How many times in a day did our Holy Prophet (PBHU) and Hazrat Ali offer Salat? Did they generally pray the 5 prayers at separate times or combine them as the Shia do today?
How many times in a day did our Holy Prophet (PBHU) and Hazrat Ali offer Salat? Did they generally pray the 5 prayers at separate times or combine them as the Shia do today?
Zoheir Ali Esmail, Shaykh Zoheir Ali Esmail has a Bsc in Accounting and Finance from the LSE in London, and an MA in Islamic Studies from Middlesex University. He studied Arabic at Damascus University and holds a PhD... Answered 5 years ago
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Thank you for your question. They generally prayed the 5 prayers at their separate times.
At the same time, even when the prayers of zuhr and asr and magrib and isha are combined this is still prayers 5 times a day even if the gap between the prayers is small. So it is a mistake to say Shias pray 3 times a day. The prayers are 5.
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