Benefits of Prayers
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
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Aas-Salaamu-Alaikum Dear Bro Burhan, I am really impressed with the work u r doing.May Allah guide u more to continue the path of what Propeth Mohommad (SAWS)
addressed. My Question is regarding Namaa`z:
1) what r the benifit of Namaa`z ?
2) Tell me
something about Tahazudd n how to pray,is while doing so we have to keep Vazib-Viter namaa`z aside n
complete this after Tahazudd.
3) What is the
most beautiful work should we do to make Allah Subhana
happy ?
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Benefits of Prayers
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 no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah
reward you with the best for your kind comments and encouragement for our
humble deeds and efforts in the Cause of Allah. May Allah accept yours and our humble deeds,
forgive us our sins, have Mercy on us, and save us all from the torment of the
Hell Fire.
Your Question: what r the benifit
of Namaa`z
?
The act of ‘salaah’
has innumerable benefits…. And the
biggest benefit is that it establishes the link between Allah and His obedient
slaves, and is a form of establishing Allah’s remembrance. The act of salaat
is such an important act in Islam, that it is considered amongst one of the
pillars of Islam!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 20 Surah
Ta-Ha verse 14:It is I, Who am Allah! There is no god but Me: so worship Me and establish Salaat to remember Me!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 29 Surah Ankabut verse 45:(O Prophet)
recite this Book which has been revealed to you, and establish the Salaat. Surely, the
salaat restrains from indecent and evil acts, and the
remembrance of Allah is a thing even greater than this. Allah knows whatever you do.
The salaat
is the renewal of the agreement that a believer does with his Lord and Creator
five times a day, and establishes and renews his link with his Merciful
Lord. It reminds the believer Who is his Creator, and that One Day he will have to return
to his Lord for a full accounting.
There are many other social benefits
in salaat, as it also establishes the link of a
believer to another believer when he meets him five times a day in the
mosques. It also conveys and
establishes the concept of the Universal Brotherhood of Islam, where the king
and the laborer stand in one line … united together in their worship and awe of
the One Creator.
The Messenger of
Allah (saws) said in an authentic narration that among the first things that
the person will have to account for on the Day of Judgment will be his ‘salaat’.
The Messenger of
Allah (saws) said that the difference between a believer and ‘kufr’ is ‘salaat’.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 74 Surah Mudhathir verses 41-43:They (the
People of Paradise) will ask the criminals, “What has brought you into Hell?”. They (the criminals) will reply, “We were not
of those who offered the ‘salaat’.”
Your Question: Tell me something about Tahazudd
n how to pray,is while doing
so we have to keep Vazib-Viter namaa`z
aside n complete this after Tahazudd.
The Tahajjud
or night prayers are voluntary prayers, and a means to earn huge rewards from
Allah Subhanah.
If one prays Tahajjud, there is a great reward
promised for them from the Lord of the Worlds.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 51 Surah Dhariyaat verses 15-19:The
righteous, however, shall be among Gardens and water-springs that Day; and
shall be joyfully receiving what their Lord shall give them. They were doers of good even before the
coming of this Day: they slept,
but a little in the night, prayed for forgiveness in the early hours of dawn,
and in their possessions was a due share of him who
asked, and of him who was needy.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 32 Surah As-Sajdah verses 15-17: Only such people in Our Revelations,
who, when these are recited to them for their admonition, fall down prostrate
and glorify their Lord with His Praises and are not proud; who forsake
their beds and invoke their Lord in fear and in hope; and who spend
out of what We have bestowed upon them. . No living being knows what comfort of
the eyes has been kept hidden from them as a recompense for their deeds!
The best time to pray Tahajjud is the last third of the night, before the
dawn. It has been reported in the
authentic narrations of the Prophet (saws), that he used to pray the Tahajjud in two rakah formations
for a total of eight rakahs + three witr, or ten rakahs + three witr. One can pray
these prayers, preferable in two rakah formations for
any number of rakahs….2,4,6,8,10,
or more…. And then complete his Tahajjud prayers by
praying the ‘witr’ prayers.
If one intends to wake up in the
night and pray Tahajjud, then it is best preferred
that he pray the ‘witr’ prayers after the Tahajjud, because the Prophet (saws) said in an authentic
narration to make the ‘witr’ the last prayers of the
night.
But if one has already prayed
his ‘witr’ prayers, and then makes an intention to
pray Tahajjud prayers; he should pray the Tahajjud prayers, but should not repeat the ‘witr’ prayers again after the Tahajjud.
Your Question: What is the most beautiful work should we do
to make Allah Subhana happy ?
There is not one thing that one
can do to gain the Pleasure of Allah Subhanah! A believer, who truly believes in Allah and
the Last Day, must make it the mission of his life to gain the Pleasure and
Good Will of Allah Subhanah in whatever he does.
Allah’s Pleasure can be gained
if one submits his will to Allah completely; does what Allah and His Messenger
(saws) have commanded him to do, and abstains from all the things that they
have ordered him to abstain from.
There are many authentic
narrations of the Messenger of Allah (saws) regarding the deeds that will gain
Allah’s Pleasure, and we will relate one amongst them:
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.1 Narrated
by Al Walid bin Aizar
I heard Abi Amr 'Ash-Shaibani
saying, "The owner of this house," (he pointed to 'Abdullah's house)
"said, 'I asked the Prophet (saws), "Which deed is loved
most by Allah?" He
(saws) replied, "To offer prayers at their early (very first) stated times." Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in
goodness)?" The Prophet (saws)
said, "To be good and dutiful to one's parents." Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in
goodness)?" The Prophet (saws) said, "To participate in Jihad for
Allah's Cause." Abdullah added,
"The Prophet (saws) narrated to me these three things, and if I had asked
more, he would have told me more." ' "
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 in Islam,