45. Salat is the zakat of time.
Salat - Muslim ritual prayer
Zakat- Muslim ritual, yearly charity
Interpretation:
Pretty straightforward, in my opinion. Zakat is a form of sacrifice, a sacrifice of ones wealth for charity, for the sake of God.
Salat, is in the same way, a sacrifice from ones time, for the sake of God.
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Update: I thought this comment deserved a bump onto the main text.
Abu’l `Ula al-Hindi writes:
The root of zakat is purification… prayer is the purification of the moments of one’s life…
“Prayer prevents lewdity and wrong…”
October 19th, 2005 - 4:17 am
The root of zakat is purification… prayer is the purification of the moments of one’s life…
“Prayer prevents lewdity and wrong…”
October 19th, 2005 - 7:18 am
Jazakallah for the language root, that explains it even better!
October 20th, 2005 - 12:54 pm
I think it will be a good idea to link to the original contentions (at Mas’ud) when writing the commentaries. I couldn’t find a link on your blog. (I hope it does not turn out that the link is in an obvious place and I missed it, lol). Just a suggestion
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October 20th, 2005 - 12:56 pm
Inshahallah, I will try.
I do try to do that on each contention, but sometimes I forget. If you look at the Contentions Commentary archive, it is linked on most all of them.
October 20th, 2005 - 1:22 pm
Also, (yes, I am finicky) shouldn’t the description of the blog be “A Traditional Muslim’s Blog”? (The apostrophe!) I am only picking faults because I like your blog, so don’t mind, eh?
October 20th, 2005 - 5:37 pm
Alhamdulillah thank you for the correction
I’m still reading, “Eats, Shoots, Leaves”
October 20th, 2005 - 9:47 pm
I see that you have added me to your blog list. Thanks, and welcome.
September 17th, 2006 - 4:40 pm
In Zakat, there’s also the meaning of “increasing”. So, in the same way, Zakat puts baraka into our wealth, Salat puts baraka into our time.