If we want something can we pray 2 Rakat of Salat Ul Hajat
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Brother
If we
want something can we pray 2 Rakat of Salat Ul Hajat? If we do any Sin can we
pray 2 rakat of
Appreciate
your kind reply.
B.
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Answer:
Prayers of hajat, tawbah, shukr
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: If we want
something can we pray 2 Rakat of Salat Ul Hajat?
The Criterion for declaring an act a Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws) or a ‘bidah’ (innovation in the deen), is to determine whether:
- the act was done by the Messenger of Allah
(saws),
- or was it recommended by the Messenger of
Allah (saws),
- or was it practiced by the noble companions of
the Messenger of Allah (saws) in front of him, and he (saws) did not
object to it.
If the act conforms to even one
of the above three criterias, then it will be considered a Sunnah; and if the
act does not conform to any of the above three criterias, then it will be deemed a ‘bida’ or an
innovation in the deen.
If one studies the established
and authentic traditions of the Noble Messenger of Allah (saws) there is
absolutely no mention of the Salaat-e-Haajat, or the Salaat-e-Shukrana, or the
Salaat-ut-Tawbah!!! Thus it does not
behove the believers to invent names from himself for a particular prayer, or
perform the prayer at a particular time, or for a particular condition when
Allah and His Messenger (saws) have not endorsed such acts!
No one who ever walked on this
planet earth worshipped Allah Subhanah in a better or more perfect manner than
the noble self of the Last Messenger of Allah,
Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah (saws).
If the Messenger of Allah (saws) performed or recommended any act of
worship, the believers should do it
without hesitation; and if the Messenger
of Allah (saws) neither did, nor recommended nor endorsed a specific act of
worship, it does not behove and befit
the believers who sincerely believe in Allah and the Last Day, to start
inventing their own forms, rituals, and names of worship in the deen of Islam.
If one wishes to do a good deed
before submitting his supplication to Allah Subhanah, there is absolutely no harm if he gives
sadaqa, or performs a prayer, or does any other good deed; but he should abstain from making this act of
worship a ritual, or inventing a name for this act, etc. That would be considered as starting an
innovation or bida in the deen of Islam.
Similarly if one has been blessed with some good or bounty from his Merciful Lord, and he wishes to show his gratitude by giving sadaqa, or offering nafl prayers, or doing any good deed, there is absolutely no harm. But it would be wrong to make it a ritual, and/or to give his self-invented ritual a name, etc. That would be considered starting or following an innovation in the deen of Islam.
It has been
reported in an authentic narration that the Prophet of Allah (saws) said: “Whoever introduces a ‘bida’ (innovation) in
this deen brought by me (saws), it will
be rejected.”
Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 4515 Narrated by Ali ibn AbuTalib
That the Prophet of
Allah (saws) said: “If anyone introduces an innovation (in religion), he will be responsible for it. If anyone introduces an innovation or gives
shelter to a man who introduces an innovation (in religion), he is cursed by Allah, by His angels, and by all the people.”
Sahih Muslim Hadith
1885 Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah
That the Prophet of
Allah (saws) said in a sermon: “The best
speech is that which is embodied in the Book of Allah, the Al Quran; and the best guidance is the guidance given
by me, Mohamed (saws). The most evil
affairs are the innovations, and every
innovation is an error.”
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister