URDU 4 AN OVERVIEW OF THE DISSENSION OF RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS REGARDING DETERMINATION OF THE MIDDLE PRAYER (IN THE LIGHT OF TAFSEER KABEER).

(صلوۃ وسطیٰ کی تعیین میں علماء کے اختلاف کا جائزہ (تفسیر کبیر کی روشنی میں

Abstract

Prayer is the first duty after faith, which has to be offered five times a day. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W) declared it to be the Pivot of Islam and the sublimity of a Muslim. That is why the Holy Quran and Hadith have put emphasis on its observance. In verse no 238 of surah Al Baqarah emphasis have been put on the offering of all the prayers in the best way. But along with it special emphasis have been put on the observance of Salat-e-Wusta i-e the middle prayer permanently, which surly shows its importance and priority. Now which of the prayer is meant by Salat-e-Wusta? The scholars of Islam differ in the determination of the said term. Imam Razi (R.A) has described the detail of the sayings regarding the said verse in his Tafseer Mafateh Al-Ghaib (Tafseer Kabeer) with very lengthy arguments, the study of which makes easy the determination of Salat-e-Wusta.