Guard your Salat

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"He who guards the obligatory Salat will not be written amongst the neglectful.

[Ibne Khuzaimah]

A Dua to Read After Every Salat

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم ) held my hand and said,
"O Mu'adh, By Allah, I love you and advise you not to miss supplicating after every Salat (prayer) saying:
'Allahumma a'inni 'ala dhikrika wa shukrika, wa husni 'ibadatika,'
(O Allah, help me remember You, expressing gratitude to You and worship You in the best manner.)"
[Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i]

Remembrance

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Wudu is half of Salat, and the expression: Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from imperfection) fills the balance, and the expression Al-ham-du lillah (praise be to Allah) fills the space between the heavens and the earth."

[Muslim]

Curse

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
We curse ourselves:
سُوۡرَةُ المَاعون
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَرَءَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ (١) فَذَٲلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ (٢) وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ (٣) فَوَيۡلٌ۬ لِّلۡمُصَلِّينَ (٤) ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِہِمۡ سَاهُونَ (٥) ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ يُرَآءُونَ (٦) وَيَمۡنَعُونَ ٱلۡمَاعُونَ
Al-Maun
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Have you seen him who denies the Recompense? (1) That is he who repulses the orphan (harshly),[] (2) And urges not on the feeding of AlMiskîn (the poor),[] (3) So woe unto those performers of Salât (prayers) (hypocrites), (4) Those who delay their Salât (prayer from their stated fixed times), (5) Those who do good deeds only to be seen (of men), (6) And prevent Al-Mâ'ûn (small kindnesses like salt, sugar, water). (7)

I Just Died

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Pray before its too late for thru prayer one can attain salvation.

The First Deed

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Here is one of the hadith I mentioned in this post.
"The first of his deeds, for which a man will be taken into account on the Day of Resurrection, will be his Salat. If it is sound, he will be saved and successful; but if it is corrupt, he will be unfortunate and miserable. If any deficiency is found in his (obligatory) Salat,
Allah سبحانه وتعالى will say: 'Look at My slave, whether he has any Nafl Salat so that what is lacking in the (obligatory) Salat may be made up by it.'
Then the rest of his actions Saum, Zakat, etc will be also dealt with in a similar manner."
[Tirmidhi]

Twelve Rak’at (of Salat)

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"He who is regular in offering twelve Rak’at (of Salat), Allah will build for him a house in Paradise; four Rak’at before Zuhr, two Rak’at after Zuhr, two Rak’at after Magrib, two Rak’at after Isha and two Rak’at before fajr."

[Nasai]

A house in Jannah

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"A house will be built in Jannah for every Muslim who offers twelve Rak'ah of optional Salat other than the obligatory Salat in a day and a night (to seek the Pleasure of Allah)."

[Muslim]

I've been meaning to ask all of you who decided to participate in the optional prayer thing.

How is it going for you?

Inshallah all is well.

If there is anything I can do for you please don't hesitate to ask.

Ma'asalama

The best Salat

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

"O people! perform your (voluntary) Salat(prayers) in your homes because the best Salat of a man is the one he performs at home, except the obligatory Salat"

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Note: Men should read their obligatory Salat in congregation.

Six farz in Salaah

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Farz: Compulsory (in Salaah)

There are six farz in Salaah

1. Takbeere Tahreema (Allahu Akbar)

2. Qiyaam (standing) position.

3. Qiraat (Recitation of at least three ayas or one long aayat of the Quran).

4. Ruku (to bow down)

5. Both the Sajdahs (to prostrate).

6. Qaa'dah Akheera (To sit so long at the end of the last Rak’aats that one can read the

tashah'hud).

Types of Najaasate

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

The two types of Najaasate are:

One: Haqeeqi

Two: Hukmi.

Najaasate Haqeeqi is that Najaasat that can be seen (External blood) e.g. stool

Najaasate Hukmi is that Najaasat (impurity and filth) which cannot be seen, e.g.

(a) Hadath

(b) Janabah.

HADATH means to be without wudhu.

JANABAH is the state of a person on whom Ghusl meaning a bath has become Compulsory. It is necessary that one's body should be free from both types of Najaasat before performing Namaaz.

Eight Conditions

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

EIGHT CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE OBSERVED BEFORE ONE PERFORMS SALAH (NAMAAZ).

1. To make Wudhu if necessary.
2. To make Ghusl if necessary.
3. Taharah (cleanliness) of body and dress.
4. Taharah (cleanliness) of place.
5. Facing towards the Qiblah.
6. Covering of the Satr (private parts).
7. Niyyah (intention) for Namaaz.
8. Performing Salaat at the prescribed times.

If any one of these conditions is omitted, Salaat will not be accepted.

Notes: A Males satr is from the navel to the knees (including knees.)
A Females satr is her entire body except her face and hands to the wrist.

Taharah (cleanliness) means one be free from all Najaasate (Filth and Impurities).

There are two types of Najaasate which we will cover in the next post inshallah.

Ps. This and a lot more is covered in the book Taleem-Ul-Haq

Check it out:

PDF Version.

Gates of heaven

السلام عليكم

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to perform four Rak'ah prayer after the declining of the sun before Zuhr prayer and would say " This is an hour at which the gates of heaven are opened and I like that my good deeds should rise to heaven at that time."

Note: The prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to perform the four Rak'ah Sunnah of the Zuhr prayer when the sun started declining. In fact except for Isha he would perform every salat at its early hours.

Zuhr has 12 Rak'ats

Would you not like your good deeds to rise to heaven when the gates open?

My mission and maybe yours too

السلام عليكم
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

After reading maghrib salah today I was just sitting on the musallah(prayer rug) thinking about the way I pray. I thought about the story of a man who went to sell an object and when he showed it to the buyer the man said he would give so and so money. The seller asked why so little? The buyer who was an expert in his field began to point out flaws in the product. The seller began to cry. The buyer became alarmed and said okay I will give you so and so but don’t cry. The seller said that is not why I am crying. I am crying because I am thinking about my salah. The seller is wondering if Allah will accept his salah.*

Think about the way you pray.

Does your mind wander, do you make mistakes in your recitation, forget which rakaat you are on, etc?

Our salah is one of the very first things we will be asked about, if it is well then everything else will be easy as well** but if it is not then.. may Allah have mercy on you.

What can we do? How can we save our selves?

Did you know that if there is an discrepancy in your salah then Allah will tell the angels to see if you have any nafl(optional) salah and those will be used to fill the discrepancy.*** So my dear brothers and sisters I have an idea.

What if every day you prayed 2 nafl salah.

(If you already read so n so amount add two more)

Gradually you can increase it but lets start with two inshallah. Imagine, these 2 nafl can be the difference between hell and heaven for you. They can help determine your fate. You can pray them like right after you come out of the shower in the morning that way you have wudhu as it is. I'm sure 5 minutes for this will be well worth it in the akirah. Or at night before bed when you are reading surah ya-seen and other surahs that have great rewards for being read before bed. This is my mission.(mission sounds better then goal heh) To pray two (more) rakaats everyday inshallah until it becomes habit.

Why don’t you try this with me?

I will inshallah be there for you if you need encouragement, advice or anything else.

We can do this together.

Who’s with me?

*I read this story in a kitaab years ago. I wrote it from memory so its paraphrased. The original story is very beautiful inshallah I will look for it and post it up.

** & *** I also read these in a kitaab. I don’t remember which one so again I will look for them and post it.

Edit: **& ***= "The first of his deeds, for which a man will be taken into account on the Day of Resurrection, will be his Salat. If it is sound, he will be saved and successful; but if it is corrupt, he will be unfortunate and miserable. If any deficiency is found in his (obligatory) Salat,
Allah will say: 'Look at My slave, whether he has any Nafl Salat so that what is lacking in the (obligatory) Salat may be made up by it.'
Then the rest of his actions Saum , Zakat, etc will be also dealt with in a similar manner."
[Tirmidhi]

I am still looking for the story as unfortunately I do not remember which book it is in. If you have read it before please let me know.