Khushoo in Prayer
Creator: al-Haafidh Zaynud-Deen Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee
Date: 2007-07-25
Format: text
Identifier: http://www.islamworld.net/khush.html
Language: en
Subject: prayer
Title: Khushoo in Prayer
Created on: Wed Jul 25 21:16:51 -0400 2007
Updated on: Wed Jul 25 21:16:51 -0400 2007
Version: 1
Abstract: ... e Beloved drowns all other feelings. Some of the Salaf used to say: The prayer is from the Hereafter so when you ente r it you leave the world. ------------------ Taken from Al-Khushoo fis-Salaat of Ibn Rajab Mukhtasir Minhaaj il-Qaasideen of Ibn Qudaamah ----------------- Among the things that bring about Khushoo in the Prayer: 1. Remembrance of Death Anas (ra) said: The Messenger of Allaah (sas) said: "Remember death within your prayer because when a man remembers death in his prayer is strives to beautify h is prayer and pray the prayer of a man who does not think that he will perform another prayer after it. Take caution and and an excuse is sought for every affa ir." The Messnger of Allaah (sas) has ordered the muslim to remember death during his prayer. This is because it is a means of beautifying the prayer. The thought of death creates apprehension in the souls and by it the actions are sealed. What comes after it is even more frightening. Where is the escape from the compressio n of the grave? And what will our response be when we are questioned in the grav e? Futhermore, we do not know where our destination is, to a garden whose width is as that of the heavens and the earth or to the fire whose fuel is men and sto nes. Thus does the servant imagine the visions of death and what comes after it, so h e prays the prayer of a man who doesn't think that he will perform a prayer afte r it. He, therefore, beautifies his prayer, counts himself amongst the dead, pr epares his shroud, writes his will and returns the rights to those who own them. When he wakes up he does not wait for the evening and when he reaches the eveni ng he does not wait for the morning. In this manner he comes to perform the prayer, humble, submissive and weeping. B etween fer an... [Full Article...]
