THE MUSLIM HOME. EPISODE 6️⃣ - Forming the Household 4️⃣

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*THE MUSLIM HOME*

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*EPISODE 6️⃣ - Forming the Household 4️⃣*

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*4️⃣ Make your homes a place of worship*

What is meant by taking the home as a place of worship?

Allaah Says:

*“And We inspired Moosa and his brother [saying]: ‘Take dwellings for your people in Egypt, and make your dwellings as places for your worship, and perform al-salaah, and give glad tidings to the believers.’”*

[Qur'aan 10:87]

Ibn ‘Abbaas, may Allaah be pleased with them both, said : *_“They were commanded to take their dwellings as places of prayer [lit. Mosques].”_*

Ibn Katheer, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: _“This – and Allaah knows best – was because of the intensity of the tribulation that they were facing from Pharaoh and his people. They were commanded to pray much, as Allaah Says: (O you who believe! Seek help with patience and prayer . . .) [Qur'aan 2:153], and as it was reported in the Hadeeth that the Messenger of Allaah ‎(ﷺ), when he was distressed by something, would pray.”_

This explains the importance of worshipping at home, especially at times when the Muslims are in a position of weakness, as happens in some places where the Muslims cannot pray openly in front of the non-believers. In this context we may think of the Mihraab (prayer niche) of Maryam, may Allaah exalt her mention, which was her place of worship, as Allaah Says:

*“. . . Every time Zakariya entered the mihraab to visit her, he found her supplied with sustenance . . .”*

[Qur'aan 3:37]

The Companions, may Allaah be pleased with them, used to be keen to pray at home – apart from the Fardh or obligatory prayers (which they prayed in congregation in the Mosque).

_To be continued... إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ‎_

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