He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him [59:23]
1. Mixing up on what to say in rukoo' and sujood
2. Scratching some part of your body due to terrible itching.
no , not at all even if you were scratching many times UNLESS UNTILL IT APPEARS AS IF YOU WERE NOT PRAYING AT ALL.
Sujood , rukoo is Fard but the sayings in it Tasbih is not , so mistakes NOT in FARD will not invalidate your prayer unless its wajib where you will need a sujdha Sahu
Also such scratching are allowed untill three times but after three times are considered as Makrooh or detested. Such things are better, done in actions like in sittings between sujood or the standing after Rukooh than the main actions like Standing (Kiyam ) or sujood or rukooh.
Baraakallahu feek, akhi Aaqib, for the fear that this put in my heart regarding my frailty, insignificance and imperfect worship of Allah subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
May He accept all of our efforts in worship and grant every single one of us with improved focus, attention, concentration and sincerity. amin ya Rabb.
He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him [59:23]
brother taliblim, what about saying the atahiyat outloud during salat alone?
Brother am not sure about that but My qiyas says that when all Thashahud (or Atahiyat) even in silent prayer (zuhr, asr) and loud prayers (fajr, magrib, Isha) are read with no loud voice which implies ITS ONE OF THE WAJIB of Fard salah so If Wajib is broken you will need a Sajdah Sahu. But in Individual Nafl Saalah it may not matter IMHO.
format_quote Originally Posted by Aaqib
And smiling cuz of dunya (jokes, etc.), but no laughing?
Salah is not broken but Think its a Makrooh or DETESTED and loss of Khushu khuzoo.
May Allah bless us all with Khushu Khuzoo in our Salah . ameen.
Baraakallahu feek, akhi Aaqib, for the fear that this put in my heart regarding my frailty, insignificance and imperfect worship of Allah subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
May He accept all of our efforts in worship and grant every single one of us with improved focus, attention, concentration and sincerity. amin ya Rabb.
brother
This is ONE of the great traits of Sahabas who used to worry whether their Amal was accepted by Allah or not. Its said they will dua for living in Ramadhan before 6 of ramadhan and also do dua to accept their amal untill after 6 months of Ramadhan. Its said, After every amal (or Salah) its better to utter words something like' O Allah i have not fullfilled your duties in the way it should have been fullfilled.'
I think its fair to say that regardless of anything, I'm not worthy of being mentioned with the Sahaba (radiallahu anhum).
I'm just coming down from a high dose of imaan and I'm suddenly reminded of the things that I will be held accountable for since becoming Muslim less than 2 years ago. Wallahi may Allah have mercy on us all... We have two eyes, and are incapable of showing adequate thanks for ONE, let alone the sin we commit, not to mention the mistakes we make in worship. Astaghfirullah we are blessed as an Ummah but surely we, collectively, and individually, are insufficiently aware of our Creator.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant me, my ikhwan, our families, and all our progeny till the Day of Judgement, with ease in the Grave and in the Akhira. Amin ya Rabbil alamin.
This is ONE of the great traits of Sahabas who used to worry whether their Amal was accepted by Allah or not. Its said they will dua for living in Ramadhan before 6 of ramadhan and also do dua to accept their amal untill after 6 months of Ramadhan. Its said, After every amal (or Salah) its better to utter words something like' O Allah i have not fullfilled your duties in the way it should have been fullfilled.'
First, that is before making du'aa, we must try our best to make salah with ihsaan. Ihsaan means that we worship Allah as if we see HIM and with the belief that although, I cannot see HIM but HE (Allah) surely sees me. In Salaah we are standing in front of the Great Sovereign, the ONE WHO is the King of all kings. If you stand in the office of a chief like a principal of a college, you shall be very serious, there you will not scratch any part of the body and you will not remember jokes and smile on them. Then how can you do that while standing in front of Allah Almighty. Surely such actions in prayer are due to weakness of eemaan. Yes, if an insect bites you in prayer and terrible iching starts, then Allah Almighty knows it and Allah is the Forgiving, Most Merciful. Even then certain parts of the body are not to be touched otherwise ablution will go away and prayer will become invalid. So we must make prayer with taqwa (the extreme fear of Allah), so much taqwa that Satan the cursed one runs away. And then after the salaah we should pray to Allah to accept our prayer because we cannot be proud of our ibaadah, rather we must stay humble.
Bismillah walhamdulillah wa salaatu wa salaam ala Rasulillah;
Salaamu aleykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu;
Is it humble of you to tell a person they have weak faith? Why not make du'a for them instead?
Are you trying to Judge whether or not this person will get into Jannah? A'udhu billah - Allah swt is the Judge.
What do you make of the Ullema who talk about pure faith of those who suffer from Waswaas? See below from Islam QA
Excerpt 1: "When I do Salah (formal prayers) or intend to do good deeds I often get very evil thoughts in my mind."
Excerpt 2: "Al-Nawawi said in his commentary on this hadeeth (narration): “The Prophet’s words, ‘That is a clear sign of faith’ means, the fact that think of this waswaas as something terrible is a clear sign of faith, for if you dare not utter it and you are so afraid of it and of speaking of it, let alone believing it, this is the sign of one who has achieved perfect faith [A.K.A. IMAAN] and who is free of doubt.”
Are you above Imam al Nawawi? I know you're not above Prophet Muhammad (saws) or Allah subhanahu wa Ta'ala...
Wallahu alem
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Bismillah walhamdulillah wa salaatu wa salaam ala Rasulillah;
Salaamu aleykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu;
Is it humble of you to tell a person they have weak faith? Why not make du'a for them instead?
Are you trying to Judge whether or not this person will get into Jannah? A'udhu billah - Allah swt is the Judge.
What do you make of the Ullema who talk about pure faith of those who suffer from Waswaas? See below from Islam QA
Excerpt 1: "When I do Salah (formal prayers) or intend to do good deeds I often get very evil thoughts in my mind."
Excerpt 2: "Al-Nawawi said in his commentary on this hadeeth (narration): “The Prophet’s words, ‘That is a clear sign of faith’ means, the fact that think of this waswaas as something terrible is a clear sign of faith, for if you dare not utter it and you are so afraid of it and of speaking of it, let alone believing it, this is the sign of one who has achieved perfect faith [A.K.A. IMAAN] and who is free of doubt.”
Are you above Imam al Nawawi? I know you're not above Prophet Muhammad (saws) or Allah subhanahu wa Ta'ala...
Wallahu alem
Wa Alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh.
You must have noted that instead of quoting the OP, I quoted you in my post because you are trying to guide him and are acting like a teacher. He is asking about changing /exchanging the contents of the sijdah and rukoo' and you are making it o.k. for him. Thus you are not only straying him but many other readers, trying to make them unserious about making prayers. Just think. I didn't write about this mistake of him i.e. exchanging the contents of sijdah and rukoo'. But I felt upset again and again about my carelessness in this regard until I sat now to make it clear that Salaath is a hadeeth mutawaatar. None has the right to exchange the contents of sujood and rukoo'.
I am not equal to the soil under the feet /shoes of Muhammad salla Allaho alaihi wa sallam. Allah Almighty is the Unique Creator, God and Lord of all of us. There is no question of reaching Allah!!! Sad to see that you utter words like this because your poor dameer is so much suppressed by you. May Allah guide you right because the ulemaa like you have made the Muslims so much unserious about our Deen that the Ummah is now killed every where.
O Muslims don't forget that once when the Prophet salla Allaho alaihi wa sallam came out, the companions were laughing, the Prophet salla Allaho alaihi wa sallam asked, "Did you forget the Hell-Fire?" This laughing was normal while they were sitting and talking together. In this way the Prophet salla Allaho alaihi wa sallam made them to be in fear of Hell every time and thus remain serious. Otherwise, mankind is very weak, can go astray easily. True, the waswasa is there and with it a Muslim doesn't become kaafir. But we must be alert and seek the refuge of Allah from it.
Perhaps you don't remember the type of salaah that those great muslims did. While one Muslim of the past was making salaah, a snake came out and bit a child. The people around him killed the snake. After salaah, that Muslim asked about the noise that happened around him. They told him the story of the snake. Such was their involvement in the worship of Allah and forget about the world!!! I wish and pray to Allah to make my prayers like those Muslims. Then I, insha-Allah, will get a reward 50 times of their prayers. This is according to a Hadeeth. Every God-fearing Muslim should also wish and pray like me.
For the translation and short explanation of the surahs / verses of the Holy Quraan go to
Being a human being I do face waswasa in prayer. But I struggle hard to get rid of it and alhamdulillah that I succeed many times. How???
I keep in mind the following facts as came in the Holy Quraan and Hadeeth Shareef. In salaah we are in communication with Allah. We are advised to make it with ihsaan as I have explained in my previous post # 10. So I try to remember that I am standing in the presence of Allah and Allah is watching me. This thought is more forceful in my mind than thinking of the Kiraaman kaatibeen who are recording all of my words and actions. See: this thought gives an impression as if I am watched from my front and my both sides, as if I am not free at all. And that is true as every person will see right at the time of death.
Again according to a Hadeeth-Qudsee narrated by Abu Hurairah rAa (reported in the Saheeh Muslim), the Prophet (Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon him) said that Allah says:
“I divided the Al-Faatihah into two halves between ME and MY worshipper and for My worshipper is that what he asks for. When the servant/worshipper says, ‘Alhamdu-lillahi Rabbil- aalameen’, Allah says, ‘MY servant has praised ME’. When the servant says, ‘Ar-Rahmaani-r-Raheem’. Allah says, ‘MY servant has celebrated MY praises’. And when the servant says, ‘Maliki Yawmid-Deen’. Allah says, ‘MY servant has dignified ME’. When he (the servant) says, ‘iyyaka na’budu wa iyyaka nasta’een’. Allah says, this is between ME and MY servant’ and for MY servant is that what he asks for’. And when he says, ‘ihdina Siratal-Mustaqeema, siratalladheena an’amta alaihim ghairil-maghdoobi alaihim wa la-addaaleen’. Allah says, ‘This is for MY servant and for MY servant is that what he asked for”.
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In fact every Muslim must try to learn the translation of all contents of prayer or at least that of the surah Al-Faatihah. I understand according to the above hadeeth that after bismillah---- the first 3 verses of Al-Faatihah are for Allah as we praise Allah in those verses. So I must read them with full attention. If I lose my attention due to waswasa, I repeat these verses until my mind gets fully concentrated on what my tongue says. The next comes my du’aa in which I must focus my mind that I am standing in the Great Office of Allah because our salaah is like attending the Office of Allah.
Some scholar said that Assalaatu mairaajul mo’mineen. “Salaah is the mairaaj of the believers”. (I thought it was a hadeeth but I couldn't find it, Allah knows best). It is like we meet Allah in every prayer. that is a great position for a human being!!!
If a waswasa attacks me in rukoo’ or sujood, I try to lengthen it by saying ‘Subhaana Rabbi-yal-Azeem (in rukoo’) and “Subhaana Rabbi-yal-A’la (in sujood) 5 times instead of 3 times so that my mind becomes focused on the rememberance of Allah.
If due to waswasa, I don’t remember my communication with Allah the Greatest, I repeat the whole of my prayer, may be 4 rakaat fard. This is because I fear that my prayer should not get discarded on the Day of Judgment. Even then I fear a lot and pray to Allah to accept all of my ibaadah, aameen ya Allah.
There is a unanimous hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurairah rAa, that the Messenger salla Allaho alaihi wa sallam entered a masjid, a man also entered the masjid and performed a ritual prayer. He then came and greeted the Prophet (Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon him) .
The Prophet (Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon him) returned his greetings, but said: “Go back and pray for you have not prayed”.
The man went back and re-did his prayer just as he had done before. He again came and greeted the Prophet (Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon him).
The Prophet (Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon him) again returned his greetings and repeated the words: “Go back and pray for you have not prayed”.
He returned and prayed for the third time and said: “ By HIM WHO has sent you with truth, I cannot do better than this. Please teach me.”
The Prophet (Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon him) then said: “ If you address yourself to prayer, pronounce the Greatness of Allah (say: Allaho Akbar), then recite from the Quraan ( surah Al-Faatihah and some more verses like surah Al-Ikhlaas or other---), then go into bowing and maintain composure, then raise yourself until you stand straight. After that, prostrate yourself and feel at ease in prostration, then raise yourself up and sit until you attain equanimity. Keep to this method throughout your ritual prsayer.”
Sister nbegam, what about Salatul Sajda? When you don't remember about the salaat?
He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him [59:23]
Astaghfirullah. Perhaps I'm better off not being here. You're right. I'm nothing in comparison to my brothers and sisters. I'm terrified of the akhira.
I'm surprised by this though
format_quote Originally Posted by nbegam
Every God-fearing Muslim should also wish and pray like me
May Allah subhanahu wa Ta'ala forgive me and grant all of my brothers and sisters Jannat al-firdaus. amin ya Rabb
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First, that is before making du'aa, we must try our best to make salah with ihsaan. Ihsaan means that we worship Allah as if we see HIM and with the belief that although, I cannot see HIM but HE (Allah) surely sees me. In Salaah we are standing in front of the Great Sovereign, the ONE WHO is the King of all kings. If you stand in the office of a chief like a principal of a college, you shall be very serious, there you will not scratch any part of the body and you will not remember jokes and smile on them. Then how can you do that while standing in front of Allah Almighty. Surely such actions in prayer are due to weakness of eemaan. Yes, if an insect bites you in prayer and terrible iching starts, then Allah Almighty knows it and Allah is the Forgiving, Most Merciful. Even then certain parts of the body are not to be touched otherwise ablution will go away and prayer will become invalid. So we must make prayer with taqwa (the extreme fear of Allah), so much taqwa that Satan the cursed one runs away. And then after the salaah we should pray to Allah to accept our prayer because we cannot be proud of our ibaadah, rather we must stay humble.
Jazakallah Ukthi , very nice post Inshallah we must follow this and this is in other words will be Kushoo and khuzoo.
Wa Alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh.
You must have noted that instead of quoting the OP, I quoted you in my post because you are trying to guide him and are acting like a teacher. He is asking about changing /exchanging the contents of the sijdah and rukoo' and you are making it o.k. for him. Thus you are not only straying him but many other readers, trying to make them unserious about making prayers. Just think. I didn't write about this mistake of him i.e. exchanging the contents of sijdah and rukoo'. But I felt upset again and again about my carelessness in this regard until I sat now to make it clear that Salaath is a hadeeth mutawaatar. None has the right to exchange the contents of sujood and rukoo'.
Here too I agree this ukthi ' None has the right to exchange the contents of sujood and rukoo' but here the OP is asking it since he knows it its a mistake that might have invalidate his salah.
And we see in Hadiths Allah had made his Prophet to commit such simple errors like forgetting the number of rakats and doing tasleem and sahabas reminding him and forgetting to do Ghusl for junube and Prophet waking away when the Jamat in in progress and indicating them to stay as it is and and rushing for a Ghusl and coming back and continuing the salah , with water droplets falling from his hair ( and some other errors too)
This is all Just to make the Ummah know two things IMHO
1) Allah is all forgiving 2) Allah wants to make The deen easy for us .
I stand to be corrected if i am wrong in my Opinon.
Anas b. Mālik Al-Ansāri (raḍyAllāhu 'anhu)*the servant of the Messenger of Allah narrated:
Messenger of Allah (ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Verily, Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave than a person who lost his camel in a desert land and then finds it (unexpectedly)”.
[Bukhari and Muslim].
In another version of Muslim, he is reported to have said: “Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink and it is lost. He, having lost all hopes (to get that back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him. He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out:
'O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rubb'.
He commits this mistake out of extreme joy.”
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen said in his explanation of this ḥadīth:The author (Al-Nawawi)*raḥimahullāhsays, 'the servant of the Messenger of Allah ' in reference to Anas (raḍyAllāhu 'anhu), whose mother brought him to the Prophet (ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam) upon arriving in Madinah and said, 'here is Anas ibn Malik to serve you'. The Prophet (ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam) accepted him, and Anas (raḍyAllāhu 'anhu) became the servant of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam).
Anas (raḍyAllāhu 'anhu) related that the Messenger (ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: “Verily, Allah is more delighted with the repentance of His slave” more than the happiness of a man who finds his camel after losing it, and he mentioned the story: that a man was in a desert alone, with no water, food, or people…and he lost his camel. He searched, but failed to find it. So he went to sleep under a tree, awaiting death! He lost hope in finding his camel and lost hope in life, for his food and drink were on the lost camel.
Then suddenly, in this state of hopelessness, he finds his camel right in front of him, its reins attached to the same tree he slept beneath.
What is comparable to such happiness? No one can truly relate to such joy except one who was in the same situation.* Indeed, it is great joy; joy of life after death.
For this reason he took hold of its reins and cried, “'O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rabb!'”*
He wanted to praise Allah saying:*'O Allah, You are my Lord and I am Your Slave',* but due to his extreme joy, he made a mistakenly switched it around.
From the Benefits of this ḥHadīth:*is evidence of Allah's –*azza wa jal*– happiness with the repentance of His slave to Him, and that He –*subḥānahu wa ta'āla*– loves this deed greatly. But this is not due to His need for our deeds and repentance, for Allah is Free of needs from us, rather this is due to Allah's love for Generosity, for He, subhanahu wata'ala, loves to Pardon and Forgive. This is more beloved to Him than taking retribution and imposing blame. For this reason, Allah loves the repentance of the slave.*So in this ḥadīth, there is encouragement towards repentance, due to Allah's love for it and the benefit it holds for the slave.
From the lessons of this ḥadīth*is affirmation (of the attribute) of 'happiness' to Allah*'azza wa jal. For He,*subḥānahu wa ta'āla, becomes Pleased, Angry, Hates and Loves. But these attributes are unlike our own, because Allah says
لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.”*(Sūrat'l-Shūra42:11).
So, this 'happiness' is befitting to His Might and Majesty*and does not resemble the joy of the creation.
In this ḥHadīth, there is also evidencethat if a person's tongue slips and they say a certain statement mistakenly, even if it is in essence (a statement of)*kufr*(disbelief), then they are not held accountable for it. In the case of this man (in the hadith), his statement was one of disbelief. This is because, a person saying to his Lord, 'You are my slave and I am you Lord'; this is undoubtedly a statement of disbelief. But when it was uttered mistakenly – under circumstances of extreme joy – then he was not held accountable for it.*
So if a person makes a mistake regarding a word or statement of disbelief, then he is not accounted for it. Similar is the case for other words or statement, such as if he unintentionally cursed someone or mistakenly freed his slave. All of this does not make him accountable for anything, because he did not intend it. It becomes similar, in such a case, to the unintentional oath (al-laghw fil yameen). Allah*ta'āla*said:
“Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned.”*(Sūrat'l-Baqarah*2:225).
This is different from the case of the mocker, who becomes a disbeliever if he says a statement of disbelief, even if he was mocking. This is due to what Allah says,
“And if you ask them, they will surely say, “We were only conversing and playing.”
Say, “Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?”
Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief.”*(*Sūrat'l-Tawbah*9:65, 66).
This is because the scoffer meant what he said, and meant it's meaning, but said it in the form of mockery and ridicule. For this reason, he became a disbeliever. This is contrary to the case of one who did not intend it, thus making his statement not considered as anything.This is from the Mercy of Allah –'azza wa jal*¬– and*Allah is the source of success.
Anyways, it's necessary to say astaghfirullah (i seek Allah's forgiveness) whether it was intentional or not - and to repent sincerely if we have been foolish mockers -since we're reading this thread it means the angel of death hasn't visited us yet, there may still be time.
Aunty Begam, the OP only said "My Master is glorified and free from every imperfection, The Most Strong and Powerful" in place of "My Master is glorified and free from every imperfection, The Most High".
God knows what grevous and hefty punishment you believe the OP's Master is preparing for him.
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