Re: Want to pray 3 times a day? Well here’s a fatwa!!!
Peace PaKpatriot1
Reinterpretation is the very thing that the Jews were taken to account for. Just like over adoration for Isa (AS) was the reason Christians were taken to account. The words are not as important as the meanings they hold, if we are reinterpreting then we might as well just change the words.
Islam has never been a tradition of reinterpretation it has however always been referential and an interpolative science. That means we can look from within for similar traditions and sanctions but not to extrapolate out, which implies changing the meaning of.
The correct view of the reduction of prayer times in the day has to be considered in unusual circumstances of undue discomfort. If a person travels everyday or if a person is in a modern working environment all or most of the time then the pressures no longer remain pressures and become part of the normal daily life processes. In which case the conditions for hardship do not apply.
By supporting a change in the direction that makes worship subservient to work or livelihood ensures that more concessions will be made in this way. It also demonstrates the belief in ones work being of greater importance than ones worship, which implies that one has faith in the benefits of work over that of ones worship. It is a downward spiral if people are to let this one go.
We must understand that life giving source is not affluence or food or luxury it is Allah (SWT) Alone. We must worship Him as He deserves to be worshipped. Prayer is the most important element for a Muslim. These times present nothing that have not already been presented to us in the past. The wisdom-starved history of humanity shows that we squibble over the same things and trip over the same traps over and over again. Islam is the standard to achieve for eliminating that. Current modern waves are only regurgitated methods of the Romans, Greeks and Egyptians. This day and age has nothing new to lend itself to. So do not deceive yourself that Islam needs to change. Rather this outdated “modern” system that we live in needs to conform to the perfection of Islam.