Why Do Muslims Pray Five Times A Day
By Imam Zaid Shakir · March 21, 2011
By Soraya Salam and Photos: Angie Lovelace
March 21, 2011
Imam Zaid Shakir, co-founder of Zaytuna College - which is aiming to be the first accredited Muslim college in the United States - says salat symbolizes what Islam considers the purpose of creation: to worship God.
“As a human being, I have a physical body, I have an intellect, and I have a spirit, and the ritual prayer involves all three of those aspects,” says Shakir, who is also a professor of Islamic theology at Zaytuna.
“My entire being is involved in my prayer, and that symbolizes the dedication of my entire being to the service of my creator,” he says.
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