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Authority of the Chosen One
The final Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ said:
خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ
"There are five salah in the day and night."[1]
This refers to these salah being obligations.
Yet, in a remarkable instance of his authority, the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ accepted the request of a Companion and allowed them to leave three salah, which meant they only offered two a day. As it happened, that Companion was not yet Muslim at that time, and said he would accept Islam upon the condition he only reads two salah a day. The Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ allowed this.[2]
It should be noted that this concession was specific to that Companion; nobody else can skip a single salah without a valid excuse as determined by Islamic law.
Here is a narration regarding his authority in the expiation for breaking a fast. Before this, remember, if a sane, adult, resident Muslim intentionally breaks a Ramadan fast without a valid excuse, by engaging in sexual intercourse or eating/drinking for pleasure, they must make up for the fast on another day and offer expiation. This is done by either freeing a slave, or if not possible, consecutively fasting for 60 days, or if that too is not possible, then by feeding 60 needy people two full meals each.[3]
This is the ruling for any Muslim that breaks their fast, but the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ , through his exceptional authority, excused one of his Companions from this expiation.
BOOK TOPIC
- The excellences of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Authority of the Chosen One
- Intentions
- Authority of the Chosen One
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority and the obligation of Hajj
- Cutting grass in the Ḥaram declared halal
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority in excusing salah
- Transforming the expiation into a mercy
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority in matters of testimony
- Prophetic authority in rulings of Ꜥidda
- The Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم authority regarding sacrificial animals
- Encouragement for Pious Deed No. 29:
- Madani pearls about maintaining family ties
- Announcement:
- The six ṣalawāt and two duas recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat e Islami
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- Weekly gathering schedule for 18th September 2025
- Remaining pearls of wisdom on maintaining family ties
- Dua for a peaceful journey upon a mode of transport
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl e Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
