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65 TIPS TO BUILD CONNECTION WITH ALLAAH IN SALAAH
EPISODE 2️⃣1️⃣ – ACTIONS DURING SALAAH THAT COULD HELP ATTAIN KHUSHUU’
🕌 54. Crying in Salaah
Allaah (ﷻ) says (interpretation of the meaning):
“and they fall down on their faces weeping and it adds to their humility (khushoo’)’”
[Al-Isra’ 17:109].
‘Ataa’ said: “Ubayd ibn ‘Umayr and I entered upon ‘Aa’ishah (رضي الله عنه) and Ibn ‘Umayr said to her, “tell us of the most amazing thing you saw on the part of the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ)” She wept and said ‘He got up one night and said, “O ‘Aa’ishah, leave me to worship my Lord.” I said, “By Allaah, I love to be close to you, and I love what makes you happy.” So he got up and purified himself, then he stood and prayed. He kept weeping until his lap got wet, then he wept and kept weeping until the floor got wet. Bilaal came to tell him that it was time to pray, and when he saw him weeping, he said, “O Messenger of Allaah, you are weeping when Allaah has forgiven you all your past and future sins?” He said, “Should I not be a grateful slave? Tonight some aayaat have been revealed to me; woe to the one who recites them and does not think about what is in them (interpretation of the meaning): ‘Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth…’” (Aal-‘Imraan 3:190… or Al-Baqarah 2:164).’”
[Reported by Ibn Hibaan. He said in al-Silsilat al-Saheehah, no. 68: this is a jayyid isnaad].
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🕌 55. Rewinding, Mentally, the Rewards Imbedded in Salaah
The Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) said: “If the Imaam says ‘Aameen,’ then say ‘Aameen’ too, for whoever says ‘Aameen’ and it coincides with the ‘Aameen’ of the angels, will have all his previous sins forgiven.”
[Reported by al-Bukhaari, no. 747].
Rifaa’ah ibn Raafi’ al-Zirqi (رضي الله عنه) said: “One day we were praying behind the Prophet (ﷺ) When he raised his head, he said, ‘Sami’ Allaahu liman hamidah,’ and a man behind him said, ‘Rabbanaa wa laka’l-hamdu hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan fih (Our Lord to You be much good and blessed praise).’ When he finished, he said, ‘Who is the one who spoke?’ The man said, ‘Me.’He said, ‘I saw thirty-odd angels rushing to see who would write it down first.’”
[Reported by al-Bukhaari, al-Fath, 2/284].
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🕌 56. Pausing at the End of Each Aayah
It is noteworthy that a believer is expected to take a pause after each verse in his recitation as against what we find common in our Masjid today.
Umm Salamah (رضي الله عنه) described how the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) would recite, “Bismillah il-Rahmaan il-Raheem”,and according to another report, he would pause, then say, “Al-hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil Aalameen, Ar-Rahmaani r-Raheem.” Then according to another report, he would pause, then say, “Maaliki yawm il-deen,” and he would break up his recitation aayah by aayah.
[Reported by Abu Dawood, no. 4001; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in alIrwaa’, where its isnaad are described. 2/60].
To be continued… إن شاء الله…
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