Step One Towards Allah

Asalaamu Aliakum

So Alhamdulilah last week we were able to discuss ways to overcome the shaydaan and also the benefits of repenting. In order for a believer to maintain the ability to fight shaydaan and continue to repent, one must have CONNECTION with ALLAH. How do we acquire this connection? Yes, you guessed it. SALAH(PRAYER)! 

When speaking linguistically, salah derived from the word “Silah” meaning connection. If you buy a house phone and you do not activate it by calling the service provider then you cannot CONNECT with anyone. Same analogy for Salah. If we do not perform the salah we do not have a connection with Allah. Also salah builds a strong defense against evil:

Allah says:

   

    "...And establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allah is greater. And Allah knows that which you do. 29:45

Throughout our day we are constantly busy with school, work, family and friends. All of this are important and are essential to human life; however, how about the number ONE priority in which Allah has given us? Did you know subhanaAllah if it wasn't for the Mercy of Allah we would not even have time to spend with family and friends because we would be too busy praying 50 times a day! Allahu Akbar, let me remind you the story of how our salah went from 50 times a day to only 5 times a day. 

Prophet Muhammed(saw) said:

     

      "...the prayers were enjoined on me. They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses, who asked (me): 'What have you been ordered to do?' I replied: 'I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses said: 'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah I have tested people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your followers' burden.' So I went back, and Allah reduced ten prayers for me. Then again I came to Moses, but he repeated the same as he had said before. Then again I went back to Allah, and He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the same. I went back to Allah, and He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When I came back to Moses, he repeated the same advice, so I went back to Allah and was ordered to observe five prayers a day.When I came back to Moses, he said: 'What have you been ordered?' I replied: 'I have been ordered to observe five prayers a day.' He said: 'Your followers cannot bear five prayers a day, and no doubt, I have got an experience of the people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel, so go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your followers' burden.' I said: 'I have requested so much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am satisfied now and surrender to Allah's Order.' When I left, I heard a voice saying: 'I have passed My order and have lessened the burden of My worshippers."'

SubhanaAllah! Look at this. Allah is Al-3leem: The-All knower. He knows the present, past and future, so He already knew that He would lessen the prayer to 5 times a day. But why did Allah start from 50? To emphasize Ya Ikhwaan that we were not created BUT TO WORSHIP HIM. And that only through His Mercy He has lessened what would have been a burden upon us.  

Allah says: 

      "And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."-51:56

So Ya Ikhwaan we should not have our priorities mixed up. Perform salah to maintain connection with Allah and to prevent you from evil and thank Him for this great blessing of only praying 5 times a day so that we may also have time with families and friends. 

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