Punishments for Those Who Do Not Pray on the Judgement Day (Lette Habbiiɗe Mo Juulata Ñande Laakara)
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| Title | Punishments for Those Who Do Not Pray on the Judgement Day (Lette Habbiiɗe Mo Juulata Ñande Laakara) |
| Author or Owner | Thierno Sire Bah (author), El Hadj Mouhamadou Sall (owner) |
| Subject | Prayers, God, Islamic Rituals, the Hereafter, Divine Punishment |
| Content | Here a scholar from Dalaba, Guinea advises people on the importance of the five obligatory ritual prayers of Islam. He suggests that God treats prayers as more important than fasting. Examples are provided to demonstrate the significance of obligatory ritual prayers. He notes that King Solomon once missed the proper prayer time before a jihad, and when it was time for war, he suffered despair and more than one thousand of his horses perished. Those who miss prayers, the author writes, will be forced to make up these prayers in hell, in conditions incomprehensible to human beings. The author notes that food can bring blessing and good luck, when prayer times are not missed. However, when prayer times are missed, food loses the blessing from God and merely fills the eater. Another metaphor alludes to prayer being like a river. Bathing in it five times a day keeps a person pure. In other words, there is no such thing as excessive prayer. The author is very concerned that people will miss prayers for a variety of reasons, and offers guidance to make sure each prayer is done at the proper time. Only this, he writes, can prevent one from the pain of having to make up prayers in the afterlife. |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Language | Fuuta Jalon Fula |
| Script | Fuuta Jalon Fula Ajami |
| Manuscript condition | Poor, with some pages torn and holes in others |
| Type | Handwritten |
| Publisher | Unpublished |
| Provenance | Labe, Fuuta Jalon, Guinea |
| Source Reference | Mouhamadou L. Diallo and Fallou Ngom. 2016. African Ajami Library: Digital Preservation of Fuuta Jalon Pular Ajami Manuscripts: https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/18693 |
| Access condition and copyright | These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom (fngom@bu.edu). |
| Contributors | Fallou Ngom, David Robinson, Mouhamadou L. Diallo, David Glovsky, Daivi Rodima-Taylor, Boubacar Biro Diallo, Omar Diallo, Ndieme Sow, Eric Schmidt, Alison Parker, Frank Antonelli, Shawn Provencal, and Mark Lewis. |
| Required citation information | Fallou Ngom (PI), Mouhamadou L. Diallo, David Glovsky, Ndieme Sow, Boubacar Biro Diallo, Daivi Rodima-Raylor, and other contributors. 2022. “Punishments for Those Who Do Not Pray on the Judgement Day.” https://sites.bu.edu/nehajami/the-four-languages/fula/fula-manuscripts/lette-habbiide-mo-juulata-nande-laakara/ |
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