Q. Some people seem to recite words used in Salah without moving their lips. What is the correct method?
A. Well, reciting words verbally is necessary in salah, no matter how low the voice is. But, the movement of the tongue, and the movement of lips in the required words, is necessary. Now, if a person stands in salah and recites everything within his heart, his salah will remain simply unperformed.
Q. Some people look here and there while in salah. Is this permissible?
The second important factor is that the Jihad organisations should not become an organ of the state at any time. Though according to the circumstances and situations, for the welfare of the Jihad and the Muslims, mutual cooperation between the Jihad Movements and the states is not a bad thing and in some situation it is vital, but to depend completely on the states for procurement, resources and to submit to the state’s dictate and their policies, would tantamount to an act of suicide.
Hadrat Tamim Dari narrated: The Messenger of ALLAH said, ‘Faith means sincerity of purpose and adherence.” We asked “Sincerity and adherence to whom?” He replied, To ALLAH, the Exalted, to His Book, to His Messenger, to the Chiefs and leader of Muslims and to the common people”. [Ma’arif -ul- Hadis, Muslim]
Hadrat Abu Sad al-Khidri (Radi Allaahu Ta’ala Anhu) narrated that the Messenger of ALLAH said, “If any one of you notices any thing evil and against the Sharii’ah, it is incumbent on him to set it right by force, if he possesses it, and through advice if he has no force or power, and if he is not in a position to do this even, then abhor it from the core of his heart. This is the lowest degree of Eeman. [Muslim, Ma’arif-ul-Hadis]
11. DU’A
Why cannot du’â be a treatment? Du’â is a guaranteed way of seeking a cure from that Being who is Kind, Merciful, Forgiving. Du’â means to implore and beg before that Being who is All Powerful and by whose command everything happens.
Verily du’â is the most beneficial treatment and it has many benefits, especially when a person earnestly makes those duâs which have been narrated from Nabi (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) by sincerely turning towards Allah Ta’ala , considering the times of acceptance. Allah Ta’ala says: “Call Me, I will answer you.” (Sura Ghafir, ayah 80)
He said, ―My Lord, put my heart at peace for me
and make my task easy for me
and remove the knot from my tongue,
so that they may understand my speech.
Significance: One should recite this verse 20 times after Fajr Salaah everyday for strengthening his memory and progress in his knowledge.
Hazrat Ibn Umar R.A. reports: ‘A certain man once asked Rasulullah Sal’am: ‘What is the true condition and appearance of a Haji?’. To which Rasulullah Sal’am replied: ‘The true Haji it he who comes with disheveled hair and clothes laden in dust; and moist with sweat.’ Then another inquired: ‘O Rasulullah Sal’am which Haj is in which the voice is loudly raised; repeatedly reading the Lab’baik and the excessive shedding of the blood of the sacrificial animals’.
Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud related that the Prophet (pbuh) said,
“I have considered having a man lead people at prayer and going myself to those who stay back from attending the congregational prayer to bum their houses down upon them.”
“If the people forgo the Friday Prayer, Allah will set a seal on their hearts for them to become heedless.”( Muslim)
“Whoever misses three Friday prayers without a legal excuse, Allah will set a seal on his heart.”( Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi)
“Whoever misses the Friday prayer without a (legal) excuse or a danger will be accounted amongst the hypocrites in a record that cannot be erased or altered.”( Ahmad)
Only those deeds have been discussed here that do not involve any significant labour or difficulty but earn much merit and reward. The purpose is to awaken in the hearts of the readers the urge to follow and observe them and increase their store of goodness for the Afterlife. However, it is necessary to remember the following points when reading this book:
But the anguish of it all: proportional to as many ways our beloved Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam enlightened us with to attain nearness of our Allah, as much we are distant from Him today (if not even more). The whole world dwells in our heart; if anything does not then that is Allah. Everybody we are concerned about and the one whom not concerned for – that again – Allah. The harms of this if were for the Hereafter alone then that too was excessively enormous to bear, but simultaneously this world that we are so concerned for also gets ruined.
Moreover, the sign of Allah being there in our lives is that come what may, first and foremost the attention goes onto Him alone. Like a child who gets hurts while playing round the avenue and cries out for his mother (although his mother is nowhere near him at the spot). But this is because it is subscribed there in his heart that my safe haven is my mother. Likewise, a Momin too immediately calls out onto Allah, goes in Sajdah, rings the call and makes a connection. That is also what the customs of our predecessors portray that where they heard lightening and thunder strike, they used to assemble in the masjids. Where they foresaw a mishap, they went into prostration. Where they had a storm in their lives they started knocking at the door of their merciful Lord.
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