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UPHOLDING THE SALAH
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It is necessary upon you
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Allah ﷻ says
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ
And those who strictly guard their Salah.
أُولَٰئِكَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ مُّكْرَمُون
They will be in Gardens, honoured.
[70:34-35]
If you want to be from among the people of Jannah Al Firdous, Salah is necessary upon you.
If you want be among those who are praised by Allah ﷻ, Salah is necessary upon you.
If you want to be honoured by Allah ﷻ, and in Jannah?
Then Salah is necessary upon you.
And then if you want to leave Sins and Disobedience, then upon you is Salah.
Allah ﷻ says
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ ۗ
Indeed Salah prohibits from Immorality and Evil,
وَلَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ
And the remembrance of Allah is greater,
وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ
And Allah knows what you do.
[29:45]
Whoever wants to stop sins and disobedience, then necessary upon them is Salah.
Salah is the foundation of your religion!
Praying 5 times a day is the absolute must, without it you will never improve your relationship with Allah ﷻ, nor will anything you do implement in your life be of any benefit!
Without the Salah, the first thing to be accounted for on Qiyamah, all the other good deeds will be turned to dust!
Such a strong emphasis is upon Salah,
That Imam Abu Hanifah رحمه الله would say the person who leaves it should be imprisoned.
Ibn Al Qayyim رحمه الله wrote that Leaving Salah is worse than Murder!
So let us not leave Salah, but increase in it!
Increase in our Nawafil and Sunan Salah and adorn ourselves with the Noor of Ibadah!
As Prophet ﷺ said in a Hadith Qudsi that Allah ﷻ says “And My servant does not draw near to Me with anything more beloved to Me than the religious duties I have obligated upon him. And My servant continues to draw near to me with nawafil until I Love him. When I Love him, I become his hearing with which he hears, and his sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he strikes, and his foot with which he walks”
[Hadith Nawawi No:38]
Faraa’idh (compulsory) is condition 1.
Then Nawafil (optional)..
Then Allah ﷻ loves them…
And then will anyone sin as they used to, when their senses are in tune with Taqwa?
But it all stems from Salah.
So make the effort!
May Allah ﷻ make us among those who guard their Salah.
