“
Oh Mankind! Fear Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى, & beware
of being from those who Allaah mentioned concerning them:
“Then,
there had succeeded them a generation who have given up As-Salat (the prayers)
[i.e. made their Salat
(prayers) to be lost, either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly
or by not offering them in their proper fixed times, etc.] &
have followed lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell.”
(Maryam 19:59)
They
disregarded the prayer by not praying it at its correct time & were negligent
concerning the juma’ (Friday
prayers) & congregational prayers. They did not fear there Lord nor were they
heedful of His punishments. When they offered the prayer it was like the
pecking of a bird not consisting of any tranquility, serenity or hope of a
reward. You would think they were being propelled when they began to pray &
you see them careless about its pillars & conditions, unconcerned about its
completeness. They forgot Allaah, therefore He forgot them & they wasted the
worldly & religious benefits.
They
squandered away the prayer & followed their desires because of their wretchedness & preferred the cravings of the soul over establishing the obligations. When
they desire a thing they rush towards it with no hesitation, but when the
command of Allaah comes they are (extremely) lethargic. This is sufficient
enough a loss & deprivation. Woe be to the one who gives precedence to his
evil desires over the obedience of his Master! And how deprived is he who
forsakes the good & follows the lusts of his soul, thus destroying him.
Where
is the Islaam
and Eemaan oh
you who claim to have it?! Where is the fear from a day that a person will
find and encounter everything that he did?! The day this bankrupt individual
will not find his deeds sufficient enough to save him from the punishment of
His Lord.
So
woe that day to those who waste their prayers when:
“…the
Day a man will flee from his brother. And from his mother & his father. And
from his wife & his children. Everyman, that Day, will have enough to make
him careless of others.”
['Abasa 80:33-36]
Where
are these despicable ones from the people who consider the prayer as one
of the greatest blessings from Allaah?! Coming to it with open hearts,
sincere aspirations and upright actions. Not a jumu’ah nor congregational
prayer misses them unless they have an legitamite excuse.
“Men
whom neither trade nor sale diverts them from the Remembrance of Allaah (with
heart and tongue), nor from performing As-Salat,
nor from giving the Zakaah.
They fear a Day when hearts and eyes will be overturned (from the horror of the
torment of the Day of Resurrection). That Allaah may reward them according to
the best of their deeds, and add even more for them out of His Grace. And Allaah
provides without measure to whom He wills.”
[Aj-Nur 24:37-38]
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