Fast for another ten days...
Fast for another ten days, and do not brush your -as teeth during the breaking of the Fast”. So, Musa -as did that. وَ كَانَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ الْكِتَابَ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، فَأَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ. فَجَاءَ السَّامِرِيُّ فَشَبَّهَ عَلَى مُسْتَضْعَفِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. And Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Promised that He -azwj would Give him -as the Book after forty nights , so He -azwj Gave it to him -as .
So Al-Samiri came and caused doubts upon the weak ones of the Children of Israel” (an extract). [4] During the life of Rasool Allah -saww The Muslim’s initially faced Jerusalem during their prayers, up until 17 months after the Hijra . Thereafter, Rasool Allah -saww was commanded to change the direction of prayers ( Qibla h) towards the Ka‘bah (in Makka).
The wisdom behind the change was also mentioned in the Quran: سَيَقُولُ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلَّاهُمْ عَنْ قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا ۚ قُلْ لِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ {142} The fools among the people will be saying: ‘What has turned them away from their Qiblah which they were upon?’ Say: ‘For Allah is the East and the West; He Guides the one He so Desires to, to the Straight Path’ [2:142] وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِي كُنْتَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّنْ يَنْقَلِبُ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ …{143} And We did not Make the Qiblah which you were upon except for Us to Know who follows the Rasool from the one turns upon his heels (from Eman) [2:143] The change once again reflects only a difference in the knowledge of Human beings.
Badā’ with respect to Imāmate Here the Eman of the followers of Ahl Al-Bayt -asws was tested by the death of Ismail Ibn Jafar -asws (the elder son of 6 th Imam).
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