DON'T BE SAD Episode 23 THE PRAYER ... THE PRAYER

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*DON'T BE SAD*

Episode 23

*THE PRAYER ... THE PRAYER*

Surah Al-Baqara, Verse 153:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ

O you who believe! Seek help in patience and As-Salat (the prayer). Truly! Allah is with As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.).

If you are best with fear and anxieties, stand up right now and pray your soul will find comfort and solace. The prayer - as long as you perform it sincerely with a wakeful heart - is guaranteed to have this effect for you.

Whenever the Prophet (Blessings and Peace of ALLĀH be upon him) was afflicted with hardship, he would say:

"O' Bilāl! Give us comfort and call for the prayer."

The prayer was his job and pleasure; it was the delight of his eye .

I have read biographies of many righteous people, who would always turn to prayer when they were surrounded by difficulties and hardship, people who would pray until their strength, will, and resolution returned to them.

The Prayer of Fear (which is performed during battle) was prescribed in situations wherein limbs are severed, skulls fly, and souls depart from their bodies - a time when strength and resolution can only be derived from heartfelt prayer.

This generation, which is consumed by psychological sickness, must return to the Mosque, going there to perform prostitution and to seek ALLĀH's pleasure. If we do not do this, tears will burn our eyes and grief will destroy our nerves.

By earnestly performing the five daily prayers, we achieve the greatest of blessings; atonement for our sins and an increase in rank with our Lord. Prayer is also a potent remedy for our sickness, for it instills faith in our souls. As for those that keep away from the Mosque and away from prayer for them are unhappiness, wretchedness, and an embittered life.

Surah Muhammad, Verse 8:

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَتَعْسًا لَّهُمْ وَأَضَلَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ

But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism), for them is destruction, and (Allah) will make their deeds vain.