Ok, i have a huge problem, i have all my A Level exams coming up in 4 weeks and there is so much that i need to study, and at the same time while i'm studying i'm trying to balance my namaz, and i'm finding it so difficult. Its just that when i revise, its namaz time and then i can't get enough revision done as well as get all 5 of my namaz done. I managed to read 3 prayers today out of 5, which i feel terrible for; i told my mum about this and she said to me, that Allah (SWT) knows what i am going through, that He knows the immense pressure i'm under, and that if i can't read 5 prayers a day, then i should read as many prayers as i can and read Qu'ran in the meantime and do du'as, is she right? Because i dont know what to do, i'm not getting enough study done, i'm trying to do all my prayers as well and i'm finding it so so difficult, please help ?! :'(
Jazakallah Hair.
May Allah (SWT) be with you always.

sister.
Regarding your question you could make another thread in future so that you get more responses.
Firstly you should never miss your salat. Even if your are busy. Make time for your salat. How long does it take to pray each salat?
Fazr - no more then 5-8 minutes
Zohar - no more then 10-15 minutes
Asar - no more then 5-8 minutes
Maghrib - no more then 8-10 minutes
Isha - no more 12-18 minutes
Praying our salat doesn't even take an hour my sister. InshaALLAH make time for it. We are all sinful & weak but make dua that ALLAH(SWT) makes it easy for all of us. We have 24 hours in a day. ALLAH(SWT) asks for just 1 hour. I've finished my exams but Alhumdulillah I made time for Salat. When it was time for prayer I went to pray whether it was my local Masjid or a Masjid near my uni or the prayer room at uni. You might be more busier then me but try to find time InshaALLAH. Indeed ALLAH(SWT) knows that you are trying. May ALLAH(SWT) reward you for that. But take that one step forward and pray 5 times a day.
My sister most of us have problems waking up for Fazr. Fazr prayer can be the most challenging one. Regarding this, there are many hadiths that speak to the great reward and blessing entailed in waking up for Fazr prayer.
Abu Zuhayr 'Umara ibn Ruwayba said,
"I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'No one who used to pray before the rising of the sun and before its setting will enter the Fire," meaning Fajr and 'Asr." [Muslim]
Jundub ibn Sufyan reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"Anyone who prays the Subh prayer is in Allah's keeping. O son of Adam, watch out that Allah does not demand from you anything that is in His keeping." [Muslim]
NEVER miss a prayer deliberately. It is something that us Muslims don't realise; the enormity of it. An action that is both punishable by a legal penalty in this world, and divine punishment in the Hereafter.
ALLAH(SWT) says
"Then, there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up As-Salât (the prayers) [i.e. made their Salât (prayers) to be lost, either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly or by not offering them in their proper fixed times, etc.] and have followed lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell. Except those who repent and believe (in the Oneness of ALLAJ and His Messenger Muhammad SAW), and work righteousness. Such will enter Paradise and they will not be wronged in aught." (Sura Maryam, ayat 59-60) note: Here we see what is the place for those who have abandoned the prayer but ALLAH(swt) is the most mercyful and gives us chances to repent and be saved.
ALLAH(SWT) says in Sura Al-Mâ'ûn
"So woe unto those performers of Salat (prayers) (hypocrites),Who delay their Salat (prayer) from their stated fixed times,Those who do good deeds only to be seen (of men)," (Sura Al-Mâ'ûn, ayat 4 - 6) note: This ayah shows us that we have to pray our Salat on its fixed timings and not dalay them without a valid reason (i.e. traveling, jihad etc..) and how much we need to have sincerity in your prayer and do it only for ALLAH(SWT).
ALLAH(SWT) further warns us in the Quran
"O you who believe! Let not your properties or your children divert you from the remembrance of ALLAH. And whosoever does that, then they are the losers." (Sura Al-Munaafiqoon, ayah #9). The commentators of the Qur'an say: "The 'remembrance of ALLAH' mentioned in these Aayaat means the five daily prayers. If anyone is so busy in buying and selling, or with his daily work of earning a livelihood, or with his children, that he cannot perform prayers on time, he will be among the losers."
Informing us about the inhabitants of Hell, ALLAH(SWT) says
"(The people in Hell will be asked: What has caused you to enter Hell? They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer their Salah (prayers). Nor did we feed the poor. And we used to talk falsehood (all that which ALLAH hated) with vain-talkers. And we used to belie thc Day of Recompense. Until there came to us that which is certain (i.e., death). So no Intercession of intercessors will benefit them. (Sura Al-Muddaththir, ayah 42-48)
Rasulullah (SAW) said
"The covenant between us and them is prayer, so if anyone abandons it he has become a disbeliever." (Agreed upon by Ahmad, Tirmidhee and Nasaa'ee to be authentic)
In another Hadith of Rasulullah (SAW) said
"What lies between a man and disbelief is the abandonment of prayer." ( Agreed upon by Muslim, Abu Dawood and Nasaa'ee as sahih authentic)
Salat is a pillar of our faith, and there is no such thing as doing too much to ensure that this pillar stands. The following are references of the
Importance of Salat.
Narrated Abu Hurairah (RA) Rasulullah (SAW) said:
Five prayers and from one Friday prayer to (the next) Friday prayer is an expiation (of the sins committed in between their intervals) if major sins are not committed. (Sahih Muslim Book 2, Number 0448)
Narrated Abu Hurairah: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"If there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath in it five times a day would you notice any dirt on him?" They said, "Not a trace of dirt would be left." The Prophet added, "That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots out (annuls) evil deeds." (Sahih Al Bukhari Volume 1, Book 10, Hadith # 506)
Narrated Uthman ibn Affan (RAA) Rasulullah (SAW) at the time of our returning from our prayer told us (certain things pertaining to purification). He said:
I do not know whether I should tell you a thing or keep quiet. We said: Rasulullah, tell us if it is good and if it is otherwise, Allah and Messenger (SAW) know better. Upon this he said: A Muslim who purifies (himself) and completes purification as enjoined upon him by Allah and then offers the prayers, that will be expiatious (of his sins he committed) between these (prayers). (Sahih Muslim Book 2, Hadith # 0444)
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah (RAA) Rasulullah (SAW) said:
The similitude of five prayers is like an overflowing river passing by the gate of one of you in which he washes five times daily. Hasan said: No filthiness can remain on him. (Sahih Muslim Book 4, Hadith # 1411)
Narrated Abu Hurairah (RAA) Rasualullah (SAW) said,
"Martyrs are those who die because of drowning, plague, an abdominal disease, or of being buried alive by a falling building." And then he added, "If the people knew the Reward for the Zuhr prayer in its early time, they would race for it. If they knew the reward for the 'Isha' and the Fajr prayers in congregation, they would join them even if they had to crawl. If they knew the reward for the first row, they would draw lots for it." (Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 1, Book 11, Hadith # 688)
Narrated Abu Hurairah (RAA) : Rasulullah (SAW) said,
"Allah will prepare for him who goes to the mosque in the morning and in the afternoon (for the congregational prayer) an honorable place in Paradise with good hospitality for (what he has done) every morning and afternoon goings. (Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 1, Book 11, Hadith # 631)
Narrated Abu Hurairah (RAA) Rasualullah (SAW) said,
"No prayer is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the 'Isha' prayers and if they knew the reward for these prayers at their respective times, they would certainly present themselves (in the mosques) even if they had to crawl." The Prophet added, "Certainly I wish to order the Mu'adh-dhin (call-maker) to pronounce Iqama and order a man to lead the prayer and then take a fire flame to burn all those who had not left their houses so far for the prayer along with their houses." (Sahih Al-Bukhari Volume 1, Book 11, Hadith # 626)
Note: We should see the importance of Fajr and Isha salah in the Masjid.
Narrated Abu Huraira: "Rasulullah (SAW) said,
"The angels keep on asking Allah's forgiveness for anyone of you, as long as he is at his Mu,salla (praying place) and he does not pass wind (Hadath). They say, 'O Allah! Forgive him, O Allah! be Merciful to him." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 8, Hadith #436)
Rasulullah (SAW) said,
"The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad." [Recorded by al-Tabarani. According to al-Albani, it is sahih. Al-Albani, Sahih al-Jami, vol.1, p. 503.]
Note: for those who say 'I don't pray but my heart is clean should take this warning from Rasulullah (SAW) and establish the prayer before they are brought to account infront of ALLAH(SWT)!
Rasulullah(SAW) said
"ALLAH has obligated five prayers. Whoever excellently performs their ablutions, prays them in their proper times, completes their bows, prostrations and khushu` [Khushu` in the prayer is where the person’s heart is attuned to the prayer.] 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.]
Note: SubhanAllah ALLAH(SWT) is giving us a PROMISE that he will forgive us! What more can we ask for? How can I pray when I have so many sins, they should realize this prayer is a way for them to get their sins forgiven.
My sister make a timetable & balance your study around Salat. May ALLAH(SWT) make it easy for you. Ameen.
Last, but not least, you should figure out how many paryers you've missed and make a timetable for making them up. It is obligatory to make up missed prayers, because they remain a debt owed to ALLAH Most High.
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