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Prayer
The Muslim should always be aware and
conscious of Allah; the Bounties that He has provided him/her
with. To help this consciousness grow, the Muslim prays five
times a day. At the time of prayer, the Muslim leaves off the
business of life and faces his Creator, bowing and prostrating;
thanking Him for the life he has, the bounty he enjoys and
seeking forgiveness for the weaknesses and mistakes he has left
behind him through the passage of his life. The Muslim seeks
closeness to Allah and seeks His pleasure and forgiveness.
In a saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him), he said,
"Allah the Almighty has said: O son of Adam, so long as you
call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have
done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to
reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness
of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me
with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face
Me, ascribing no partner with Me, I would bring you forgiveness
nearly as great as it."
(At Tirmidhi)
Thus, if performed with concentration and sincerity, prayer is an
enlivening experience, a refreshing time for the spirit, a time
of peace; of renewal. Throughout, the day the Muslim remembers
the inevitability of death and therefore, does not spend all his
time and ability in seeking worldly benefits but focuses on
preparing himself and his family for the eternal life to come, by
doing good deeds, learning with the intention of being a better
Muslim, making up for wrongs done, inviting people to Allah and
solving the everyday problems of life that surround him,
according to Qur'an and Sunnah.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Be in this world
as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer."
(Al Bukhari)
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