{"id":6017,"date":"2020-03-14T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/6017\/why-do-the-shiah-perform-the-five-daily-prayers-in-three-periods-2\/"},"modified":"2020-03-06T17:21:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:21:19","slug":"why-do-the-shiah-perform-the-five-daily-prayers-in-three-periods-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/6017\/why-do-the-shiah-perform-the-five-daily-prayers-in-three-periods-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do the Shi\u2018ah perform the five daily prayers in three periods?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Why do the Shi\u2018ah perform the five daily prayers in three periods?<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Reply:<\/strong> In order to clarify this point, we had better examine the views of jurists {fuqaha} in this regard first:
\n1. All Muslim groups agree that in \u2018Arafah[30][242] one may perform both noon {zuhr} and afternoon {asr} prayers successively without any interval between them, and in Muzdalifah[31][243] it is also permissible to say sunset {maghrib} and night {\u2018isha\u2019} prayers at the time of \u2018isha\u2019 prayer.
\n2. The Hanafis say: Performing zuhr and \u2018asr prayers successively with no interval between them and performing \u2018isha\u2019 soon after maghrib are permissible only in \u2018Arafah and Muzdalifah. That is, one is not allowed to do so except in these two occasions.
\n3. The Hanbalis, Malikis and Shafi\u2018is say: It is permissible to perform zuhr and \u2018asr prayers successively or maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers one after another with no interval between them while traveling in addition to the two stated cases (i.e., in \u2018Arafah and Muzdalifah). Some of these groups also say that it is permissible to perform two prayers successively at emergency cases such as rain, sickness, or fear of enemy.[32][244]
\n4. The Shi\u2018ah are of the opinion that each of zuhr and \u2018asr prayers, and maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers has a specific time and a common time:
\na. The specific time for zuhr prayer extends from the beginning of the religiously prescribed noon {zuhr ash-shar\u2018i} (i.e. time of decline from the meridian {waqt az-zuwal}) up to the time when one completes the four rak\u2018ahs of zuhr prayer. During this limited period of time, only zuhr prayer can be performed.
\nb. The specific time for \u2018asr prayer is a limited period of time preceding maghrib. It extends from the first rak\u2018ah until the end of the fourth rak\u2018ah of \u2018asr prayer.
\nc. The common time for zuhr and \u2018asr prayers is the period between the end of the specific time for zuhr prayer and the beginning of the specific time for \u2018asr prayer.
\nThe Shi\u2018ah position is that during this common time, one can perform zuhr and \u2018asr prayers one after the other with no interval between them. The Ahl as-Sunnah, however, believe that the period allotted exclusively to zuhr extends from the beginning of zuhr ash-shar\u2018i {waqt az-zuwal} up to the time when the shadow of an object becomes as long as itself and in this period performing \u2018asr prayer is not permissible. They add that the period between the end of zuhr prayer and the beginning of maghrib is allotted exclusively to \u2018asr prayer in which performing zuhr prayer is not permissible.
\nd. The time allotted exclusively to maghrib prayer extends from the commencement of the religiously prescribed sunset (maghrib ash-shar\u2018i) up to the time when one completes the three rak\u2018ahs of maghrib prayer and in this period, performing other than maghrib prayer is not permissible.
\ne. The time allotted exclusively to \u2018isha\u2019 prayer is a limited time which precedes the religiously prescribed \u201cmidnight\u201d which encompasses only the time for the four rak\u2018ahs of \u2018isha\u2019 prayer, and in this period, performing other than \u2018isha\u2019 prayer is not permissible.
\nf. The common time for maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers extends from the moment which marks the end of the time allotted exclusively to maghrib prayer up to the beginning of the time allotted exclusively to \u2018isha\u2019 prayer.
\nAccording to the Shi\u2018ah, in the common time one is allowed to perform maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers one after the other with no interval between them. The Ahl as-Sunnah, however, say that the period which extends from the beginning of maghrib to the declension of aurora {zuwal ash-shafaq} is the time allotted exclusively to maghrib prayer and in this period performing \u2018isha\u2019 prayer is not permissible. And they say that the period between the declension of aurora and the religiously prescribed \u201cmidnight\u201d is allotted exclusively to \u2018isha\u2019 prayer in which performing maghrib prayer is not permissible.
\nThe conclusion is that according to the Shi\u2018ah view, when the religiously prescribed noon {zuhr ash-shar\u2018i} begins, we may perform zuhr prayer and perform \u2018asr prayer immediately afterward. We may also delay zuhr prayer and perform it before the time allotted exclusively to \u2018asr prayer provided that our performing of zuhr prayer ends before the beginning of the time allotted exclusively to \u2018asr prayer and we can perform \u2018asr prayer afterward.
\nAs such, we can perform zuhr and \u2018asr prayers successively though it is recommended to perform zuhr prayer after the declension (from the meridian) and \u2018asr prayer when the shadow of every object becomes equal to itself in length.
\nAlso, we may perform maghrib prayer as soon as the religiously prescribed sunset {maghrib ash-shar\u2018i} begins and perform \u2018isha\u2019 prayer immediately afterward. We may also delay the performance of maghrib prayer till before the beginning of the time allotted exclusively to \u2018isha\u2019 prayer provided that we finish performing maghrib prayer before the arrival of the time allotted exclusively to \u2018isha\u2019 prayer and we can perform \u2018isha\u2019 prayer afterward.
\nAs such, we can perform maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers successively though it is recommended to perform maghrib prayer after the religiously prescribed sunset and \u2018isha\u2019 prayer after the declension of the aurora from the west.
\nThis is the Shi\u2018ah\u2019s view. As for Ahl as-Sunnah, they say it is not permissible to successively perform zuhr and \u2018asr prayers or the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers at any place or time. The bone of contention, therefore, is the performance of two prayers at all times and places so that both prayers are performed in the time of one of them just like performing two prayers successively in \u2018Arafah and Muzdalifah.
\n5. All Muslims agree that the Holy Prophet (S) had offered these two prayers in succession, but this tradition is interpreted in two ways:
\na. The Shi\u2018ah say that what is meant by this tradition is that one is allowed to perform zuhr prayer at its appointed time and perform \u2018asr prayer immediately after zuhr prayer. Similarly, one is allowed to perform maghrib prayer at its appointed time and perform \u2018isha\u2019 prayer immediately after maghrib prayer. And this ruling is applicable without such restrictions like time, place or condition; rather, it is permissible at any time and place.
\nb. The others say that what is meant by this is that one can wait for a while and perform zuhr prayer at the end of the period of the time allotted exclusively to it and offer \u2018asr prayer at its initial period. Also, one can wait for a while and perform the maghrib prayer at the end of the period allotted exclusively to it and offer \u2018isha\u2019 prayer at its initial period.
\nIn order to clarify this point, we shall examine the pertinent traditions to prove that what the traditions say about offering two prayers in succession {jam\u2018} is consistent with what the Shi\u2018ah say. That is, one can offer the two prayers at the time of the other, and not in the end of the period of the time allotted exclusively to it and the other one at its initial period.<\/h6>\n
A glance at the traditions<\/strong>
\n1. In his Musnad, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, the founder of the Hanbali school of jurisprudence, thus narrates on the authority of Jabir ibn Zayd:
\n\u0645\u0639 \u0635\u0644\u0651\u064a\u062a :\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644 \u0639\u0628\u0651\u0627\u0633 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0633\u0645\u0639 \u0623\u0646\u0651\u0647 \u0632\u064a\u062f \u0628\u0646 \u062c\u0627\u0628\u0631 \u0623\u062e\u0628\u0631\u0646\u0649
\n\u0633\u0628\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0648 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u062b\u0645\u0627\u0646\u064a\u064b\u0627 \u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644
\n\u0639\u062c\u0651\u0644 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0623\u062e\u0651\u0631 \u0623\u0638\u0646\u0651\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0651\u0639\u062b\u0627\u0621 \u0623\u0628\u0627 \u064a\u0627 \u0644\u0647 \u0642\u0644\u062a: \u0642\u0627\u0644: .\u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639\u064b\u0627
\n.
\n\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0623\u0638\u0646\u0651 \u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0648 \u0642\u0627\u0644: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621\u060c \u0639\u062c\u0651\u0644 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0623\u062e\u0651\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631<\/em><\/strong>
\nJabir ibn Zayd reports: I heard Ibn \u2018Abbas say: I prayed behind the Apostle of Allah (S) eight (rak\u2018ahs) in combination, and seven rak\u2018ahs in combination. I (one of the narrators) said: O Abu Sha\u2018tha\u2019, I think that he (the Holy Prophet) had delayed zuhr prayer and offered \u2018asr prayer soon afterward, and he delayed magrib prayer and offered \u2018isha\u2019 prayer soon afterward. He said: I also think so.[33][245]
\nIt is evident from this tradition that the Holy Prophet (S) performed \u2018asr immediately after zuhr, and \u2018isha\u2019 immediately after maghrib without any interval in between.
\n2. Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrates the following on the authority of \u2018Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq:
\n\u0628\u062f\u062a \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0651\u0645\u0633 \u063a\u0631\u0628\u062a \u062d\u062a\u0651\u0649\u0670 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0628\u0639\u062f \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0639\u0628\u0651\u0627\u0633 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u062e\u0637\u0628\u0646\u0627
\n\u0628\u0646\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0631\u062c\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0645 \u0641\u064a \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0648\u0629 \u064a\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0648\u0646\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u0627\u0633 \u0639\u0644\u0651\u0642 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u062c\u0648\u0645
\n\u0623\u062a\u0639\u0644\u0651\u0645\u0646\u064a \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0648 \u0641\u063a\u0636\u0628 \u0642\u0627\u0644: \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0648\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0648\u0629 :\u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644 \u0641\u062c\u0639\u0644 \u062a\u0645\u064a\u0645
\n\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0634\u0647\u062f\u062a \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0651\u0646\u0651\u0629\u061f
\n\u0641\u0648\u062c\u062f\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0642\u0627\u0644 .\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0650\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631\u060c \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646
\n.
\n\u0641\u0648\u0670\u0641\u0642\u0647 \u0641\u0633\u0623\u0644\u062a\u0647 \u0647\u0631\u064a\u0631\u0629 \u0623\u0628\u0627 \u0641\u0644\u0642\u064a\u062a \u0634\u064a\u0626\u064b\u0627 \u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0645\u0646 \u0646\u0641\u0633\u064a \u0641\u064a<\/em><\/strong>
\nIbn al-\u2018Abbas one day delivered us a speech in the late afternoon (after the afternoon prayer) till the sun disappeared and the stars appeared. The people began to say: Prayer! Prayer! Among the people who were present was a man from Banu Tamim. He started crying: Prayer! Prayer! Ibn \u2018Abbas became angry and said: Do you want to teach me the Sunnah?
\nAnd he added: I saw the Messenger of Allah (S) perform afternoon prayer immediately after noon prayer and \u2018isha\u2019 prayer immediately after maghrib prayer. \u2018Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq said: I felt I was not quite satisfied, so when I saw Abu Hurayrah and asked him, he confirmed \u2018Abbas\u2019 words.[34][246]
\nIn this hadith, two of the Companions, \u2018Abd Allah ibn \u2018Abbas and Abu Hurayrah, testify to the fact that the Holy Prophet (S) performed \u2018asr immediately after zuhr, and \u2018isha\u2019 immediately after maghrib and Ibn \u2018Abbas imitated this act of the Prophet (S).
\n3. Malik ibn Anas, the founder of the Maliki school of jurisprudence, thus writes in his book, Al-Muwatta\u2019:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0635\u0644\u0651\u0649
\n.
\n\u0633\u0641\u0631\u064d \u0648\u0644\u0627 \u062e\u0648\u0641\u064d \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Messenger of Allah (S) performed noon and afternoon prayers immediately one after the other, and performed maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers immediately one after the other though he was neither in a state of fear nor on travels.[35][247]
\n4. Malik ibn Anas thus narrates on the authority of Mu\u2018adh ibn Jabal:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0641\u0643\u0627\u0646
\n.
\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0650\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u064a\u062c\u0645\u0639<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cThe Messenger of Allah (S) (on the Tabuk expedition) performed afternoon prayer immediately after noon prayer and \u2018isha\u2019 prayer immediately after maghrib prayer.\u201d[36][248]
\n5. Malik ibn Anas thus narrates on the authority of Nafi\u2018, from \u2018Abd Allah ibn \u2018Umar:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0643\u0627\u0646
\n.
\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u064a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0651\u064a\u0631 \u0628\u0647 \u0639\u062c\u0644\u0651 \u0625\u0630\u0627<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u201cWhenever the Messenger of Allah (S) was in a hurry, he would perform \u2018isha\u2019 prayer immediately after maghrib prayer.\u201d[37][249]
\n6. Malik ibn Anas thus narrates on the authority of Abu Hurayrah:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0625\u0646
\n.
\n\u062a\u0628\u0648\u0643 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u0641\u0631\u0647 \u0641\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u064a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0643\u0627\u0646<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u201cVerily, the Messenger of Allah (S) combined maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers together when he travelled to Tabuk.\u201d[38][250]
\n7. Malik ibn Anas thus narrates on the authority of Nafi\u2018:
\n\u0627\u0644\u0623\u064f\u0645\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0639\u0645\u0631 \u0628\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0639\u0628\u062f \u0625\u0646\u0651
\n.
\n\u0645\u0639\u0647\u0645 \u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0637\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0650\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0628\u064a\u0646<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u201cVerily, whenever the emirs combined maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers while raining, \u2018Abd Allah ibn \u2018Umar would also combine the two prayers.\u201d[39][251]
\n8. Malik ibn Anas thus narrates on the authority of \u2018Ali ibn al-Husayn:
\n\u0623\u0646 \u0623\u0631\u0627\u062f \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0643\u0627\u0646
\n\u0644\u064a\u0644\u0647 \u064a\u0633\u064a\u0631 \u0623\u0646 \u0623\u0631\u0627\u062f \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631\u060c \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u062c\u0645\u0639 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u0647 \u064a\u0633\u064a\u0631
\n.
\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0650\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u062c\u0645\u0639<\/em><\/strong>
\nWhenever the Messenger of Allah (S) wanted to travel during the day, he would combine zuhr and \u2018asr prayers, and whenever he wanted to travel during the night, he would combine maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers.[40][252]
\n9. In his Sharh al-Muwatta\u2019, Muhammad az-Zarqani thus narrates on the authority of Abu ash-Sha\u2018tha\u2019:
\n\u0634\u064a\u0621\u064c \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0635\u0631\u0629 \u0635\u0644\u0651\u0649 \u0639\u0628\u0651\u0627\u0633 \u0628\u0646 \u0625\u0646\u0651
\n.
\n\u0634\u064a\u0621\u064c \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0644\u064a\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0650\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648<\/em><\/strong>
\nVerily, (\u2018Abd Allah) ibn \u2018Abbas performed in Basrah zuhr and \u2018asr prayers together without any interval in between, and performed maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers together without any interval in between.[41][253]
\n10. Zarqani narrates on the authority of Tabrani, from Ibn Mas\u2018ud:
\n\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u0628\u064a\u0651 \u062c\u0645\u0639
\n.
\n\u0623\u0645\u0651\u062a\u064a \u062a\u062d\u0631\u0651\u062c \u0644\u0626\u0644\u0627\u0651 \u0647\u0670\u0630\u0627 \u0635\u0646\u0639\u062a :\u0641\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0630\u0670\u0644\u0643\u060c \u0641\u064a \u0644\u0647 \u0641\u0642\u064a\u0644 .\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0628\u064a\u0646<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Prophet (S) performed zuhr and \u2018asr prayers together, and the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers together. When he was asked about the reason for that, he said: I wanted that my ummah would not be put to (unnecessary) difficulty.[42][254]
\n11. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj narrates on the authority of Abu Zubayr from Sa\u2018id ibn Jubayr from Ibn \u2018Abbas:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0635\u0644\u0651\u0649
\n.
\n\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0641\u0631\u064d \u062e\u0648\u0641\u064d \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0641\u064a \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u201cThe Messenger of Allah (S) performed noon and afternoon prayers together in Medina though he was neither in a state of fear nor on travels.\u201d[43][255]
\nAbu Zubayr said: I asked Sa\u2018id (one of the narrators) why the Prophet did that. He said: I asked Ibn \u2018Abbas about it, and he replied that he (the Holy Prophet) wanted that no one among his ummah should be put to (unnecessary) hardship.[44][256]
\n12. In his Sahih, Muslim thus narrates on the authority of Abu Zubayr from Sa\u2018id ibn Jubayr from Ibn al-\u2018Abbas:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u062c\u0645\u0639
\n.
\n\u0648\u0644\u0627\u0645\u0637\u0631\u064d \u062e\u0648\u0641\u064d \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u0641\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Messenger of Allah (S) combined the noon prayer with the afternoon prayer and the sunset prayer with the \u2018isha\u2019 prayer in Medina without being in a state of danger or rainfall.[45][257]
\nThen Sa\u2018id ibn Jubayr says: I asked Ibn al-\u2018Abbas: \u201cWhy did the Prophet do it?\u201d Ibn al-\u2018Abbas replied: \u201cHe (the Holy Prophet) wanted that no one among his ummah should be put to (unnecessary) hardship\u201d.[46][258]
\n13. In his Sahih, Abu \u2018Abd Allah al-Bukhari has allocated a special section for this issue under the heading, \u201cSection: Delaying of \u1e92uhr Prayer till \u2018Asr Prayer\u201d {bab ta\u2019khir az-zuhr ila\u2019l-\u2018asr},[47][259] which is itself a solid proof that one may delay performing the zuhr prayer and observe it along with the \u2018asr prayer at the time of the latter. Then, in that section Bukhari narrates a tradition, which we shall quote below:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u0628\u0649\u0651 \u0625\u0646\u0651
\n.
\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0648\u062b\u0645\u0627\u0646\u064a\u064b\u0627\u060c \u0633\u0628\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u0635\u0644\u0651\u0649<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u201cVerily, the Prophet (S) prayed eight rak\u2018ahs for the zuhr and \u2018asr, and seven for the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers in Medina.\u201d[48][260]
\nIt is so evident from this tradition that not only that one may delay performing the zuhr prayer and observe it along with the \u2018asr prayer at the time of the latter, but it can also be inferred, based on contextual analogy, that in following the Holy Prophet (S) one may delay performing the maghrib prayer and observe it along with the \u2018isha\u2019 prayer at the time of the latter.
\n14. And thus, elsewhere in his Sahih, Bukhari says:
\n:\u0639\u0646\u0647\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0636\u0649 \u0639\u0628\u0651\u0627\u0633 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0648 \u0623\u064a\u0651\u0648\u0628 \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0648 \u0639\u0645\u0631 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0642\u0627\u0644
\n.
\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u0628\u0649\u0651 \u0635\u0644\u0651\u0649<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u201c(\u2018Abd Allah) ibn \u2018Umar, Abu Ayyub and Ibn al-\u2018Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said: The Prophet (S) observed the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers (together without any interval).\u201d[49][261]
\nBukhari seemingly wants to deduce from this tradition that the Holy Prophet (S) combined the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers. Otherwise, it is obvious that the Prophet (S) never neglected prayer.
\n15. In his Sahih, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj thus writes:
\n\u0641\u0633\u0643\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0648\u0629 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u062b\u0645\u0651 \u0641\u0633\u0643\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0648\u0629 \u0639\u0628\u0651\u0627\u0633 \u0644\u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0631\u062c\u0644 \u0642\u0627\u0644
\n\u0643\u0646\u0651\u0627 \u0648 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0648\u0629 \u0623\u062a\u0639\u0644\u0651\u0645\u0646\u0627 \u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0645\u0651 \u0644\u0627 :\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u062b\u0645\u0651 \u0641\u0633\u0643\u062a\u060c \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0648\u0629 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u062b\u0645\u0651
\n.
\n\u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0639\u0647\u062f \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0627\u062a\u064a\u0646 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0646\u062c\u0645\u0639<\/em><\/strong>
\nA person said to Ibn al-\u2018Abbas (as he delayed the prayer): Prayer. He kept silence. He again said: Prayer. He again kept silence, and he again cried: Prayer. He again kept silence and said: May you be deprived of your mother, do you teach us about prayer? We used to combine two prayers during the life of the Messenger of Allah (S).[50][262]
\n16. Muslim narrates:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0625\u0646
\n\u063a\u0632\u0648\u0629 \u0641\u0649 \u0633\u0627\u0641\u0631\u0647\u0627 \u0633\u0641\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0651\u0644\u0627\u0629 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u062c\u0645\u0639
\n:\u0633\u0639\u064a\u062f \u0642\u0627\u0644 . \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u062a\u0628\u0648\u0643
\n.
\n\u0627\u0645\u0651\u062a\u0647 \u0644\u0627\u064a\u062d\u0631\u062c \u0623\u0646 \u0623\u0631\u0627\u062f :\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0630\u0670\u0644\u0643\u061f \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u062d\u0645\u0644\u0647 \u0645\u0627 :\u0639\u0628\u0651\u0627\u0633 \u0644\u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0641\u0642\u0644\u062a<\/em><\/strong>
\nIbn al-\u2018Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (S) combined the prayers as he set on a journey in the expedition to Tabuk. He combined the noon prayer with the afternoon prayer and the sunset prayer with the \u2018isha\u2019 prayer. Sa\u2018id (one of the narrators) said to Ibn al-\u2018Abbas: What prompted him to do this? He said: He wanted that his ummah should not be put to (unnecessary) hardship.[51][263]
\n17. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj thus narrates on the authority of Mu\u2018adh ibn Jabal:
\n\u063a\u0632\u0648\u0629 \u0641\u0649 \u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0645\u0639 \u062e\u0631\u062c\u0646\u0627
\n.
\n\u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648 \u062c\u0645\u064a\u0639\u064b\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u064a\u0635\u0644\u0651\u0649 \u0641\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u062a\u0628\u0648\u0643<\/em><\/strong>
\nMu\u2018adh reported: We set out with the Messenger of Allah (S) on the Tabuk expedition, and he observed the noon and afternoon prayers together and the sunset and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers together.[52][264]
\n18. Malik ibn Anas writes in the book, Al-Muwatta\u2019:
\n\u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u064a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0647\u0644 :\u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0628\u0646 \u0633\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0633\u0623\u0644 \u0627\u0646\u0651\u0647 \u0634\u0647\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0646
\n.
\n\u0628\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0629\u061f \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633 \u0635\u0644\u0627\u0629 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u062a\u0631 \u0623\u0644\u0645 \u0628\u0630\u0670\u0644\u0643\u060c \u0644\u0627\u0628\u0623\u0633 \u0646\u0639\u0645 :\u0641\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0651\u0641\u0631\u061f \u0641\u0649<\/em><\/strong>
\nIbn Shahab asked Salim ibn \u2018Abd Allah: \u201cDo you combine the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers while in travel?\u201d He replied: \u201cYes, there is no problem for that. Can you not see how the people pray on the Day of \u2018Arafah (in the plain of \u2018Arafah)?\u201d[53][265]
\nIt is necessary to note that the Muslims regard it as permissible on the Day of \u2018Arafah in the plain of \u2018Arafah to combine the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers by observing them together at the time of zuhr prayer without any interval in between. Here, Salim ibn \u2018Abd Allah is saying that just as the people is performing together the two prayers in \u2018Arafah, they can also do the same elsewhere.
\n19. Muttaqi Hindi thus stated in his book, Kanz al-\u2018Ummal:
\n\u0644\u0646\u0627 \u062c\u0645\u0639 :\u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0642\u0627\u0644
\n\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0641\u0631 \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0642\u064a\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644
\n\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u0628\u0649\u0651 \u062a\u0631\u0649 \u0644\u0645 :\u0639\u0645\u0631 \u0644\u0625\u0628\u0646 \u0631\u062c\u0644 \u0641\u0642\u0627\u0644 . \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646
\n.
\n\u0631\u062c\u0644 \u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0625\u0646 \u0627\u0645\u0651\u062a\u0647 \u0644\u0627\u064a\u062d\u0631\u062c \u0644\u0623\u0646 :\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0630\u0670\u0644\u0643\u061f \u0641\u0639\u0644 \u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649<\/em><\/strong> \u2013
\n\u2018Abd Allah (ibn \u2018Umar) said: \u201cThe Messenger of Allah (S) combined the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers and the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers together while resident and not in travel.\u201d A man asked Ibn \u2018Umar: \u201cWhy did the Prophet (S) do that?\u201d He replied: \u201cSo that his ummah would not be put to (unnecessary) difficulty should one prefer to do so\u201d.[54][266]
\n20. We can also read the following in Kanz al-\u2018Ummal:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0651\u0628\u0649\u0651 \u0623\u0646\u0651 \u062c\u0627\u0628\u0631\u060c \u0639\u0646
\n.
\n\u0625\u0642\u0627\u0645\u062a\u064a\u0646 \u0648 \u0628\u0623\u0630\u0627\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u062c\u0645\u0639<\/em><\/strong>
\nJabir (ibn \u2018Abd Allah) says: \u201cVerily, the Prophet (S) combined together the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers with one adhan and two iqamahs.\u201d[55][267]
\n21. In Kanz al-\u2018Ummal, one can read the tradition below:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u0623\u0646\u0651 \u062c\u0627\u0628\u0631 \u0639\u0646
\n.
\n\u0628\u0633\u0641\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0647\u0645\u0627 \u0641\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0628\u0645\u0643\u0651\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0651\u0645\u0633 \u0644\u0647 \u063a\u0631\u0628\u062a<\/strong><\/em>
\nJabir (ibn \u2018Abd Allah) says: \u201cWhile the Messenger of Allah (S) was in Mecca the sun had set. Upon reaching Sarf,[56][268] he combined the two prayers (maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019).\u201d[57][269]
\n22. In Kanz al-\u2018Ummal, it is thus narrated from Ibn al-\u2018Abbas:
\n\u2013 \u0648\u0633\u0644\u0651\u0645 {\u0648\u0622\u0644\u0647} \u0627\u0644\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0635\u0644\u0649 \u2013 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0631\u0633\u0648\u0644 \u062c\u0645\u0639
\n:\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0644\u0627\u0645\u0637\u0631\u064d\u060c \u0648 \u0633\u0641\u0631\u064d \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0641\u0649 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0645\u062f\u064a\u0646\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0627\u0621 \u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0648 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0635\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0638\u0651\u0647\u0631 \u0628\u064a\u0646
\n.
\n\u0627\u0645\u0651\u062a\u0647 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0651\u0648\u0633\u0639\u0629 \u0623\u0631\u0627\u062f :\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0630\u0670\u0644\u0643\u061f \u0641\u0639\u0644 \u062a\u0631\u0627\u0647 \u0644\u0645 :\u0639\u0628\u0651\u0627\u0633 \u0644\u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0642\u0644\u062a<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Messenger of Allah (S) combined together the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers as well as the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers in Medina while not in a state of journey or rainfall. A narrator says: I asked Ibn al-\u2018Abbas: Why did he (the Holy Prophet) do so? He replied: He wanted easiness for his ummah.[58][270]<\/h6>\n
Conclusion<\/strong>
\nNow, in the light of the quoted traditions, we shall sum up the clear proofs that testify to the validity of the interpretation of combining prayers from the viewpoint of the Shi\u2018ah:<\/h6>\n
1. Combining two prayers together is meant to facilitate the conduct of affairs and avoid difficulty.<\/strong>
\nMany of the traditions testify to the fact that if combining together the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers or the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers is not permissible, it will cause difficulty and trouble in the activities of Muslims. As such, in a bid to create a sort of improvement and facility in the affairs of Muslims, the Prophet (S) declared as permissible the observance of both prayers (zuhr and \u2018asr prayers, and the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers) at one time. In this respect, refer to 10th, 16th, 19th, and 22nd hadiths.
\nIt is clear that if the purport of the quoted traditions is that one may delay performing the zuhr prayer at its latter period (near the time when the size of any object is equal in size with itself) for the Ahl as-Sunnah and observe the \u2018asr prayer at its initial period in such a manner that both prayers are performed together at a certain limited time, such a decree not only fails to give comfort but also causes more difficulty and trouble, whereas the purpose behind combining two prayers is comfort in the conduct of affairs.
\nHaving said this, it is evident that the purport of this decree is that one may observe the two prayers throughout their common time such as the initial time of one or the latter part the other\u2019s period, and not that we may perform one of these prayers at its latter period and the other one at its initial time.<\/h6>\n
2. Combining the two prayers together in \u2018Arafah is an expression of its general applicability<\/strong>
\nAll Islamic schools of thought have regarded as permissible to combine together the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers in \u2018Arafah.[59][271] Meanwhile, some of these quoted traditions testify to the fact that combining the two prayers in other places is also like combining the same in \u2018Arafah, and for this reason, there is no difference between the Day of \u2018Arafah and other days, or the plain of \u2018Arafah and other places. In this regard, refer to the 18th hadith.
\nTherefore, just as one may observe the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers at the time of zuhr as all Muslims have consensus of opinion in this respect, the said combination of prayers is also permissible in other places.<\/h6>\n
3. The manner of combining the two prayers while traveling is an expression of its general applicability<\/strong>
\nOn one hand, the Hanbali, Maliki and Shafi\u2018i jurists {fuqaha} have considered permissible to combine the two prayers while one is in travel. On the other hand, the quoted traditions stipulate that there is no difference between the state of traveling and residence and the Holy Prophet (S) used to combine the two prayers both in travel and at home.
\nIn this connection, refer to the third, 11th, 13th, 19th, and 22nd traditions. Based on this, just as observing the two prayers together while traveling (as the Shi\u2018ah are saying) is permissible, it is also permissible when one is resident.<\/h6>\n
4. The manner of combining the two prayers together in the state of emergency is an expression of its general applicability at usual circumstances<\/strong>
\nPlenty of traditions recorded in Sahih and Musnad books testify to the fact that the Holy Prophet (S) and his Companions used to perform the two prayers together, just as the Shi\u2018ah are saying, during emergency cases such rainfall, state of fear (against the enemy) or sickness.
\nAs such, many jurists of the diverse Islamic schools of jurisprudence have issued religious edicts {fatawa} on its permissibility on some emergency cases, whereas the quoted traditions stipulate that in this respect also, there is no difference between the state of emergency or usual condition, and the Holy Prophet (S) combined the two prayers while not in a state of fear or rainfall. In this context, refer to the third, 11th, 12th, and 22nd traditions.<\/h6>\n
5. The practice of the Companions of the Prophet (S) is an expression of its general applicability<\/strong>
\nWe may notice in the quoted traditions that many Companions of the Prophet (S) used to perform the two prayers together in that \u2018Abd Allah ibn \u2018Abbas would so delay the performance of maghrib prayer that it would become dark and the stars appear in the sky and that no matter others were saying, \u201cPrayer, prayer\u201d he would not pay attention to them and finally observe the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers together after the passage of a part of the night and said in reply to the protesters, \u201cI was a witness that the Prophet (S) used to observe such a way of praying, too\u201d and Abu Hurayrah also confirmed that statement of Ibn al-\u2018Abbas. Concerning this case, refer to the second, seventh, ninth, and 15th traditions.
\nIn the light of these quoted traditions, there is no more doubt that Ibn al-\u2018Abbas combined together the two prayers in the manner observed by the Shi\u2018ah now.<\/h6>\n
6. The conduct of the Prophet (S) is an expression of the manner of combining the two prayers<\/strong>
\nIt is so evident from the 21st hadith that the Prophet (S) was once still in Mecca when the time for maghrib prayer arrived but he delayed performing it until he reached the district of Sarf, which is nine miles away from Mecca, where he performed the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers together without any time interval in between.
\nThis is while it is clear that even if the Prophet (S) would have set off from Mecca at the beginning of the maghrib time, in view of the slow and antiquated means of transportation, a part of the night would have naturally passed before reaching the district of Sarf, and thus, the Holy Prophet (S) had performed both the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers at the time of \u2018isha\u2019 prayer.
\nFrom the quoted traditions, which are all taken from the Sahih and Musnad references of the Ahl as-Sunnah, the validity of the Shi\u2018ah view on the permissibility of combining the zuhr and \u2018asr prayers, or the maghrib and \u2018isha\u2019 prayers together under conditions discussed earlier and with general applicability at all circumstances, places and moments is hereby proved.<\/h6>\n
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In order to clarify this point, we had better examine the views of jurists {fuqaha} in this regard first:
\n1. All Muslim groups agree that in ‘Arafah[30][242] one may perform both noon {zuhr} and afternoon {asr} prayers successively without any interval between them, and in Muzdalifah[31][243] it is also permissible to say sunset {maghrib} and night {‘isha’} prayers at the time of ‘isha’ prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7453,7761],"tags":[10822,18506],"class_list":["post-6017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bank-of-subjects-of-articles","category-pray","tag-shaistudies","tag-why-do-the-shiah-perform-the-five-daily-prayers-in-three-periods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}