Proof of recitation from Quran, Ahadith, Logic & the statements of Ullemas / Marajas
Namaz is a very important part of Deen-e- Islam and there is a Riwayat that if ones Namaz is accepted all his acts of worship will be accepted and if ones Namaz is not accepted all his acts of worship will be rejected. Hence it is compulsory on every one of us to make sure that we pray Namaz in a way which is accepted by God Almighty. Tashahud in Namaz is a very important part of it .
Tashahud is standing witness to or giving testimony. All other sects of Islam / Muslims have consensus on tashahud as they all agree that be it Kalma or Azaan, Aqamah or Tashahud in every place only 2 testimonies i.e. testifying the oneness of God & Prophet hood of Hazrat Mohammad ( pbuh & hp ) is enough, whereas Shias believe that the main difference between Shi’ism and other sects is the acceptance of Wilayat-e- Moula Ali (as) so where ever we give the first 2 testimonies ( i.e. Touheed & Risalat ) we should immediately give the 3rd testimony, the wilayat of Moula Ali (as) and all shias believe that the Third testimony ( Ali un wali ullah ) is just as necessary as the first 2 testimonies. Unfortunately, since a few years because of the ignorance of Shias towards the orders of Quran and Holy Traditions of Aimma (as), just like other muslims we too have stopped reciting the Third Shahadat and have restricted ourselves to only 2 testimonies in Namaz. Our ignorance towards the orders of Quran and Ahadith results in our shias raising questions and objections on the very basis of our sect i.e. Ali un wali ullah. Even though there are many books dedicated to prove the necessity of recitation of Ali un Wali Ullah in Namaz but the fact is that firstly these books are not in reach of everyone as they are either in Arabic, Farsi or Urdu and many shias are not familiar with either of the languages, secondly our lives have become so hectic that we don’t even get enough time for our selves let alone reading such big and lengthy books. This is the reason why we decided to compile this article with some undeniable proofs while keeping it as short as we possibly can.
We have to bear this in mind that just because something is not practiced at present time it does not mean that it is not a part of our act of worship. We all know that so many things have been changed in Namaz that it is now a very big problem between different sects of Muslims as they all have different ways to pray Namaz so accepting Namaz as it is practiced today cannot be justified without trying hard to find out the things which were originally part of Namaz but were struck off sometime back by the enemies of Islam in a well planned and organized manner. We have to look and seek further deep down inside it Specially if something is regarding the Wilayat of Moula Ali (as) as we surely know that this was the very things that the rulers have tried their level best to eradicate and there was a time when just taking the name of Moula Ali (as) was enough to be killed by the tyrant rulers and their equally tyrant lobby. Thinking about such a time we have to consider that how could anyone testify the wilayat of Ameer ul Momineen Ali ibn - e - Abi Talib (as) openly and loudly? Majority of people during those times used to do ‘ Taqayya ‘ just to save themselves from harm. This period of Taqayya was so prolonged that Ali un wali ullah disappeared even from the thoughts of Shias themselves. Even our Aimma (as) refrained from openly teaching the Kalma which included Ali un Wali ullah to general public but instead used to teach the complete Kalma to some trustworthy companions only who would then convey it to the lovers of Ahlul Bait (as) . Hence in the Book Al Kafi there is a tradition ( Hadith ) of Imam Mohammad Baqar (as) which says “ If we would have fixed the tashahud of Namaz , our followers and lovers ( Mawalis ) would have been killed “ . Hence if the recitation of Ali un Wali ullah in Tashahud is not practiced today it should not be taken for granted but instead we should try and see if it was practiced earlier and if we could find the proofs in Saqalain ( Quran & Ahadith of Aimma (as) ). We should all try and find out the answers to the following questions which come to our mind regarding the Third Shahadat in Namaz :
Does our faith and logic ( Aql ) allow us to recite Ali un Wali ullah in Tashahud of Namaz ?
Has Quran ever Ordered us to recite the third Shahadat ?
Are there any Ahadith ( Traditions of Aimma [as]) to support the recitation ?
How did Rasool-e-Khuda ( pbuh & hp ) and our Imam (as) used to recite Tashahud ?
What does the Fuqahas ( Islamic Clergy / Scholars) say about Third Shahadat ?
Now let us try and shed some light on each of the Questions separately
