Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reason for five daily prayers in Quran

“Why we should attend five times prayer and where it is shown in Holy Quran? Please comment on this.”Asked by Dr. Fazl Keral, Delhi

He answers at 50:12 in Interpretation of History · 1 min 27 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:12
ji, maulana, agla sawal doctor fazal kairal sahib ne kiya hai dilli se, aur unhon ne likha hai "Why we should attend five times namaz and where it is shown in Holy Quran? please comment on this. dekhen, yeh sawal sahi nahi hai, kyunke quran ko samajhne ke liye sunnat zarori hai, rasool Allah ki sunnat.
50:39
agar aap quran se hadith ko alag kar den to quran ko bhi samajh nahi sakte aap. to quran mein lafz panch to nahi aaya hai, lekin hadith mein lafz panch aaya hai. to jo log hadith ko alag kar ke quran ko samajhna chahte hain, main un ko bohat ziyada phatka hua samajhta hoon, phatka hua, kyuki yeh mere nazdeek acceptable nahi hai ke hadees ko alag kar
51:03
ke aap quran ko samjhen. main ne is ki bohat si misalen di hain, apne mazameen chhapen hain mere risalon mein, kitabon mein bhi. to yeh mere nazdeek aik aik bilkul, yani baseless question hai, quran ko alag karna aur hadith ko alag karna.
51:27
mere nazdeek jo hadith sabit ho jaye ke sunnat rasool hai, wo itni hi important ho jati hai jitni important quran hai. maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle hum do comment parhna chahenge.
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