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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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Answer:

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,

Burhan