زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ١٢٤ - Source of formation of society

man, and his perfection and progress should certainly be so. For understanding the importance of society in view of Islam, and special concern of Islam to this subject, studying followinginstr uctions is sufficient:

١- If you do not surprise, there is not even one individualins truction among the basic instructions of Islam! The bestreason is enactment of Islamic jurisprudence, consisting ofsorbs, transactions and policies. There is no need for explainingthe sociality of the second and third parts making the major partof jurisprudence. In the first part too, which is based on relationof creature with Creator, the spirit of society patently governs onit.

Daily obligations, which are the most important Islamic sorbsare so mingled with social concepts that separating them isdifficult, and when they are performed individually it seems thatthey have lost their real sense.

For instance, the introduction of prayer, which is" prayer calland prayer perform" is nothing else than a public invitation anddeclaration to the society, and performing this obligation incongregation, and in case of solitude, it does not have any sensesave preserving a practice and establishing a sort of mentalreadiness for inclusion in this obligation.

Al- Hamd sura, which is the beginning of the prayer andincludes the main invocation and supplication, is uttered in aplural form

(نعبد نستعين اهدنا)

. And the salutation at the endof prayer is in a plural form, and in case of solitude, it nearly loses its main concept. All of these indicate that the foundation of this great obligation is based on society, and moreover, strange and unique emphases are made in respect to performing this obligation in congregation.