When we Did Namaz without Ruku

What you will read is a memory from Esfandiyar Sefidyian, one of the Basiji war veterans from Damghan city:

It was the February of 1981 and I was 17 years old at the time. I went to the battlefields along with some of my friends who had the same age. Our headquarters was ‘Nord War Zone’ located 15 kilometers away from Ahvaz city. We had stationed in front of the Hamid Garrison.

When we were there, we would mostly try to perform public prayers inside the trenches, or if the situation was peaceful, we would hold the public prayer in the open space. Everyday one of the war veterans would become the public Prayer Imam and he would perform the prayer.

Someday the guard woke up us so late to perform the public prayer. It was so close to the sunrise and we had little time to perform the prayer. The war veterans washed their hands and faces and got ready for prayer and they stood up outside of the trench to perform their prayer. On that day the Public Prayer Imam was Seyed Hussein Shanayee. Since he did not wish to lose the time, he started the prayer so quickly and since he had hurried, instead we did not bowed and we prostrated. One of the war veterans started laughing. Seyed wanted to laugh too and he left the prayer!

Now all the war veterans who were there were laughing so much. Now there was no time to hold the public prayer. All of us went to the trench and we performed our prayers individually.

Seyed Hussein Shanayee was martyred in 1982 in Kuristan and he joined his other martyred friends.

The End

What you will read is a memory from Esfandiyar Sefidyian, one of the Basiji war veterans from Damghan city: It was the February of 1981 and I was 17 years old at the time. I went to the battlefields along with some of my friends who had the same age. Our headquarters was ‘Nord War Zone’ located 15 kilometers away from Ahvaz city. We had stationed in front of the Hamid Garrison. When we were there, we would mostly try to perform public prayers inside the trenches, or if the situation was peaceful, we would hold the public prayer in the open space. Everyday one of the war veterans would become the public Prayer Imam and he would perform the prayer. Someday the guard woke up us so late to perform the public prayer. It was so close to the sunrise and we had little time to perform the prayer. The war veterans washed their hands and faces and got ready for prayer and they stood up outside of the trench to perform their prayer. On that day the Public Prayer Imam was Seyed Hussein Shanayee. Since he did not wish to lose the time, he started the prayer so quickly and since he had hurried, instead we did not bowed and we prostrated. One of the war veterans started laughing. Seyed wanted to laugh too and he left the prayer! Now all the war veterans who were there were laughing so much. Now there was no time to hold the public prayer. All of us went to the trench and we performed our prayers individually. Seyed Hussein Shanayee was martyred in 1982 in Kuristan and he joined his other martyred friends. The End