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III - Concept of the Acceptance of Prayer in Islām 101 marrow. Prior to closing this note, it is necessary to mention that not only has Islām provided explanation and detail with relevance to the concept of prayer and especially emphasised it, but in order to grant Muslims a practical lesson in prayer, and in order to make them habitual in prayer, it has assigned a prayer to man’s every movement, so that no hour remains empty of the remembrance of God. For example: upon one’s birth, one’s death, entering the mosque, leaving the mosque, departing for a journey, returning from a journey, on embarking, on disembarking, starting a meal, finishing a meal, when sleeping, on waking, while ascending, while descending, on meeting friends, on departing from friends, on marriage, on going to one’s wife, spotting the new moon, for rain, for rain to be withheld, on a storm, on leaving the house, entering the house, on eating the first fruit of the season, on visiting the sick, on viewing a Muslim’s dead body and on burying a Muslim. Hence, a prayer has been linked to every action of life. Moreover, these prayers are not mere tradition, rather, they are a living thing, which flow forth from the depths of the heart. True Muslims observe them with complete conviction and presence of heart. If only the world would give due value to this magnificent treasure! Further Threat from the People of Khaibar & the Killing of Usair bin Rizām - Shawwāl 6 A. H. After the execution of Abū Rāfi‘ Sallām bin Abil-Ḥuqaiq, the Jews of Khaibar placed the crown of leadership upon a man who was no less than Abū Rāfi‘ in his animosity towards Islām. The name of this man was Usair bin Rizām. 1 As soon as this tyrant took charge of his new office, he prepared to complete the task which Abū Rāfi‘ had left incomplete upon his deathbed. Therefore, the first thing he did was to gather all the Jewish people at one place and then he delivered an extremely inflammatory speech: “Until now the stratagem employed by the Jewish chieftains against Islām were incorrect. Now I shall employ such a technique, and shall employ such a plan with the assistance of the Ghaṭafān tribes, etc. , whereby the foundation of the 1 Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 295, Sariyyatu ‘Abdillāh-ibni Rawāḥata Ilā Usair-ibni Zārim, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)