Turkey: Fatwa allows Muslims to pray just three times a day
Turkish Muslims will be allowed to pray only three times a day from Wednesday instead of the usual five – without fear of committing a sin.
A member of the scientific council of Istanbul University, Muhammad Nour Dughan, has issued a controversial fatwa or religious edict cutting Islamic prayer requirements from five to three times a day.
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Jamal al-Banna, brother of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hasan al-Banna, endorsed the Turkish move.
“Merging prayers has become a modern necessity,” he told the al-Arabiya website. “In most cases, people do not always perform the five prayers on time due to the pressures of modern life.”
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To be fair, the fatwa is more like saying you can pray the five prayers at three times. Note the “merging” at the bottom of your excerpt. Zuhr and Asr combined, Maghrib and Isha combined. Not that I agree! But it’s not the same thing as saying we’re just going to lose two prayers.
who cares?
Interesting. I thought some Shia sects already combined to three but wasn’t aware of this Sunni stance.
Thanks,
Baraka
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