The Path to Khushu' in Prayer
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the path to khushu' (humility) in prayer? And does the reward of the prayer decrease if there is no khushu' in it?
Answer:
There is no doubt that a Muslim gets from his prayer only what he understands of it and what his heart is present for in it. It is obligatory for the Muslim to turn to his prayer and to remember the greatness of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), who is standing before him, and to be humble before Allah, as the Exalted said:[Al-Mu'minun 23:1-2] He the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:45] So for those who are humble, prayer becomes easy for them, and they settle into it. As for those who are not humble, it becomes heavy for them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the path to khushu' (humility) in prayer? And does the reward of the prayer decrease if there is no khushu' in it?
Answer:
There is no doubt that a Muslim gets from his prayer only what he understands of it and what his heart is present for in it. It is obligatory for the Muslim to turn to his prayer and to remember the greatness of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), who is standing before him, and to be humble before Allah, as the Exalted said:
(1) Certainly will the believers have succeeded: (2) They who are during their prayer humbly submissive
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَAnd seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah]
وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/139 — archive.org (2:44)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.