The Importance of Salah

بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم

 

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “All human beings without exception are sinful, but the best sinners are those who repent the most.” [Tirmidhi]

 

 



Wash your heart every day with Salah, then warm it up with Dhikr

 

Have you ever thought about it? Why Salah is so important?

I will share my point of view InshaAllah.

 

There's 5 pillars of Islam.
1. Shahadah
2. Salah
3. Zakat
4. Sawm
5. Hajj

Now we all know that the second pillar of Islam after the Shahadah is Salah. There's a reason for it. The most important thing after the Shahadah a Muslim should live up to and maintain is, Salah. Salah is obligatory.

It's actually very simple. Allah Swt instructed us to worship Him. Salah is the best contact we can have with Allah Swt. Worshipping Allah Swt is the purpose of our creation. Salah is a type of purification for a human being. Allah Swt says, in the Quraan:
''And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.'' (Surat Adh-Dhariyat: 56)
This ayah is so powerful, SubhanAllah.

It is not enough that we only have our Iman in our hearts. We have to act upon it and pray before we are prayed upon.

Salah is going to be the FIRST Allah Swt will ask us on Youm Al Qiyamah (Day of Judgment) and that shows how IMPORTANT Salah is to Allah Swt.

 

Prophet Muhammad (Saaws) used to get most of his revelations through Jibreel (As), but when Allah Swt wanted to command Muslims Salah, He (Swt) brought Muhammad (Saaws) up to Himself in Heaven (Which is, Isra wal Miraj) and Allah Swt chose to personally to inform Muhammad (Saaws) about Salah. So, the importance and beauty in this, is that our Salah is a heavenly revelation because Muhammed (Saaws) got this revelation in Heaven and not through Jibreel (As).

 

Firstly, Muhammad (Saaws) and his companions (Alayhum Assalam) got an order to pray 50 times a day. SubhanAllah, can you imagine praying 50 times a day? But the Prophet (Saaws) continued to appeal that the Salah should be reduced because he feared that Muslims couldn't manage to pray 50 times a day. And SubhanAllah, Salah got reduced to 5 times a day and the reward for it is 50. SUBHANALLAH.

 

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Saaws) also made it clear to us that one of the things that separates us from kuffar (Disbelievers) is our Salah. Think about that!

"The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become a disbeliever." (Ahmad, Tirmidhee, Nasaa'ee)

 

Allah Swt gave us eyes, noses, mouths, legs, arms, food on the table, a mother/family, clothes on our body, a mind and a heart - Should we not then be thankful for all that? Alhamdulillah. If we thanked Allah Swt day and night, we would still not be able to pay Him (Swt) back, not even for an eye.
So, the least we can do is to maintain our Salah, InshaAllah. Imagine how happy Allah Swt will be with us. Besides that, it will save us from Jahannam and purify our sins. If your legs can't take you to Prayer, then how do you expect them to carry you to Jannah?

The Prophet (Saaws) said: "Allah has obligated five prayers. Whoever excellently performs their ablutions, prays them in their proper times, completes their bows, prostrations and khushu' (total concentration and spiritual connection) has a promise from Allah that He will forgive him. And whoever does not do that has no promise from Allah. He may either forgive him or punish him." [Recorded by Malik, Ahmad, Abu Dawud, al-Nasa’I and others. According to al-Albani, it is sahih. Al-Albani, Sahih al-Jami, vol. 1, p. 616.]

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This is just to illustrate a small part of the importance of Salah. InshaAllah we all understand the importance of Salah and the mercy of Allah Swt. Whatever our individual cases may be, I hope and pray that we can all remember why Salah is so important to us and how much it really benefits us and InshaAllah to stay motivated to always improve. Worries end when Salah begins. No one could ever give a better guarantee than Allah Swt, so please maintain your Salah and pray them the way they're meant to be prayed - Wudhu and Salah only takes 10 mins. If you don't know how to perform Salah - please let me know, i'll help you InshaAllah.
Until next time, may you all have a blessed day and don't forget to make lots of Duaa.

 

“What has caused you to enter Hell” They will say: “We were not of those who used to offer the Salah, nor did we feed the poor.”  (Surat Al-Muddathir: 42-43)

Wa Alaykum Assalam.