The Causes That Bring Khushu' in Prayer
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Among the questions that came up in the previous lesson, the Honorable Shaykh says: This brother, the questioner, asked in the previous lesson: What are the causes that bring khushu' in prayer? And if a person does not attain khushu' in his prayer or in his voluntary prayer, is it counted for him, Honorable Shaykh? And does he have to repeat it?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. And khushu' in prayer is its spirit. A prayer without khushu' has no spirit; it is like a dead body. Khushu' is tranquility, even if it is little. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[Al-Mu'minun 23:1-2] So khushu' in prayer is its heart and its essence. And this is from Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
He grants it to whom He wills, but it is upon the servant to do the things that bring khushu' and to avoid the things that contradict khushu'. Therefore, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade entering prayer while having the urge to urinate or the urge to defecate.
So that he may be free for khushu' in prayer and not be preoccupied with these matters that bother him. Likewise, it is forbidden to pray while food that he desires is present, until he has taken his fill of that food, because this also removes khushu' if he enters prayer without eating from the food present to satisfy his desire and need for it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Riyad as-Salihin 1753 urination and defecation.
Likewise, one should not pray in a place of extreme heat or extreme cold, because this removes khushu'. Nor should one pray in a place with pebbles or thorns that hurt him. The one praying avoids all these things because they remove khushu' and distract him from khushu'. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Abi Dawud 401Sahih (Al-Albani) Sunan Ibn Majah 679Sahih (Darussalam) So praying in a place of extreme heat occupies the person and removes khushu'. Yes.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Among the questions that came up in the previous lesson, the Honorable Shaykh says: This brother, the questioner, asked in the previous lesson: What are the causes that bring khushu' in prayer? And if a person does not attain khushu' in his prayer or in his voluntary prayer, is it counted for him, Honorable Shaykh? And does he have to repeat it?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. And khushu' in prayer is its spirit. A prayer without khushu' has no spirit; it is like a dead body. Khushu' is tranquility, even if it is little. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
(1) Certainly will the believers have succeeded: (2) They who are during their prayer humbly submissive
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَHe grants it to whom He wills, but it is upon the servant to do the things that bring khushu' and to avoid the things that contradict khushu'. Therefore, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade entering prayer while having the urge to urinate or the urge to defecate.
So that he may be free for khushu' in prayer and not be preoccupied with these matters that bother him. Likewise, it is forbidden to pray while food that he desires is present, until he has taken his fill of that food, because this also removes khushu' if he enters prayer without eating from the food present to satisfy his desire and need for it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No Salat (prayer) should be performed when the food has been served, nor should it be performed when a person is in need of relieving himself.
لا صلاه بحضره طعام ولا وهو يدافعه الاخبثانLikewise, one should not pray in a place of extreme heat or extreme cold, because this removes khushu'. Nor should one pray in a place with pebbles or thorns that hurt him. The one praying avoids all these things because they remove khushu' and distract him from khushu'. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
so when the heat is violent, offer (the Zuhr) prayer when it becomes cooler.
إذا اشتد الحر فأبردوا بالصلاةfor intense heat is from the flaring up of the Hell-fire
فإن شدة الحر من فيح جهنم،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 19 من 28/شرح كتاب آداب المشي إلى الصلاة/سنن الصلاة/صالح الفوزان/الفقه/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02)
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