From the bayan of Maulana Abdus Sattar (hafizahullah) Imam and Khateeb of Masjid Bait-us-Salam, Karachi, Pakistan

Translated by theheartopener

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أعوذ باهللا من الشیطان الرجیم

بسم اهللا الرحمن الرحیم

Bismillaahir Rah’maanir Rah’eem. Qad aflah’a man tazakka wa dhakarasma rabbihi

fa s’alla. In the Name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. He indeed shall

be successful who purifies himself. And magnifies the name of his Lord and prays.

All praise to Allah. Let peace, blessings be on our beloved unlettered Prophet, his family

and his noble companions. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed shaitan and I begin in

the name of Allah, the most beneficent, the most merciful.

Salah is the pride of muslims

My dear esteemed, honorable brothers and elders of Islam and the sacred mothers and

sisters of the ummat-e-islam, just like how a soldier has pride and trust in his weapons,

the rich has pride and trust in his wealth, a little child has trust in his crying that he will

get the attention of its mother, a muslim too had more pride and trust than this in his salah

that through this he will get the attention of Allah ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص and he will draw the mercy of

Allah هلالج لج towards him and he will make the door of the Rabb open for him. That is why

the Sahabahs (RadhiAllahu anhum) said whenever Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص found himself ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص in

difficulty; he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص will stand for the salah for Heهلالج لج is the refuge, the peace and salah is

the door of the Kareem and when a faqeer (poor) fall before it, definitely it will open.

Salah is the means to draw mercy of Allah هلالج لج towards one

A buzurg used to say, “I am a beggar; I am a beggar;” He was proud in saying that even

his forefathers were beggars for they were beggars in front of the Kareem deity. A

Muslim used to have such a pride and trust in his salah. Just like a fish cannot live

without water and it flounders without water, Muslim too was in a similar state without

salah. That is why Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص used to say, “Allah هلالج لج has placed my coolness of the

eyes in salah.” He ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص used to say, “O Bilal, arrange for the prayer and give me feel

comfort.” In every single difficult time, the Muslim used to stand at the door of Allah هلالج لج

and turn His هلالج لج mercy towards him. What happened to today’s Muslim for he knocks

everyone’s door but he doesn’t knock the door of the Kareem? He uses the tips of others

but doesn’t use the tips of Nabi ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص.

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Salah is the part of muslims

When the Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص brought the gift of salah, the Sahabahs (radhiAllahu anhum)

became very happy and said; “Now we have got the direct source to ask Allah.” Muslim

had such a contact with his salah. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص used to say, “Salah distinguishes a Muslim

from a kafir.” One who leaves the salah doesn’t remain a Muslim. Wa aqeemus salaah

walaa takoonoo minal mushriki-And establish the Salat, and do not be of the mushriks.

(Al Quran: 30:31). fa in tabu wa aqamu salata wa atawu zakata fa khallu sabilahum

innallaha gafurun rahimun-But if they repent and establish regular prayers, and

practice regular charity, then open the way for them, for Allah is most forgiving, most

merciful. Salah distinguishes a believer from the mushrik for a believer performs salah

while the Mushrik doesn’t perform. The Sahabahs (radhiAllahu anhum) used to say,

“Salah has become so part of us that none of us were believers without salah.” Even those

munafiqs who didn’t have an atom of eeman in their heart didn’t leave the salah when

they came to the jamat of Muslims because they know very well that they will be seen as

kafirs if they leave the salah.

The two goodness of Saudi that keeps the punishment of Allah هلالج لج away and the state of countries like Pakistan

I was telling my friends, “Allah هلالج لج has protected Saudi in spite of being a chaos and face

of ruin and confusion in the Arab land because of two goodness in it: 1) From the ruler to

the soldier and the whole army, from the rich to the poor, from the masjid to the

educational institutes, from the markets to the business places, every single person

performs salah. They might have thousand faults but they have this excellence of

performing salah and the arrangement is made for the same everywhere. 2) Filth and

shameful acts cannot be seen as something common be it in markets or universities or

anywhere. They have the hayaa. By these two qualities, Allah هلالج لج has saved them from

destruction.

In our country (Pakistan), there are many good acts going on but because of the two

things; 1) increase in people abandoning salah and 2) increase in shameful acts be it in

schools, colleges or markets which came along with people abandoning salah, the

blessing of all other good acts came to an end. These two sins have dirtied the entire

environment. This is because in those markets, where women’s head is uncovered,

Allah’s lanat (curse) showers; in those schools, where girls’ head remains uncovered,

Allah’s lanat (curse) showers; in those markets and offices, where be-namazi (the one

who doesn’t offer salah) are present, there is more adversity. This is why the environment

is dirty. The effect of this is the righteous deeds of the righteous person too lose its effect

and we can’t see the blessings of righteous acts. Even the duaas (supplications) don’t

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show its effect. If there are two family members performing salah, there are five who

don’t perform the salah. The practice of performing fajr salah has come to an end among

the Muslims. We see few namazis (those who perform salah) in a factory and the rest are

be-namazi and so is the case with the offices.

Salah distinguishes a muslim from a kafir When a daughter starts smoking before the guests and the son brings in home the bottle

of liquor, the parents feel humiliated but when the daughter or the son abandon fajr salah,

does it bother them to the least? Oh honorable ones! Abandoning salah is worst than

consuming alcohol. If you see your driver consuming alcohol, for how many days you

will keep him as a driver? And how about if he is a be-namazi! Today even those who

perform salah do not have any azmat (greatness) for the salah in their hearts. If a man

consumes alcohol, will anyone marry his daughter to him? If a girl smokes cigarette, will

anyone engage her to his son? But when one is a be-namazi, then how do they take this

aspect? Abandoning salah is worst than consuming alcohol or smoking cigarette. People

will not accept a drunkard as a son-in-law but will accept a be-namazi as a son-in-law or

a daughter-in-law. As even the namazi don’t have azmat for namaz, the whole

environment is filled with be-namazis. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص said with his truthful tongue that one

who leaves salah purposely has become a kaafir. It is such a worst thing that the caller of

Allah هلالج لج calls him, “Come to Salah and come towards victory” and he still doesn’t

come. He is doing the same thing what a hindu and a christian is doing and a sikh and an

idol worshipper is doing.

The worst state of this ummah where abandoning salah has become common

Today, the sin of leaving salah has become common that even in the hearts of those who

perform salah, its identity and the feel of disgust in abandoning the salah has been

removed. If some colleague of an employee comes drunken everyday and sits beside him,

won’t he advise him to give up drinking some day and for how many years, the colleague

is abandoning salah, does he tell him to offer salah? When 80% of the students drink

alcohol in an institute, will you admit your child in such an institute? And in the institute,

if 80% of the students do not offer salah, do you have this same thinking that your child

too might become a be-namazi if you admit him there? Oh people, leaving salah is worst

that consuming alcohol and in fact worst than committing zina (fornication and adultery).

The consumption of alcohol is not common because people have the realization that how

bad it is or you can take that people think that a drunkard is very evil but they do not

think that a be-namazi is evil. As people do not think badly of this sin, the very

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realization of this being a sin has been destroyed from the hearts of the people. The sin is

not a sin anymore in the eyes of the people.

Abandoning salah is worst than consuming alcohol and committing zina When a shop keeper is a drunkard, won’t you think before sending your son to that shop?

And here is a be-namazi sitting, do you ever think that why should I go to that be-

namazi? This is because the importance of salah has been removed even from the hearts

of namazis. That is why no drunkard will dare to sit near us while a be-namazi can come

even as our guest. No drunkard will come to our majlis but be-namazi will come and sit

in our majlis because he knows that we don’t see anything bad in a benamazi. “ma

salakum fi saqar” -what led you into hell fire? “qaloo lam naku minal musaleen’- they

said “we were not of those who prayed.” His state is that he has been a be-namazi for

years and years but still he is a shareef (noble and honorable) and no change came in his

nobility. He is still a righteous man and no change came in his righteousness. Oh they are

very good people and so one can accept marriage proposal from them. When the namazis

get this azmat of salah in their hearts, then the surrounding around them will change into

a namazi one. The father is a namazi and stood always stands in fisrt saff (row) but his

young daughter doesn’t perform salah. The mother performs salah but the son is a be-

namazi. Think if a bottle of alcohol is found near the same son, how would the parents

feel? This is because this sin is not something common and the sin of abandoning salah

has become a tradition.

Salah is the manifestation of eeman

Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص who speaks nothing but the truth said that the one who abandons one asr

salah, it is as if all his family and wealth has been destroyed. By missing just one salah,

the man goes through such a huge loss and how many of our salahs go wasted and that

too without any reason! When there are ten be-namazis and couple of namazis in an

office, then where will one find barakat for there will be only loss? From where will one

get barakat when there are be-namazis in a house? She performs two or more prayers but

the tradition of performing fajr salah has come to an end. She sleeps only by 2 am and

even if she performs fajr salah all through out the week, the fajr salah of Sunday will be

missed. Is there any part of Islam left even after abandoning salah? Is there any part of

eeman left even after abandoning salah? This sin has become a tradition and there is no

zikr of this sin and people can’t even digest if they are called towards salah. It has been

said by the pious scholars of the past about these be-namazis to keep them locked till they

die. When the qibla was changed from Bait-ul-muqaddas to Kaaba, the Jews started the

propaganda that which of the prayers of the muslims will be accepted, the one before

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changing the qibla or the one after changing it when Allah هلالج لج replied, “Both the prayers

were right and no prayer will be wasted because in both the cases, the hukm of Allah was

followed.” Look at the words of the Quran, wama kana Allahu liyudeeAAa

eemanakum- And Allah would never make your faith (prayers) to be lost. The prayers are

associated with the word eeman. Here eemankum means your prayers.

Salah is not excused for anyone in any state

Eeman is the state of the heart and salah is the apparent face of that eeman. This is why

salah is not excused for the rich and the poor, the young and the old, the healthy and the

sick, the traveler and the residentiary be they in any state because there is no eeman

without salah. Today a muslim thinks he is doing good to the sick when he is not troubled

to offer the salah. Our beloved Mother Ayesha (radhiAllahu anha) said that our beloved

Prophet’s ملسو هيلع هللا ىلصhealth was very critical and when heملسو هيلع هللا ىلص came out of his ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص

unconsciousness, he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص asked “Did people offer salah?” He ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص was replied, ‘O Prophet

of Allah, no, they are waiting for you.” Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص asked for water to perform wudhu

and when he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص completed wudhu, he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص became unconscious again. He ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص got the

consciousness again and asked, “Did people offer salah?” He ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص was replied again, ‘O

Prophet of Allah, no, they are waiting for you.” He ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص asked for water again, performed

wudhu and became unconscious again. This was repeated again and this happened three

times and every time, he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص somehow wanted to reach masjid and he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص was worried

about salah.

The Sahabahs (radhilalahu anhum) used to say, “If there was anyone among us who

could be brought by two persons to the masjid, he would be brought and made to stand in

the saff.” The two persons who didn’t come to the masjid were one whose nifaq was very

open and the other who was helpless to reach the masjid. Without salah, how can there be

Islam. That is why the prayer was shortened to two units in safar (journey) and if sick,

one is permitted to offer salah sitting and if it is possible to offer salah only by gesture, he

is allowed to do so for he can be identified as a man of eeman but he is never excused to

leave the salah. If a muslim is sitting in a market where there are Christians, hindus and

other religious people and when the call for prayer is heard and if he shows the same

attitude like that of the hindu without responding, he is behaving just like them.

Similarly, in hospital when every one is lying there be it a hindu, a Christian or a muslim

and if the muslim does the same like hindus or Christians hearing the azan, he is

behaving like them. This should never be the case of a muslim for he should offer the

salah even be it by the gesture. If he cannot use water, he should do tayammum and offer

the salah and thus manifest himself as a muslim. Salah distinguishes one from being a

muslim or a kafir and so be it school or college or university, where he teach or he is

taught, he should offer the salah on hearing the azan.

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Salah surpasses all the duties of Islam, even the Jihad A muslim can do any great service of Islam, he is still not excused from the salah for

salah surpasses them all. Is there any great service than Jihad? The Quran is asking the

mujahid in the field of Jihad not to abandon the salah. Let one party of them stand up [in

Salat (prayer)] with you taking their arms with them; when they finish their prostrations,

let them take their positions in the rear and let the other party come up which have not

yet prayed, and let them pray with you taking all the precautions and bearing arms (Al-

Quran). Salah is never allowed to be abandoned because without salah, there is no other

work in deen. Without salah, there is no service of deen or service of humanity. Here in

the battle field, not just the salah is offered but it is offered in a congregation. Look at our

condition today how far it is from what the Quran taught us and from what our beloved

Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص taught about its azmat. We prepared the destruction for ourselves. If inside

our houses and markets, there are only few who offer salah, won’t there be any adversity?

If in a big city, there are only few namazis, won’t Allah هلالج لج hold us with the punishment?

The evil consequence of committing sins openly When the sin is committed in secret, then one gets slap too in secret and when the sins are

committed openly, then the punishment of Allah هلالج لج too comes very open to everyone.

Today the be-namazi is proclaiming his sins openly and the woman is proclaiming her sin

openly by not adopting purdah. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص said that all sins of his ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص ummat will be

forgiven but the one who commits sins openly will not be forgiven. Today there is no

regard and respect for Allah هلالج لج and the hayaa has left completely. How big the institutes

are but the namazis cannot be seen. The offices are filled with be-namazis; the factories

are filled with be-namazis. There is no difference between rich and poor when it comes to

the sin of leaving salah and be-namazis are seen everywhere and so the adversity is seen

in the entire atmosphere.

The azmat of salah

The salah has its azmat. Qad aflahal muminoon, alladhina hum fi salaatihim

khashioon- Successful indeed are the believers, those that offer their Salah with all

earnestness and full obedience. Alif-lam-meem. Dhalika alkitabu la rayba feehi hudan

lilmuttaqeena. Allatheena yuminoona bialghaybi wayuqeemoona alssalata- Alif-lam-

meem. This is the Book (the Qur'an), whereof there is no doubt, a guidance to those who

are Al-Muttaqun [the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism who fear Allah much]. Who

believe in the Ghaib and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat). We see here the salah

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comes after eeman and the successful are the ones who preserve their salah. Our pious

predecessors compete in offering salah in the first saff and the greatest man of this

ummah Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddique used to pray as if the stick is pegged in the

ground. The greatest people of this ummah, Abu Bakar, Umar, Uthman and Ali

(RadhiAllahu anhum) used to be seen in the first saff. They too used to do trade and

cultivate the land but Allah هلالج لج praises them as Rijalun la tulheehim tijaratun wala

bayAAun AAan dhikri Allahi waiqami alssalati - Men whom neither trade nor sale

(business) diverts from the Remembrance of Allah (with heart and tongue), nor from

performing As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat.

Realize the severity of this sin and check your mind-set

You employ a be-namazi but not a drunkard because you don’t see him as evil as you see

the drunkard. You will say that you don’t get namazis these days. So if you see only

drunkards, will you start employing them? None employs a drunkard. If you find

someone unchaste, will you employ him? Let one realize the severity of this sin that

leaving salah is worst than consuming alcohol. Then will one dare to tolerate a be-

namazi? No, but he will be asked to offer salah. Think of this mind-set: The shop can be

shut but a be-namazi cannot be tolerated. We cannot tolerate the adversity from you. The

adversity of a be-namazi reaches forty houses and here is a be-namazi right inside my

office? A be-namazi inside my shop! A be-namazi inside my factory! Why should I

employ a driver who eats my food and disobeys Allah هلالج لج? I cannot feed such a man. I

can employ a namazi even if I have to pay him more but I cannot employ a be-namazi. If

we got this sort of mind-set, then see how it would become a tradition to offer salah.

How to change our state? Today’s problem is even the namazi do not have the azmat for salah and that is why

many be-namazis wander right before his eyes. Tomorrow in the Qayamat, the loins of

one will become firm like wood and people will recognize him that he is a man who

didn’t bow down before Allah هلالج لج in the dunya and he was a be-namazi. It will be written

on his fore-head that he is a be-namazi. I am telling the truth that right here the state of

be-namazi is seen for Allah هلالج لج snatches away the noor from his face. The namazi can

have thousands of faults in him but today in times of adversity where people’s wealth and

life are being played, the namazi will have some khauf (fear) of Allah هلالج لج in him. Unless

we get this feeling that everyone around us should become namazi and unless this present

state changes in our offices or factories or institutes, our condition will not change. We

should definitely do something. Hazrat Anas bin Malik used to say, “Nothing will set

right the last rank of this ummah but what set right the first rank of this ummah.” Next to

eeman the first thing comes is the salah through which the human gets tarbiyat (training).

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Salah is the first obligation after eeman. Allah هلالج لج has commanded more than seventy

places in Quran just about this one obligation, the salah. Aqeemus Salaath-establish

salah has been repeated more than seventy times. It is not commanded as addus salaat-

perform salah but to establish salah.

The mufassireen (commentators) has written in explanation to aqeemus salaat that this is

to give importance to the aadaab of salah, keeping up its time and also to make such an

environment in which a man cannot live without offering salah. If everyone in my house

offer tahajjud, then leaving fajr will become difficult for me and if everyone abandons

salah altogether, then performing fajr salah will become difficult. If everyone in my

office offers salah, then it will be very difficult for me to leave the salah and if everyone

is be-namazi in the office, then it will be difficult for me to offer the salah. Same goes

inside an airplane when everyone offers salah but we rarely see people offering salah

except few as the habit of offering the salah has come to an end. A person will do hajj but

he will leave the salah inside the plane and a person will go to do nafl umrah but he will

leave out the farz of offering salah. Seventy nafl acts cannot compensate a single farz act.

The recognition has come to an end that leaving salah is a major sin and how Allah هلالج لج is

getting angry at this.

Create the atmosphere to offer salah

Oh honorable ones! First you have to give importance to salah in your life and make your

salah excel and second, you have to create an environment of offering salah around you

and every week you should be determined to make someone to perform salah. This can

be done by both men and women. Start inviting people towards salah. Some say we

perform salah but only four. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص said that the fajr salah is heavy for the munafiq.

It is not heavy for a muslim. If one wants fajr salah then one should make true tawbah for

his nifaq. The sins have its adversities. When a small splinter of wood falls on someone,

he can easily get up pushing that away and when a buffalo falls on him, how difficult it

would be to get up? When the sin is small, it will be easy to get up but when the sin is

like a mountain upon us, then it will be very difficult to get up. So we should get this

thought that there should be no be-namazi and there should be no be-namazi in my house

from today onwards.

Stop the evils as the punishment seizes both namazis and be-namazis

Our beloved Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص when it comes to the tarbiyat of children asked us to make them

habitual to offer salah within eight years old and make it strict when they reach ten years

old. Why are we instructed like this? Because let Allah هلالج لج forbid when the child

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becomes an adult, he doesn’t leave any salah and he break his relation with Islam. Create

the azmat of salah in the child when it is just ten years old and thus there will be no be-

namazi. First create this atmosphere in the house. Second, Allah هلالج لج has given everyone

of us some status when we are in offices or factories or anywhere where people listen to

us. So have the intention that you have to create namazis in that atmosphere. If someone

is drinking alcohol sitting near you and if someone is falling in the fire close to you,

won’t you save him based on humanity? Quran, the truthful Book from Allah هلالج لج is

saying about those who abandon the salah that they are going deep into the hell fire and

he is going right before your eyes, is it not a humanity to make him perform salah? How

big is this sympathy towards him! We should look around ourselves and see where we

will be heard. We should turn them also towards salah. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص said if any of you see

munkar (evil) (and the biggest munkar after kufr and shirk is leaving salah), stop it with

your hands where your order or command works be it your office or your home that you

cannot tolerate your employee to be a be-namazi. Now people say each goes to his qabr

with his own deeds and so why to compel others. If this is so, let us have some drunkards

in our homes for each one carry their own deeds to their qabr and why should it bother

us. We don’t think like this when it comes to drinking alcohol when leaving salah is

worst than that.

Have three to four drunkards in your office for they have to go to their qabr and you to

your qabr. Here you will say the atmosphere of office will be ruined if you allow them to

drink. So the atmosphere of office won’t be ruined if salah is abandoned? This is because

its adversity cannot be seen by you. So Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص said to stop the evil with your hands

and if you cannot, stop it with your tongue. When you see the fire erupting and if you

cannot extinguish it, won’t you shout for help, “O people, for Allah’s sake come and

extinguish this fire for I cannot do it myself throwing water.” If one cannot stop even by

his tongue and he is helpless, then one should think in his heart how to make him a

namazi and what tactic he should adopt? If he could at least do this, then think that, there

is some eeman left in him. On the other hand, if be-namazis are growing right in his

house, in his office, in front of his eyes then even though he himself might be a namazi, a

Haji, he will equally taste the punishment that will descend on others. Whatever lanat of

Allah هلالج لج showers there, he will be equally afflicted.

Offer the salah in congregation

So first we have to offer salahs knowing its importance and establish it. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص

didn’t just bring in salah for this ummah but he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص brought salah in congregation for

men. A sahabi came to the Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص and said there is none to take him to masjid

and he asked if he is permitted to offer salah in his house. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص gave the

permission but then called him again and asked, “Do you hear the azan?” The sahabi

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replied in affirmative. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص then replied, “You have to offer salah in masjid and

there is no excuse.” The salahs of men used to be in masajid and that of women used to

be in their homes for they get more ajr performing in their homes. When men offer salah

in the masajid, it has its own barkat. It is narrated in a hadith that there are some blessed

people in masjid because of whom others too get blessed when they join them in

congregation. The men are thus commanded to offer salah in masajid with jamah. Once

when Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص was explaining about the importance of salah in jamah, he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص said, “I

wish I gather wood and burn the houses where men pray abandoning jamah in masajid.”

How stern are his ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص words! This is because the muslims pride is manifested in salah in

congregation and salah in congregation is the manifestation of muslims assembly.

Allah’s هلالج لج mercy is turned towards such an environment.

The worst state of this ummah The masajid used to be filled with muslims. Now the courts are filled, the jails are filled,

the hospitals are filled and only the house of Allah هلالج لج is empty. This is what will happen

when Allah’s هلالج لج house goes empty, the hospitals, the courts and the jails will be filled.

In these places, the people are present more than expected and in house of Allah هلالج لج, the

people are far less than expected. How big are the houses and we are seeing only two

rows in masjid. How big are the markets and there are very few rows. If at least 60% of

Muslims become namazis, we will see the change in our state and Allah’s هلالج لج mercy will

turn towards us but unfortunately not even 5% are namazis. Today Muslim parents are

not worried if they do not find any place for children to offer salah in schools and

colleges. What happened to them? They just don’t have any value for this. If in same

schools and colleges, if alcohol is offered in canteens, how will they take this issue? If the

parents had azmat for salah, they would have gathered together and pressurized the

administration who will be compelled to build masjid inside the school or college. They

would be compelled to allot time for salah because those are the muslim children whose

parents are muslims, the country is a Muslim country and the institute is a muslim

institute.

As there is no azmat left, the irreligious people and be-namazis are over powering. If one

student gets up for salah, the teacher makes him sit that it is the time for lesson. If one

doctor gets up for salah, he is told that this is also the service of mankind and so let him

stay back. Without salah, there is no service of humanity. The greatest obligation after

eeman is salah. That is why the greatest man of this universe, Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص when leaving

this world reminded us of rights of Allah هلالج لج and rights of creation and he placed the

rights of Allah هلالج لج before the rights of the creation and he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص repeated as-salah, as-salah,

as-salah’ wamaa malakat aymaanukum-And what your right-hand possesses and thus in

few words huqooq-ul-Allah (the rights of Allah) and huqooq-ul-ibaad (the rights of the

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slaves or creations) came in. Our beloved mother Ayesha (RadhiAllahu anha) says that

our beloved Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص was moving his lips in his ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص death bed when there was no

voice coming out and she moved close to him ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص to hear what he ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص says and she

heard, ‘as-salah, as-salah, as-salah’ wamaa malakat aymaanukum . Among the huqooq-

ul-Allah, the greatest right is salah and our beloved Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص mentioned it first.

The tarbiyat of a Muslim depends on his salah

As there is no azmat for salah today, the be-namazi doesn’t feel ashamed to leave the

salah. He doesn’t even get the thought that he is abandoning salah being amidst the

muslims because this sin has become common. So honorable ones, we should not just

perform salah but we should invite others also and make it a tradition to offer the salah

and you should excel in your own salah with jamat. The women should pray inside their

houses immediately after hearing the azan and this is their way of giving importance to

the salah. The greater is one’s salah, the greater is the tarbiyat of a muslim in accordance

to Islam. The salah show its effect on the akhlaq of a muslim, his thought and concern

and on every single thing of his life. innas salata tanha anilfahshaee wal munkar-

Surely the Prayer, keep you save from all kinds of evil deeds. Every salah has its own

color and weight. The more one puts efforts in his salah, the heavier his salah becomes.

The weight of the salah depends on his love for Allah هلالج لج, his contact with Allah هلالج لج and

his concentration in the salah. The two units of salah of whole of the ummah cannot

match the two unit of salah of our beloved Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص in weight. There is no limit in

excelling oneself in salah. One can make it excellent as much as one wants.

Don’t ever give up salah

How many amulets have muslims come with and people don’t give up trying any of

them. Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص said,”Whenever you fall into a tribulation, pray two units of salah.”

Keep knocking the door of Allah هلالج لج and become a beggar at His هلالج لج door. Definitely the

door will open. Don’t ever leave the salah. Hazrat Anas lived long among all the

sahabahs (RadhiAllahu anhum) and once there was utter darkness. People asked him if

they ever met such a condition during the times of Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص. Hazrat Anas replied,

“If the wind blew little violent, Prophet ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص and the muslims used to rush to Masjid to

perform salah.” When there was a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse, they use to turn to the

salah immediately. Even if they get little distressed, they will perform salah. When the

child cries, it is very confident about its scream that now the mother will turn her

attention towards him. This is how the muslims used to have hope, confidence and trust

in salah that definitely now the mercy of Allah هلالج لج will turn towards them. Just like a fish

feels comfortable inside the water, the muslim used to feel peace and tranquility in his

salah and all the worries used to leave him. They get confidence that now they got the

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contact of Allah هلالج لج. This was the status of salah in the life of a muslim. They used to ask

every single thing to his Allah هلالج لج through salah.

Come to the saff of friends of Allah هلالج لج Leaving salah is the aspect of a mushrik and when a be-namazi gets that aspect, what will

he get from Allah هلالج لج when he is doing the job of His هلالج لج enemy and then seeks the help

from Allah هلالج لج? He wants his condition to be changed through Allah هلالج لج and he wants his

need to be filled through Allah هلالج لج all by doing the work of His هلالج لج enemy. This is like

you stand in the saff of the army of your country’s enemy and you ask your country’s

help. What will happen? Have some aql and come out of enemy’s army and join the

friends and then you will be helped. If you want your needs to be fulfilled and want your

problems to be solved by Allah هلالج لج, then come to the saff of His هلالج لج friends. It is the

enemies of Allah هلالج لج who abandon salah and it is the habit of His هلالج لج enemies. Only

mushrik leaves the salah while for a believer, salah is the weapon and he never leaves the

salah in his life. That is why when a muslim who establishes salah all through out his life

falls unconscious for few days and then dies, it is incumbent upon his close associates to

write the will to pay the compensation for very single prayer he missed.

Make up the missed salahs and make a strong resolution As far as those who didn’t perform salah in the past and by Allah’s هلالج لج hidayat became

namazi, they should count their salahs they missed be it for 2 years or five years or as

many years they missed and make them up like praying a missed salah after every farz

salah one time or two times or as many times as he could and in this way in few years he

can make up all his missed salahs. Oh honorable ones, once you have concern for this,

things will become easy for you. Just do the qaza for farz and wajib salahs. If you have

sincerely repented and started the qaza, then inshaaAllah, Allah هلالج لج will forgive this

grave sin. Yes if you have left the salah out of laziness all these years and if you truly

repent and start offering qaza salahs and start performing your salah with new aspiration,

Allah هلالج لج will then forgive this transgression. In fact Allah هلالج لج is saying, Fawaylun

lilmusalleen. Allatheena hum AAan salatihim sahoon - So woe unto those performers of

Salat. Those who delay their Salat (prayer from their stated fixed times).

Even those who pray salah will face ruin if they are heedless in their salahs like they pray

when they get time and leave out when they do not get time. They give up salah for

simple reasons. She leaves salah if she goes to market. So do tawbah before Allah هلالج لج for

leaving the salah and also make tawbah for the sin that you left people as be-namazis be

it in your home or in your office to wander freely before you. So make a strong resolution

that from today onwards you will never leave anyone to leave the salah as far as possible

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where your action and words will work. Give more importance to this dawah and

inshaaAllah, Allah’s هلالج لج mercy will turn towards us and He هلالج لج will change our

condition. If this act gets life inside our markets, houses and offices, inshaaAllah there

will be peace everywhere. There will be chador of Allah’s هلالج لج mercy spread everywhere.

Today because of leaving salah and because of abandoning purdah, there is adversity

everywhere and there is effect of Allah’s هلالج لج curse everywhere. Because of this the peace

and tranquility has been lifted, the love and affection has come to an end and there is no

trace of humanity. If this command of Allah هلالج لج is brought into light in markets, schools,

colleges, factories, offices and houses, then Allah’s هلالج لج mercy will turn towards us. Ya

Allah هلالج لج grant me and all of us tawfeeq to act on what we preach and hear. All praise

and thanks to Allah هلالج لج. Let Allah هلالج لج help us remember Him هلالج لج excessively, to show

Him هلالج لج gratitude and to worship Him هلالج لج in the most beautiful manner. Ya Allah هلالج لج

grant us life of eeman, peace and tranquility. Ya Allah هلالج لج grant us Your هلالج لج talluq and

love and a life pure from sins. Ya Allah هلالج لج make us establish prayers and give more

importance to that and make us sincerely repent for the sins. Ya Allah هلالج لج grant us all the

barakat of salah and grant us the life of salah.