[Music]
Have you ever wondered why you always
reach for the same mug when you want to
make a cup of
coffee? While your father has a
designated spot in the lounge room and
although it's never been said, everyone
knows that's dad's spot.
Have you realized that you usually do
the same thing every morning and your
day pans out in a set and structured
routine like it does every other day? If
you track your day and your week, you'll
come to the realization that man is a
creature of habit which tends to make a
life a little dull at times. Even our
dua, our prayer are in a
routine. We read the same surah from the
Quran in every prayer. We make the same
despair in
our another worship, another chore,
another routine. Take a minute right
now. Write this second reflect about
your last prayer.
Which surah did you read in the first
after
fat? Did you even think about which
surah you were going to read?
Can you even remember what surah you
read?
Allah subhana wa ta'ala says in the
Quran
after let's pose a question shall we?
When you make
what is your intention?
We pose this question to a sample of
Muslims in Sydney.
58% said, "My intention is to make
wudoo."
42% said, "My intention when making
wudoo is to pray."
They seem like the obvious choice, don't
they?
[Music]
Imagine putting your mind out of the
habitual routine of making wudoo.
Imagine making wud with more than one
intention. Increase your intentions for
by making the
intention to prepare for prayer to obey
Allah subhana wa ta'ala and do what he
has ordered you to do to follow the
sunnah of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam and also to wash away your
sins. All of a sudden you are conscious
of your intentions. You have increased
your rewards. You're in tune with your
creator and out of the thoughtless
routine.
This is for wud. How about the prayer?
What's stopping us from being dynamic in
our prayers? Maybe the same thoughtless
routine that was the barrier in our
wood. Or the excuses we always pull out
of our hat like, "I don't have time.
It's too hard. I don't know Arabic. I
can never be like the
companions." Or maybe you were just not
aware that our prophet Muhammad wasallam
was quite dynamic in his prayer. Why not
learn more of the Quran and read the
suras other than surahlas in
every reported that Muhammad sallallahu
alaihi wasallam said the most excellent
prayer is that in which the duration of
standing is longer the is found in
bkari let's
learn you don't know Arabic or you can't
memorize quick enough even a few verses
week will do the job. Find the solution.
This is your prayer.
[Music]
Let us enlighten you with some of the
sayings Prophet Muhammad wasallam used
to say in
his open prayer with the dua.
But he sallallam would say it other
times as well.
And he also used to say at other times
Allham when we were kids, we were told
that in our we should
say and we were also told that in our we
should
say however prophet Muhammad sallallaihi
wasallam would say so many other dua for
example in he would
Okay. And he would also say
And in he would
say he would also
say and he would say it other times.
Let's strengthen our prayers. It's time
to think. It's time to stimulate our
minds and our hearts. It's time to keep
our at every prayer on its toes. Let's
not be predictable. Let's not be lazy.
Let's get out of the
routine.
Remember your race.