Treating the distraction of the heart and mind during prayer
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Question:
A sister sent this question, saying: I keep up my prayers, but my heart and mind wander off into thoughts and preoccupations until I find myself having finished the prayer. This sister asks: How can this be treated?
Answer:
The Shaykh: Cure your heart. Bring it with you when reciting the Qur'an and when making supplication. Bring it, and try to keep it present so that you benefit and so that you benefit from the verses of Allah and the verses of the Qur'an that pass over you. Bring it, and do so by seeking refuge in Allah before the Qur'an, before reciting the Qur'an, by seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:98] meaning, if you want to read it, [An-Nahl 16:98-100] believers. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
A sister sent this question, saying: I keep up my prayers, but my heart and mind wander off into thoughts and preoccupations until I find myself having finished the prayer. This sister asks: How can this be treated?
Answer:
The Shaykh: Cure your heart. Bring it with you when reciting the Qur'an and when making supplication. Bring it, and try to keep it present so that you benefit and so that you benefit from the verses of Allah and the verses of the Qur'an that pass over you. Bring it, and do so by seeking refuge in Allah before the Qur'an, before reciting the Qur'an, by seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah the Exalted said:
So when you recite the Qur'an
فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ[first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy]. (99) Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord. (100) His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who
فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ إِنَّمَا سُلْطَانُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِهِThe presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7565 — youtube.com (12:17)
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