Understanding the vocabulary of salah

TAYIBAAT- our good conduct is for Allah alone
ASLAAMU- mean peace and safety
ALAYKA-

ALAA- on top of , over,

Nabi come from word NABA

Khabr- means general news

NABA- means news that is important AND relevant to you

Nabi- comes with news that is IMPORTANT ANDDD RELEVANT TO YOU
nABI comes from word- NABWOON means if something is jutting out from surface, protruding from surface, like dome on ceiling, its all straight then dome, then becomes straight again

Why does word nabi come from word NABYOON? Because NABI STICKS OUT because he has been given divine revelation from Allah

WA RAHMATULLAHI- AND THE MERCY OF ALLAH
May the mercy of Allah also be upon you

WABARAKATUHU- AND BARAKAH, (everlasting blessings of Allah)
And may His ever lasting blessing be upon you
WE ARE MAKING DUA FOR THE PROPHET

THIS IS ALLAH TEACHING US IN THE SALAH TO MAKE DUA FOR THE PORPHET! IT’S A DIRECT INSTRUCTION FROM ALLAH!

ASLAM ALAYK KA!

KA means YOU

You are using it when talking TO someone

Why are we speaking TO the Prophet (saw)? Why not HIM?

Prophet (saw) is not here physically

Simply to understand why

In the next narration, Ibn abbas narrates the next tashahud,

He says the Prophet (saw) used to teach us tashshud JUST LIKE he would teach us a Surah from Quran

What does that mean?

1. 
   In terms of importance, learning the tashhud is just as important as learning surahs from the Quran
   
2. 
   Its verbatim, letter for letter. Can I change anything in the Quran? NO You cant change it! Its exact. You cant say IYYAKANABUDA if you are singular. So even though the Prophet (saw) might not be there physically, we still say Aslamay KA
   

ASLAM ALAYNNAA- peace and safety

ALAA- upon

NA- us

May peace and safety be upon us

We are making dua FOR OURSLEVES

WA ALAA- AND UPON
IBAAD- this word is the plural of ABD

There are 2 plurals for the word abd

IBAAD

ABEED

Both of them are used in the Quran

Both are plurals of the word ABD

Whats the difference between them?
The word IBAAD can ONLY BE USED WHEN TALKING ABOUT the SLAVES OF ALLAH,

Abeed is ALSO plural but it’s a GENERAL PLURAL

Lets say you are translating a research document and you are writing about slavery in general and you translate it in Arabic. You want to translate the word slave, you will NOT use IBAAD, you would use the word ABEED.
Wa alaa- and upon
ASALIHEEN- comes from the root word SALAH- salah means for something to be CORRECT, to be appropriate. The opposite means FASSAD (meaning corrupted)

SALIHEEN are people who are correct and people that are good (righteous)

ASLAMAYNAA-may peace and safety be upon us

WALAA- and upon

SALIHEEN- the slaves of Allah that are RIGHTEOUS
The ASLAAYNA part- we are making dua for OURSELVES

The WA ALA IBADILAHISALHEEN- we are making dua for OTHERS

ORDER OF OUR DUAS

Who do we make dua for first? FOR OURSELVES FIRSST. We should not be selfish about our dua. Make sure to make dua for other people as well

One time a Bedouin came into the majisid and said “May Allahs mercy be on you, on me and no one else”

The Prophet (saw) said “You have taken something big and made it really small and put it into box”

We need to be SMART in our dua. We do make dua for other people but we need to make due for ourselves FIRST.
From the Quran

INSERT QURANIC AYAH

“Yayaldheena amanu kuu anfasum

Save yourself and then your family, from the fire of Hell”

This is a QURANIC instruction!

On plane, oxygen masks comes down, FIRST PUT YOUR MASK ON

Put your OWN mask on first, then you canhelp others
WE OURSELVES when giving dawah to others. WE NEED TO KNOW ALLAH MYSELF, before I can give that to others.

In the tashahud,

The Prophet (saw) is teaching us

Make dua for other people but FIRST make dua for YOURSELF*

When we are making dua for other people, are we saying generally? or did we limit it? We LIMITED it. ASALIHEEN. We limit it with ASALIHEEEN!

There is a lesson in this!

The salah is very motivational, it drives you! It gives you goals

It tells us- If we incorporate the quality of RIGHTOUSNESS IN OURSELVES, WE ARE INCLUDED IN THE DUA OF EVERY SINGLE MUSLIM IN EVERY SALAH FROM THE TIME FO THE PROPHET!

EVERY SINGLE MUSLIM WHO EVER PERFORMED SALAH, HE MAKES DUA FOR SALIHEEN,

SO IF I QUALIFY IN BEING SALIHEEN, I AM INCLUDED IN THE DUA FO EVERY PERSON, WHAT AN AMZING DUA, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DUA OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON ALL OVER THE WORLD THROUGH OUT TIME AND GENERATIONS I

WE CAN DO THAT, IF WE INCORPORATE THE QUALITY OF SALAH, RIGHTOUSNESS
ASH HADU ALLAH ILLAHA ILALLAH

ASHADU- it’s a VERB, a fi’l, it comes from root of word means I BEAR WITNESS, I BEAR TESTIMONY

It comes from root word SH HEE DA- to be a witness to something

What other words comes from the same root?

SHAHADAH- being witness

Shaheed- is matyr

The root of the word means TO BE PRESENT,

So why is a witness called ashaahid?

Why is bearing witness coming from same word? Because the witness was PRESENT AT THE TIME of the situation

Why is a shaheed comes form same root?

Because this person has presented himself for the ultimate sacrifice, scholars say when the shaheed falls in the battle field, angels are there
AN- its a sentence connector, you have 2 independent thoughts that connect them together
I was thinking, THAT I should eat something

THAT is a sentence connector

ASHHADU- I bear witness gives testimony

THAT

LAA ILLAHAH- this is special LA, it means ABSOLOUTLY NOT! NO WAY NO HOW,

ILAH- something or someone that is worshiped

SO I BEAR WINTESS THAT THER IS ABSOLOUTLY POSITIVELY NO ONE WORTHY OF WORSHIP

ILA- except for
So you make a powerful statement then you want to make an exception

ALLAH- Allah
WA ASHHADU- And I bear witness , testimony
ANNA- this is also a sentence connector but it has something else! ANNA sounds stronger than AN. ANNA has emphasis. Not just that, it means MOST DEFINITELY. THAT!
MUHAMMADAN- Muhammad is
ABDU HU- his slave (Allahs slave)
WA RA SOOLUHU- and his RASOOL, his MESSENGER,
RASOOL- root word meaning SEND A MESSAGE FROM A HIGHER AUTHORITY, in classical Arabic. Not in modern Arabic. It just means to send message. When a KING was sending you a message, when some higher authority was sending a message. What higher authority is there other than Allah?
THE WORD NABI VS RASUL

The prophet has been described with 2 different titles

1. 
   NABI
   
2. 
   RASOOL
   

Whats the difference?

The difference is usually an aqeedah related discussion

We will talk about it from a linguistic stand point by observing how the words are used in the Quran when talking about the Prophet (saw)
In the Quran NABI- means something that is bringing news that is relevant to the people or somehow is at a higher level and RASUL means he is bringing a message from Allah,
NABI- relating to connecting to people

RASUL- relating to connecting to Allah

When the prophet is described about talking to people he is described as NABI

When in the Quran talk about Prophet (saw) to connect to Allah then the word RASUL is used

Example, in surah TAHREEM , Allah talks about interaction of Prophet with his family

So Allah opens by saying “YA AYU HANNABIYU , used the word nabi!

Discussion between prophet and his wives, Allah address even the wives as YANISSAN NABI (o women of nabi! NOT rasul, because we are talking about human interaction.

When Allah is talking about INTERACTION relating to people, Allah calls NABI

But when Allah it telling the Prophet, I HAVE SENT YOU A MISSION, I HAVE GIVEN YOU TASK I WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE, Allah uses

“YA AYUHARRASUL… “Deliver that which your Lord has revealed to you”

When Allah is holding him accountable, he used the word RASUL!
When he is told to proclaim to the people he is mentioned as NABI

Look at how precise the Quran is, in the ayah:

“i have been sent from allah to deliver message to the people uses rasul”, BECAUSE HE IS CONNCEITNG IT TO ALLAH!
THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROPHET IS BASED ON THE AUTHORITY OF ALLAH
Root word is RA SEEN LAAM( means to deliver message)
ASHHADU AN

First its ash hadu “AN”

Second is ash hadu “ANNNNNA”

Lighter one (first one) used when talking about ALLAH

And heaver one used for prophethood
The real answer is THERE IS BALANCE, BOTH statements are being emphasized, even though “an” is light, what comes after? LA that is a special LA, it packs a punch ABSOLOUTLY NO, no way no how, it already has emphasis, no need for reemphasis
Second statement has no emphasis, so ANNNNA was used