The Great Status of Prayer
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Question:
May Allah bless you. Shaykh Salih, this person asks about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:[Al-'Ankabut 29:45] He says: We see people who maintain the prayer, but they sever family ties and wrong people, and we have not seen their prayer prevent them from doing so. How do you view this, Your Excellency, especially since we are in the blessed month of Ramadan?
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned two great benefits of the prayer: the first is that it[Al-'Ankabut 29:45] and the second is that it contains the remembrance of Allah, and the remembrance of Allah is greater.
The prayer is a great religious observance, and it is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam. It was made obligatory upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the night of the Ascension, above the heavens, at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary. And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, magnified its status.
He encouraged it, and likewise the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) magnified the status of the prayer, encouraged it, and incited desire for it. This indicates its greatness in the sight of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and indicates its benefit to the Muslim. It is a great religious observance and a major obligation.
No one is lax in it except either the hypocrite who has no faith in his heart, or the believer whose faith is weak. And this is a great calamity: being lax in the prayer. And...
Delaying it from the time in which Allah prescribed it. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:[An-Nisa 4:103] Not attending the congregation in the mosques [An-Nur 24:36] So the Muslim must magnify this prayer by performing it in the prescribed manner, maintaining it, and being humble in it. May Allah guide everyone to what He loves and is pleased with. O Allah, amen. And we ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to grant us success in that.
May Allah bless you. Shaykh Salih, this person asks about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِAnswer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned two great benefits of the prayer: the first is that it
prohibits immorality and wrongdoing
تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِThe prayer is a great religious observance, and it is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam. It was made obligatory upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on the night of the Ascension, above the heavens, at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary. And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, magnified its status.
He encouraged it, and likewise the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) magnified the status of the prayer, encouraged it, and incited desire for it. This indicates its greatness in the sight of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and indicates its benefit to the Muslim. It is a great religious observance and a major obligation.
No one is lax in it except either the hypocrite who has no faith in his heart, or the believer whose faith is weak. And this is a great calamity: being lax in the prayer. And...
Delaying it from the time in which Allah prescribed it. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًاin mosques which Allah has ordered to be raised and that His name be mentioned therein
فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، عظم شأن الصلاة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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