Times of As-Salah: Introduction ﺒﺴﻡ ﺍﷲ ﺍﻟ ﺭ ﺤﻤﺎﻥ ﺍﻟ ﺭ ﺤﻴﻡ All Praises and Thanks
Times of As-Salah: Introduction By Salmaan Awan on November 04, 2003 08:45:48 ﺒﺴﻡ ﺍﷲ ﺍﻟﺭﺤﻤﺎﻥ ﺍﻟﺭﺤﻴﻡ All praises and thanks are due to Allaah, we thank him, and seek help in Him, and we ask for His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Him from the evil of ourselves, and from the bad deeds of our actions, and I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allaah and that Muhammad is His slave and last Messenger. As for what follows: Considering the lamentable state of many Muslims regarding praying on time, it has been suggested that a small article be written clarifying the importance of this issue as well as some of its regulations. This unfortunate state of affairs is due, in most cases, either to carelessness or lack of knowledge. And there is no way to truly explain their importance except by returning to the best of speech, the ﺼﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭ) Speech of Allaah, and then the concise, beautiful speech of His Prophet Muhammad .(ﺴﻠﻡ Allaah says in surat Maryam:﴾And mention in the Book Ismaa’eel, verily he was truthful to his covenant and was a messenger, and prophet, and he used to order his family with salaah and zakaah [1] and was pleasing to his Lord» . So take note how Allaah places salaah as a lofty attribute in describing a prophet of Allaah. Then He goes on to say:﴾These are those whom Allaah has bestowed bounty upon from the prophets from the descendants of Adam and from those whom we saved with Nuh and from the descendants of Ibraaheem and Israa’il and from those whom we guided and selected, if the ayahs Ar-Rahmaan are [2] recited to them then they fall prostrate and crying.» .
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