The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: (So woe to those who pray, who are heedless of their prayer)
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[The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: (So woe to those who pray, who are heedless of their prayer)]
The Noble Shaykh says, Allah the Exalted says: [Al-Ma'un: 4-5] We ask for the meaning of this verse and the benefits contained in it? May Allah reward you with good.
The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ma'un: 4-5] That Allah threatens these people who pray but are heedless of their prayer,Because His saying:[Al-Ma'un 107:5] meaning: heedless,They neglect it, meaning: One of them prays after the time has passed, and prays without tranquility, and perhaps prays without ritual purity, and similar to that of negligence; Allah the Mighty and Majestic threatens them with woe, which is a word of threat,And Allah Blessed and Exalted has said in another verse: [Maryam: 59-60] .
As for those who are heedless in their prayer, there is no sin upon them, just as if a person forgets and adds a rak'ah, or forgets and leaves out the first tashahhud, for example, then there is no sin in that, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he made a mistake: (I am only a human being like you; I forget just as you forget) For this reason, some scholars said: Praise be to Allah who did not say: "Those who are heedless in their prayer,"Rather He said: but rather "Those who are heedless of their prayer," and there is an apparent difference between the two expressions.
The Noble Shaykh says, Allah the Exalted says:
(4) So woe to those who pray (5) [But] who are heedless of their prayer -
فَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُصَلِّينَ * الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَThe Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted:
(4) So woe to those who pray (5) [But] who are heedless of their prayer -
فَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُصَلِّينَ * الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ[But] who are heedless of their prayer -
الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنْ صَلاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ(59) But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil - (60) Except those who repent
فَخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيّاً * إِلَّا مَنْ تَابَAs for those who are heedless in their prayer, there is no sin upon them, just as if a person forgets and adds a rak'ah, or forgets and leaves out the first tashahhud, for example, then there is no sin in that, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when he made a mistake: (I am only a human being like you; I forget just as you forget) For this reason, some scholars said: Praise be to Allah who did not say: "Those who are heedless in their prayer,"Rather He said: but rather "Those who are heedless of their prayer," and there is an apparent difference between the two expressions.