Was prayer obligatory before the Isra and Mi'raj, considering that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saw people being punished for abandoning it?
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There were obligatory prayers before the Isra’ (Night Journey); Allah commanded His Prophet to perform the night vigil at the beginning of the Makkan period, saying: "O you who wraps himself [in clothing] Arise [to pray] the night, except for a little" (Quran 73:1-2). Some scholars mentioned that prayer was obligatory as two rak’ahs in the morning and two rak’ahs in the evening.
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