What are the factors that help in performing the prayers at their times?
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The questioner : What are the factors that help in performing the prayers at their times?
The Shaykh : The greatest and most important of these factors is faith in Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and fear of His punishment. When a person has faith in Allah, it is impossible for him to neglect the prayer or delay it past its time. If a person has mindfulness of Allah and fear of Him, it is impossible for him to delay the prayer past its times. Therefore, the most important thing is creed, faith, and mindfulness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
If the neglect of prayer is due to specific reasons, then what helps in establishing it is to abandon those reasons. For example, if the reason for his leaving the Fajr prayer is staying up late, then it is obligatory for him to abandon staying up late so that he can perform the Fajr prayer at its time with the congregation. If the reasons for being lax in prayer are buying and selling, then he must refrain from buying and selling when the time for prayer arrives, and he should pray with the congregation, and so on.
The Shaykh : The greatest and most important of these factors is faith in Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and fear of His punishment. When a person has faith in Allah, it is impossible for him to neglect the prayer or delay it past its time. If a person has mindfulness of Allah and fear of Him, it is impossible for him to delay the prayer past its times. Therefore, the most important thing is creed, faith, and mindfulness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
If the neglect of prayer is due to specific reasons, then what helps in establishing it is to abandon those reasons. For example, if the reason for his leaving the Fajr prayer is staying up late, then it is obligatory for him to abandon staying up late so that he can perform the Fajr prayer at its time with the congregation. If the reasons for being lax in prayer are buying and selling, then he must refrain from buying and selling when the time for prayer arrives, and he should pray with the congregation, and so on.