Wicked Intruder

 *Wicked Intruder*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Do you not notice that every worldly thought, matter, issue, predicament suddenly makes its way to your thoughts as you stand in Swalah?..  Items you have lost for days or months are suddenly remembered and maybe even found!😃 Even the designs on the prayer rug start to tell all sorts of entertaining stories!

But,

When you are watching a movie on TV, nothing and absolutely nothing comes to disturb you? That’s because shaitaan has where he wants you to be😃, unlike in Swalah where he is jealous and being the clear Enemy that he is, will do anything and everything to make us loose out on the rewards of Swalah.

Servants of Allah!

Standing in Swalah is a sacred moments and a grand  encounter with our Rabb. But no one is more envious of us during that moment than Shaitan.. Yes.. His mission is to steal every sweet moment & rewards you will harvest.. So that, you will finish your prayer with little or no reward at all. Since the sobering reality of the matter is: - Only the parts of Swalah you are mindful of are accepted by Allah.

Evidence:

Imam Ahmad (18415) narrated that ‘Ammaar ibn Yaasir said: I heard the prophet (pbuh) say: A person may offer a prayer and nothing of it is recorded for him except one tenth (1/10) of it, one ninth (1/9) of it, one eighth (1/8) of it, one seventh (1/7) of it, one sixth (1/6) of it, one fifth (1/5) of it, one quarter (1/4) of it, one third (1/3) of it, or half (1/2) of it.” 📚Classed as hasan by al-Albaani.

Now,

*How Can We Outsmart The Intruder?*

Our Enemy - Shaytan, is the experienced Intruder here, and needs to be outsmarted. Yes. By increasing our efforts in voluntary nawafil.. Why because, the success of every believer on the day of judgement, lies on his or her obligatory swalawat.

Evidence:

Narrated Abu Hurayra (Ra) that, our beloved Prophet (pbuh) said: “Indeed the first deed by which a servant will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection is his Swalat. If it is complete, he or she is successful and saved, but if it is defective, he or she has failed and lost. So, if something is deficient in his or her obligatory (prayers) then Allah (swt) will say: ‘Look! Are there any voluntary (prayers) for my worshipper?’ So, with them, what was deficient in his or her obligatory (prayers) will be completed.....” 📚(Tirmizi)

But In Reality,

None of our obligatory Swalawat is FREE of distractions from the same shaytan who whisper to people that *"it is not compulsory to establish any voluntary nawafil, especially waking up for Tahajjud"*

Servants of Allah!

Of all the nawafl prayers, Tahajjud is the most beloved to Allah, most rewarding and beneficial.

Evidence:

That the Prophet (pbuh) said:👉 “The best prayer after the obligatory prayers is the night prayer.”📚(Muslim)

Ending this,

The Prophet (PBUH) said: *“O `Abdullah, do not be like so and so! He used to pray at night and then he stopped doing that”*(📚Al-Bukhari and Muslim

Therefore,

I want to use this medium to remind you that, if u have not yet set ur phone alarm in a repeating mode, to wake u up for midnight nawafil *(Tahajjud)* everyday till the end of ur life, pls do so immediately. Yes. It's not difficult bcos people are doing it everyday without missing. It's all about priority!