Alhamdulillah,
Summa Alhamdulillah, I am continuing my Friday
Sermon of last week on Salat (i.e. Prayer), and today I would like to
talk to you about some of the major mistakes which Muslim believers do when
establishing the Salat. Like I told you, Salat is one of the fundamental
pillars of Islam. It comes just after the Shahada [attestation of the
faith in Islam’, i.e. Laa-Ilaaha Illallah Muhammadur Rassullullah –
There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger.
In
other words it is to believe in Allah and in His Messenger Hazrat Muhammad
(pbuh), and not associating anybody or anything else in the worship of Allah, to
give Allah an exclusive and pure worship, and not worshipping even Muhammad
(pbuh) who is only a Messenger of God and not a god or partner along with
Allah. It is about believing firmly in the unicity of Allah and submitting
oneself completely to His will.
It
is only after one has established himself firmly in the Shahada that one establishes himself in prayer, as a sign of the
very submission which he proclaimed, not only openly but inwardly, with all his
intellectual faculties as well as his inner consciousness which we usually
coined as the mind, as well as with his heart and soul. These three mind, heart
and soul intertwined each other in nearly similar significance as these three
concerns the spiritual side of the believer, which is beyond his body and
carnal passions. If these three as well as his body are regulated in the
correct way, then the submission to Allah comes naturally without any clash
with external or even internal passions which may ruin his bond with Allah. To
maintain his body and soul in harmony with Islam, Salat is thus very important. And the establishing of Salat in the correct way will assure the
believer success in this world and the Hereafter.
