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we'll be at today we're going to be
discussing the Salah the prayer when
somebody puts the key in the door that's
right to open a door you need a key and
that key which is the key of paradise is
that statement that every Muslim makes
he
says there is no deity worthy of worship
except
Allah that's the creator of the heavens
and the Earth why do I need to worship a
monkey or a man why do I need to worship
a woman or the Sun or the moon why do I
need to follow my lust and desires when
I can worship the one who created me and
he can guide me he's my GPS and in life
he is the one that I'll sacrifice
everything for my life my prayer My
Sacrifice my death is for the one who
created me isn't that beautiful just
talking about it gives me chills and it
should get everybody
chills cuz Allah is the one who created
you and you're going to have to return
back to him so now that you've taken
this oath you've committed to the one
God the god of Jesus Abraham
Moses and the last and final messenger
sent to mankind the prophet Muhammad
peace and blessings be upon them all
they were our
teachers but today the last and final
messenger the prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him he's the teacher he's the way
the truth and the light in all the
darkness and the falsehood he is the
teacher why because he's the
representative of God he's got the power
of Eternity
that's right just like Jesus had the
power of attorney he was able to do
things by the permission of the creator
of the heavens in the earth
Allah and that's the same thing now so
we
testify there is no deity there is no
God worthy of worship except the one
true God in Arabic we say
Allah and Muhammad is his slave servant
and final messenger now that brings us
to the topic today of which is the
prayer now sadly very sadly to say that
today many Muslims don't pray many
Muslims that's right I said it don't
pray despite its
importance the purpose of prayer we need
to know is to strengthen our
relationship with the one who created us
he don't need this prayer we need
it this prayer helps us to be grateful
for all the blessings that that he's
given
us and it reminds us it reminds you and
me of his
greatness just as the body requires
physical needs such as food and
drink the soul requires spiritual needs
that's right nourished by acts of
worship the most important of which is
the Salah the prayer that the
Muslim needs to be
making it could be that the body of a
person is healthy you know the guy goes
to the gym Big
Boy strong lifting hitting 350 on the
bench two three four plates same thing
for the woman she's in shape running a
marathon the body is looking good
but that doesn't mean it's
alive the body
of a person is healthy but pay attention
the person is spiritually
dead the last and final messenger sent
to
mankind the prophet Muhammad peace be
upon him a
messenger just like Jesus at his time
just like Moses and Abraham at their
time he's the messenger and the mercy to
the Worlds at this time his teachings
have been preserved
authentically there
for
anybody who is looking to get close to
the one who created them he is that path
to God we don't pray through him we
follow his teachings and the last and
final messenger sent to mankind has said
in an authentic Hadith these are not
story tales that we tell the kids these
are
instructions from God's representative
teacher to the human beings I Earth the
prophet said the comparison of the one
who remembers Allah the Creator and the
one who does not is like that of the
living and the
dead that was what the messenger said
now let's listen to what Allah pay
attention here what Allah has said in
the verbatim word of God the Quran Allah
is saying oh you who believe respond to
the call of Allah and his messenger when
he calls you to that which gives you
life this is in the Quran in chapter 8
verse
24 now it's important as we move along
this is the direction the direct
connection with Allah we don't need any
intermediary we don't need to go through
anybody Allah the Creator God
Almighty is calling us to have a direct
connection with him without anybody in
the mid
the prophet peace be upon him has said
the closest a person is to his Lord is
when he is in the
prostration prayer connects you with
Allah the Arabic word for prayer
is it actually derived from the Arabic
word meaning
connection Allah's messenger God's final
messenger sent to the whole of mankind
has said when any one of you stands to
pray he is communicating with his Lord
with his creator so let him pay
attention to how he speaks to
him so now don't sever this relationship
with your creator don't do it by
abandoning the
prayer the pillar of Islam it's a pillar
of Islam prayer is the second most
important pillar of Islam after that
swearing to that test
testimony
of of what we discussed before we
started this topic that you know what
only submit to God the one who created
me that's the first pillar and the
second one is the Salah and it is the
most regular compulsory action in the
muslim's
Life prayer is the one act that
Muslim a Muslim must be fulfilled at
least five times a day regardless of its
regardless of his circumstance in fact
the Creator Allah did not even
exempt those who have submitted
themselves Muslims from praying during
battle that's right even if there was a
battle going
on Allah is saying guard
strictly your prayers if you fear an
enemy pray on foot or riding so this is
the case during war that you're not even
exempt from praying there Allah is
telling you if you can't pray on foot
pray while you're riding on your beast
on the horse in your car it doesn't
matter you cannot give up the
prayer so this is stated during the time
of War what about during
peace success lies in prayer the
prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be
upon upon him the last and final
Messengers sent to mankind there's no
more Messengers coming this is him he
has said the first of his deeds for
which a man and woman will be called to
account on the day of Resurrection the
day of judgment will be the
prayers if it is found to be sound he
will be safe and
successful but if it is defective he
will be unfortunate and a loser you
don't want to be a loser do you you want
to be successful don't give up the
prayer establish the prayer establish
the
Salah its
benefits Shields one from Evil it's a
shield against all evil without seeking
Allah's help it is impossible to refrain
from all this evil that is around
Allah the creator of the heavens and the
Earth is saying verily prayer restrains
oneself from shameful and unjust Deeds
this is in the verbatim word of God
Allah in the Quran Surah 25 verse
45 now the question you're ask how can
sins be committed how can sins be
committed if you're willingly standing
before your creator to Allah five times
a day minimum five times a day in the
prayer the prayer now moving along
enriches your soul the prayer enriches
your
soul prayer satisfies your spiritual
need to be connected with your
creator to be in contact with your
creator this gives your so peace and
contentment
especially with this busy lifestyle that
we all live the r race of life and this
is something that money cannot
buy Allah is saying in the Quran without
doubt in the remembrance of Allah do
hearts find rest the prayer makes one
humble pride and
arrogance is being rid of by you
realizing through the prayer Allah's
greatness and your dependence on him in
the prayer the Muslim puts the highest
part of his body his head his intellect
on the ground he says how perfect is my
Lord the most high how perfect is my
Lord the most high
sub Allah is saying in the verbatim word
of God the Quran in Surah 23 verse vers
1 and 2 successful indeed are the
Believers who are humble in their
prayers let me tell you another
fact let me tell you what washes away
sins sins are when you break the laws of
the one who created you sins are
something that feel heavy on your chest
and form black stains on your heart
everyone commits
them and no one is paying the price for
your
sins not Bob The Butcher not Mark the
mailman nor Jesus Christ peace be upon
Him of Nazareth nobody is paying the
price for your sins you are accountable
for yourself just as your grandfather
was accountable for himself and I'm
accountable for myself today but Allah
the creator of the heavens and the Earth
has provided for us a way
to get rid of the sins with sincere
repentance and through prayer Allah is
saying in the Quran Surah 11 114 and
perform prayer surely The Good Deeds
remove the evil Deeds now the messenger
peace be upon Him gave us a beautiful
example when he said to his
companions he said in an authentic
narration consider if one of you had a
river by his door in which he bath five
times a day would any filth remain on
him or her they responded no then the
prophet replied peace be upon Him
likewise
Allah your creator wipes away
sins with the five daily prayers that's
right moving along the prayer is the key
the answer to your problems
whoever strengthens their relationship
with the one who created them Allah
Allah will strengthen their relationship
between themselves and the
creation he who is all powerful all
merciful all loving will Rectify all
your problems Allah is saying in the
Quran seek help in Pati and prayer the
prayer unites the
Muslims the congregational prayer this
when the Muslims come
together to pray in
congregation congregation prayer
cultivates Brotherhood equality and
humility between Muslims the worshippers
stand in Rose and is one body shoulder
Tosh shoulder without any distinction of
race nationality color wealth family or
status this act of unity helps demolish
all barriers which stand between people
people now we're going to be moving on
to the abandonment of prayer abandoning
the prayer
Allah the
creator of the heavens and the Earth has
said in the Quran this is the
translation of the meaning the Quran is
in and has been preserved in the Arabic
but what we're giving you here is the
meaning which can be in French it can be
in Spanish we're talking in English so
we're going to give you the meaning in
English Allah is saying oh
mankind what has deceived you concerning
your lord the most gracious this is in
the Quran
82:6 now moving along by not praying by
not establishing a connection with the
one who created you and this is only for
your betterment for your
self-development you are disobeying the
most high the Creator Allah the Almighty
you are in an act of Disobedience you're
breaking a peace treaty between you and
him because you enter a state of Peace
when you comply with everything that
he's told you to do and one of the most
important things that second pillar is
the prayer remember the whole purpose of
your existence is to worship Allah to be
in compliance with everything good that
he's told you to do and to stay away
from everything evil that he's told you
to stay away from he knows knows best
he's the most wise we trust him because
he's the Creator he knows his creation
yet daily you are
disobeying the Creator Allah is saying
in the Quran then there has succeeded
them a generation who have given up
prayer and have followed their desires
so they will be thrown in Hell except
those who repent and believe and
righteous this is in the Quran 19 verse
59 in another place in the Quran
74: 42 Allah is saying Allah is saying
pay close attention the people in hell
will be asked what has caused you to
enter the Hell Fire they will say we
were not of those who used to
pray that's the speech of Allah in the
Quran the verbatim word of God he is
talking are you listening we listen to
everyone and everything but when the
most high the most gracious the most
loving when he is speaking are we
listening and are we following it up
with
action now remember when you abandon
when you leave off the five daily
prayers you are being
ungrateful refusing your Creator's
invitation to establish this close
relationship with him is the ultimate in
gratitude Allah created you and remember
he gave you everything Allah is saying
in the Quran it is he who has created
you and endowed you with hearing and
seeing and hearts little are you
grateful the prophet peace be upon him
the last and final messenger sent to
mankind his feet would swell because he
would stand in the night he would stand
in the day for long periods of time
praying
and when he was asked about this he
replied should I not be grateful should
I not be a grateful servant to my Lord
what excuse will you give Allah the
Creator the creator of the heavens and
the Earth on the day of judgment now
just Envision this death comes the one
who has blessed you with 24 hours in a
day yet only ask you to spend merely 30
minutes for prayer what would you tell
him on the day of judgment on the day
that no
attorney no City no government nobody
will be able to intercede nobody be able
to help not any amount of money status
kingship it doesn't matter who you know
where you've been on the day of judgment
what are you going to say Allah is
saying in the Quran chapter 20 verse 124
pay attention people and whoever turns
away from my remembrance indeed for him
is a life of hardship and we will raise
him up on the day of Resurrection blind
and he will say my Lord why have you
raised me blind while I was once seen
Allah will say thus did our signs come
to you and you forgot discarded them and
thus will you this day be forgotten you
are only harming yourself this is a fact
Allah doesn't need your prayer or
anything from anybody glory be to him
Subhan Allah as we say
it is you that stands in need of his
Mercy Allah is saying in the Quran which
the meaning is in verse
3112 give thanks to Allah and whoever
gives thanks it is only for his own
Soul's good and whoever is ungrateful
surely Allah is free of all needs worthy
of all praise let this be known also
that when a person abandons the prayer
you are flirting with disbelief many
scholars of Islam hold the opinion that
if you do not pray you are one who has
disbelieved you become a disbeliever
quoting the following Hadith from the
last and final messenger the prophet
Muhammad who has said the Covenant
between us and Them the Covenant which
distinguish says between us and Them
between Believers and disbelievers is
the Salat is the prayer and whoever
neglects it has dis believe this is what
the last and final messenger sent to
mankind has said in authentic
Hadith Additionally the prophet's
companions those who knew him the
best who lived at his time may Allah be
pleased with them they did not consider
the abandonment of any act as disbelief
except the prayer let's move along to
some common excuses that people use to
jus ify why they don't pray now these
are a dime a dozen let's be sincere with
ourselves as we listen to these the
people say those say I have no
time
work I have to work studying I have to
study for school I'm busy I have no time
because I am preoccupied with many of
the worldly things this is pure and
simple deception you haven't given
prayers priority this is the fact Allah
will bless your time and make you more
effective efficient and successful
because he is the one who gives success
he is the one who provides for you so if
you're not doing what he told you to do
you can only be
unsuccessful another common
excuse we hear is my heart is
clean the fact is that Allah
judges who has clean hearts and he wants
you to to pray he's the boss he is the
king of
kings actions will reflect what is in
your heart no one has a cleaner heart
than the last and final Messenger to the
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him who
used to pray
regularly another excuse we have is my
alarm it's hard for your alarm to go off
if you don't set it purify your
intention go to sleep with the intention
of getting up
and Allah will make it easy for
you
another excuse that we hear is my
family my spouses my parents friends
prevent me the prophet peace be upon him
said the last and final messenges sent
to
mankind there is no obedience to anyone
in the Disobedience to
Allah this is very important we respect
our parents and we're kind to the people
but we never obey them fear them in
place of obeying Allah fearing and
loving Allah we love him the most we
obey him before we obey anyone else
remember again you will be judged
alone another common excuse I'm sinning
too much the fact of the matter is in
time your prayers will prevent you from
committing the these sins in time just
pray you are sinning because you are not
establishing the prayer the prayer is
the medicine the
prayer will eventually repel the
evil Allah has told the truth stick to
what he told you to do cut out the
excuses contemplate over the S where the
Prophet peace be upon him has said if
they knew the merits of the ishan fuder
prayers they will come to them in the
mosque even if they had to
crawl now what excuse for Banning prayer
do you honestly have when you face your
lord on that difficult day on that
difficult day Allah is saying in the
Quran Allah has promised those who
believe and do good deeds that for them
there is forgiveness and a mighty reward
now brothers and sisters we can do one
of two things we can either turn away
after this advice and continue living
Our Lives according to our whims and
desires thinking that we know best or we
can be sincere with ourselves we can
admit that you know what we don't have
the answers to everything and we need
the Creator's help and he's there
willing to help us we take one step
towards
him he takes many more towards
us he loves loves us more than our
mothers more than
our family and
friends and he knows what's best for us
because he is the most
wise so we can start to
comply and little by
little by establishing this prayer we
will see the effects the great effects
of goodness that it will have in our
life nothing's easy at first anything
that's of
importance and
value it takes some effort so the same
way you put effort into getting that
degree into chasing that man or woman or
those good times the
sins now you have to put a little bit of
effort into something that's more
valuable than any of these things the
connection with the one who has given
you life and who'll give you death
we will all die and
remember is it worth it when you're six
feet under and the dirt is in your
mouth and now everything that distracted
you from praying because it's one of
these things it's either that man or
that
woman it's either that material thing
that job that business it's something in
this dun that's distracting you so when
you're
dead when you hear the
footsteps of your family leaving and
walking away from the grave Envision
that and they go back to fight over your
wealth that you were so earnestly
seeking in this life and it was
distracting you from your lord now is it
worth it you got a chance to hear this
advice by the blessing of the one who
created you now you can either do
something about it or you can turn a
blind eye
and we
sincerely out of our love for you one us
we want to see you do the right
thing establish the connection with the
one who loves you more than anyone and
wants you in that paradise those are the
Glad Tidings that all the messengers
came with they all
came they all came with that glad Tiding
of paradise and the warning of the
Hellfire
because we know how it is to get someone
to move and knows best it's that carrot
and that
stick the carrot there's something more
pleasurable than that that we're chasing
and that's the pleasure of our Lord and
his
paradise and there's something that we
fear more than that stick and that's the
Hellfire and even if you think about it
when your boss wants you to comply with
what he wants you to do he'll tell you
you better get to witht it or you'll be
fired but with Allah the
fire is what Allah is talking about so
we don't want to be in the Hellfire
Allah wants us in the paradise let's
start to comply and fear Allah more and
love Allah more than the people because
this prayer will help us will develop us
to be better human beings to be better
with our parents to be better with our
colleagues our friends and our family it
will help us to develop to be the best
of human beings with everyone
non-muslims and Muslims alike to all of
humanity we have to run we got to go
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