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Why Pray 5 Times a Day? The River at Your Door

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Why five prayers a day? This explainer starts with the Prophet's ﷺ own question about a river at the door, then looks at how the five prayers came to be on the night of the Mi'raj, what the Qur'an says prayer is for, and how Maulana Maududi and Dr Israr Ahmed explain its daily rhythm. It ends with two honesty notes: a famous line that is not the Prophet's words, and the condition attached to the river hadith.

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  1. 0:00A question from the Prophet ﷺ
  2. 0:15The anchor hadith
  3. 0:39Why five?
  4. 1:11For My remembrance
  5. 1:39Five pauses in one day
  6. 2:10What prayer does
  7. 2:44Check the source
  8. 3:19The condition
  9. 3:41Recap

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Sources in this video

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 528
  • Sahih Muslim 162 and 233
  • Qur'an 20:14 and 29:45 (Pickthall translation)
  • Ibn Kathir, Tafsir on 29:45
  • Maulana Maududi, Towards Understanding Islam, ch.5, and Tafhim al-Qur'an, Surah 20 n.9 and Surah 29 n.78
  • Dr Israr Ahmed, Bayan-ul-Qur'an (Roman ed.), al-'Ankabut p.46

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