

The importance of namaz has been well documented in the Quran, Hadith, and many Islamic books. Namaz to his dearest Prophet, Muhammad(SAW). During that journey, Allah gifted the prayer i.e. When Was The Prayer Made Compulsory?Īccording to the Ahadith, on the night of Mi’raj – the journey of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) towards heaven on the 27th Rajab, prayer was made compulsory. During the call to prayer, the muezzin recites the Takbir and the Kalimah. The adhan is delivered from mosques by a muezzin, the mosque’s designated caller of prayer. In Muslim communities, people are reminded of the salat by the daily calls to prayer, known as adhan. The prayers must be said while facing in the direction of Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad. It is necessary for men to offer the prayer at Masjid with Juma’at while women are supposed to offer the prayer at their homes. If you do not offer prayers, Allah will punish you on the day of judgment.


Muslims perform five times prayers a day as it is obligatory. It offers a wise path to His devotee to connect and know Allah better. Namaz, a word, binds every Muslim on this planet from a thread that connects them to Allah. The Holy Prophet (S.A.W), in His Hadith, mentions that the key to heaven is Salah. Additionally, it restrains the person from bad habits and evil deeds. Through Namaz also called Salat or Salah, one can communicate directly with Allah Almighty. It is clearly said in the Quran that the basic purpose of life is to worship Allah. So I would like to accentuate something on this subject today. (Sunan al-Tirmidhī, 3388 Sunan Abī Dāwūd, 5088, the ḥadīth is ṣaḥīḥ).People often ask, why do Muslims offer 5 times Namaz or prayers each day? Modern society thinks of it as some kind of a burden or pressure. ‘In the Name of Allah, by whose Name nothing in the earth or the heaven is harmed, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing’.

