THE IMPORTANCE OF SALAT (WHY PEOPLE TEND TO MISS SOLAT, ESPECIALLY FAJR PRAYER?)

 

WHY PEOPLE TEND TO MISS SOLAT, ESPECIALLY FAJR PRAYER?

"Have you ever missed Fajr prayer either intentionally or unintentionally? Why do you think you missed it?"

Alright, so here I want to share some information and knowledge that I got from Usrah Budi 2 class about the importance of 5 daily prayer.

    As a Muslim, we know that Salat is very important in our life. It is one of the obligatory Five Pillars of Islam and is a privilege blessed upon us by Allah SWT. It holds many great attributes as we pray for nobody but ourselves, as the reward is primarily for us. But still, many Muslim people not really understand why Salat is very important in their life.

    Lets get to know the importance of Salat. Firstly, prayer or Salat, helps us to get rid of sins which is inclines us more and more towards God and goodly things and gradually purifies us. Prayer is indeed a sure and well-tried prescription for purity of the heart and the soul. It is through Salat alone that we are able to establish a living communion with Allah. Secondly, every deed, whether good or bad that a Muslim undertakes in this life, they will have to be answerable for it in the afterlife. Although all the deeds get rewarded in the afterlife, however, the actual reward of Salah will truly be realized in the afterlife when Allah SWT will shower special blessings on that person. Last but not least, Salat can help us to prevent from lewdness. In order to prevent one's self from all the lewdness that is common in the world of today, a Muslim must find refuge in Salah as it will help in combating lewdness. Therefore, a Muslim must consider Salat as an effective weapon when it comes to fighting lewdness and evils of all sorts.

    Talk about missed Fajr prayer, this is one of the most big challenges for Muslim. There are some reasons why people tend to miss this Fajr prayer and I will just highlighted 3 points here. Firstly, sleep late at night. Nowadays, most of people stay up way past midnight, and going to sleep at 2am something because of busy works (overtime), do the assignments, playing their gadgets, and more and then end up woke up late. Besides that, not truly understanding how big of a sin it is. Sometimes when it comes to Islam we make excuses yet when it is about world we come up with the reasons. This is because, we do not truly realize how severe the sin is. The most reason why people tend to miss Fajr prayer is committing sins during the day. How can we expect to be given Tawfeeq (ability) to perform good deeds when all we do is keep sinning?

    Thus, when we really understand why Salat is the most important thing for us as a Muslim, we can get rid with all the problems such as wake up late for Fajr prayer. Salat really can help us both in this world and hereafter life. Nevertheless, even though we as a human who sometimes make mistake, there will be always a way to get back into a truth way. Salat is the key to be success.

In this below, I have attach a video that our Naqibah had share to us during the class. I hope you guys can get more benefits from that video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcBmuv4Ae9w