Lesson # 545 From Holy Qur’an
It is No Sin to Curtail Worship during Journey
Surah Nisaaa’ (Women) – Chapter – 4)
Verses –101 of 176, Section – 15/24 (Part – 5)
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And when ye go forth
in the land, it is no sin for you to curtail (your) worship if ye fear that
those who disbelieve may attack you. In truth the disbelievers are an open
enemy to you.
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Wa ‘izaa zarab-tum
fil- ‘arzi falaysa ‘alaykum
junaa-hun ‘an-taq-suruu minas-Salaa-ti ‘in
khif-tum ‘any-yaf-tina-kumul-laziina kafaruu.
‘Innal-kaafiriina kaanuu lakum
‘aduw-wam-mubiinaa.
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Lesson
Taq-suruu – {Curtail (your worship)}, this
word is from qasar. Some other words
have also come out from it like qusuur,
qaasir, taq-siir. Qasar means ‘to
curtail, to lessen, to reduce, to subtract and to diminish’. To curtail the
worship means, “The prayer which has four rak-‘aat
that will become two during journey”.
Yaf-tina-kum - {(they) will trouble you)}. It has been
derived from fitnah, which means ‘mischief,
quarrel and disturbance. Here it aims that the disbelievers will attack you.
There was description about strive and migration in the previous verses.
It is clear that the journey is necessary during above both acts. Therefore form
of offering prayer during journey has been illustrated in this section and
permitted to curtail worship in the condition of journey. If there is a threat
from the enemy, who has not embraced your religion and they remain ready every
time to hurt you, they will attack in the journey, then you are allowed to
curtail some prayer during journey, because the infidels are your exposed
enemies.
Messenger of Allaah Almighty (grace,
glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) caused to understand this matter in the
manner that this concession is for all kinds of journeys, whether there is
danger in it or not. The mention of fear has been stated in the verse for the
purpose that when this verse was revealed, in those days the Tribe Bani Najaar asked, “What is the order
for us about the prayer while we people remain frequently on journey”. Then Holy
Prophet (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) told them, “Allaah Almighty has produced for you
this facility with His Mercy and Kindness and permitted to curtail the Rak-‘aat of prayers in case of journey”.
Confirmation of Hanafii sect
regarding the journey is that the travel should not be less than three stages (destinations,
manzil). There will be no relaxation in
the complete prayer for the travel less than three stages. The definition of
the stage is that in which either a man or a camel travels with normal speed in
a day. After that, whenever Messenger of Allaah
Almighty (grace, glory, blessings and peace be upon Him) used to go on journey,
then He used to offer two Rak-‘aat of
the prayer instead of the prayer of four Rak-‘aat.
But even then while the enemies intended to attack for getting benefit of the
condition of worship by Muslims, then another method of worship was ordered,
which will be discussed in the next lesson. Now it is known from these verses
that the prayer is such incumbent, which can never be left without offering
besides entirely helplessness. However some relaxation and reductions have been
permitted.
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