done openly is not for Allah, and theirhand saying Caring act only for deception. And on these displays of prayers, verses11,12,13 verses of Sura Zumar:

39. Groups (Az-Zumar)- 11-13: [Kum inniy mirt in abdallahe muhlisan lehddiyne vemirt link ekne evvelelmsli miyne kul inniy ehf in asatyt rabbiy azabe yevmin aziymin]

Tafsir : O Muhammad, say: I have been commanded to pray in purity andAllahu ta'ala for the union, and I have been commanded to be the first of theMuslims. I fear if I disobey Allah by the association and duplicity (display oprayer) and that I will be resolved violently last punishment.

39. Groups (Az-Zumar)- 14-15: [Kullilha a'bd muhlisan Lehu diyniy fa'bd msi'tm dunihimin kul ve innelhsiriyneellezine hasr enfsehm ehliyhim yevmelkiymeti El zlike hvel husrnlmbiyn]

Tafsir: Say . , Worship, therefore, apart from Him, that you


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prescribed but to pray for the work and livelihood.

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Mosque - Jami

The mosque ( djami) in its original sense is not a place of worshipbut gathering. With the advent of Islam, Muhammed Hz (saw) was notprescribed place to pray. Because giving life to a place of worship there ritualizingprayer is contrary to belief. More at that time, it was recommended prayer the nightaway from eyes. Muslims had built a mosque in the village of Kubat betweenMecca and Medina, but the Prophet made destroy because "it was uselessotherwise maintain the gossip."And the Prophet would surely no decisionscontrary to the will of Allah.

There are two verses references:

9. Disallowance(At Tawbah) - 107. Those who built a mosque into a mobile rivalry,impiety and division among believers, in preparation for one who warred against Allahand His Messenger and swear, saying, "We did that well! ' Those, Allah bears witnessthat they are liars.

9. Disallowance(At Tawbah) - 108. Do you ever want in this mosque. It is worthy ofworship in a temple founded on the first day on piety. There are people who wash theirdesire, and Allah loves those who purify themselves.

Caliph Umar did rebuild mosques destroyed by order of Hz Muhammed(pbuh) and Muawiyya has built the most beautiful and in great numbers.

Conditions prayers can be, in absolute terms, found in a mosque and they arenot location-specific. Say that a mosque is the "house of God" is invalid. genuineIslam is like Kur'an prescribed without mosques without minarets, suggests thepresence of God with heart and pray always ( ibadet).

"Do not stay close to other mosques, implore Allah to the Mosque of theheart," according to a hadith of the Prophet (pbuh) collected by Nabawi.

So it is not prescribed to pray at the mosque but at home:

24. Light(An-Nur) - 36. It is in houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted andthat His name is invoked, it glorifies Him morning and evening,

The Iron (El-Hadid) - 4. [...] Wherever you are, it is near you. Allah sees all your


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actions.

After Hz Muhammed (pbuh), mainly Umayyad Caliphates and Abbasids havetestified no spiritual allegiance. To strengthen their authority, it was necessary to

make propaganda of Islam to the people by all ways. And then the most simpleand most impressionable was to go directly to the community through speech. Forthis purpose it was necessary to meet the specific times and places, there soweddisorder by backbiting and forced to go there. This is what the Prophet haddenounced. Especially at the time of Umayyad mosques were places where peoplegathered to slander Ali and his descendants. (Celalettin Ulusoy, Alevi-Bektasi yolu )

And it is for this reason that prayers ( ibadet)Alevi Bektashi-are not made tothe mosque but in houses, as prescribed in Allah Kur'an i Kerim , adapted tojam(Djem), called homejamiyyateither house of assembly. Structures called evidjemor djemiyet evi(homejamiyyat ) built only for the ceremonydjemare very rare ornonexistent in the villages.

In Djem Alevi, women men, old, young, all can participate. Prayer is guided bya dede (recognized as spiritual leaders seyyid ) with a baglama (lute). It refers to thesocial relations maintained in the community, and we try to solve all the problemsof the community, which will raise quarrels, close the door to resentment,hostilities in order to maintain brotherhood, peace by submitting to sincerity. Wepray to "sit face (pure) Face (pure) /jamal". Prostration is the Man (referring to

Adam before whom the angels ( melek) have worshiped). Prayers and du'ato Allahobserved overall, between-aid and personal problems and the community, is to

worship. Being close to human to human is achieved in this way.

Speaking Kur'an is the man.Man is the Qibla, the Kaaba the center of the Human Heart

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