Monday, 15 April 2013

Importance Of Sala [Prayers of Asar And Fajar]

Fajr and Asr..., Angels gather at the time of these prayers...

"Angels take TURNS around you; some at NIGHT, and some by DAY, and all of them ASSEMBLE together at the time of Fajr and Asr prayers." [Saheeh al-Bukharee (530)]
Shaikh Saleh ibn Fawzan writes after quoting this Hadeeth, 
"It is for this reason that these two prayers are BEST of the prayers. Allah says, 
"Verily, the recitation of the Qur'an in the early dawn is ever witnessed." [Soorah al-Isra (17): 78]
i.e., the Fajr Salaat.
The Angels of night and the Angels of the day assemble at the Salaat of Fajr with the Muslims, and listen to the Qur'aan, which is recited during the Salaat." [end quote]
It is further narrated in the same Hadeeth,
"Then those who have stayed with you throughout the night ascend to Allah, Who asks them, and He knows the answer better than they about you, "How have you left My servants?"
They reply, "As we had found them praying, we left them praying."
Shaikh Saleh ibn Fawzan continues,
"So where are those, who hold back from attending the Fajr prayer, sleeping (instead) in their beds, and not witnessing this great event every night with the Angels of the Most Merciful?... 
What benefit has this person, who refrains from going to the Fajr prayer, and instead prefers sleep? 
What benefit has this person, who misses out on attending the Asr prayer, due to laziness, preferring sleep or some other deed?
It is stated in the hadeeth, 
"Whoever misses the Asr prayer, it is as if he lost his family and wealth." [Saheeh al-Bukharee] 
[end quote, al-Eeman bil-Malaaikah wa-athruhu fi-Hayatid-Dunya, p.15-16, translated by Shawana A. Aziz]
- May Allaah make us among those, who properly and correctly fulfill their obligations and duties - especially the prayers -- for, the first deed, for which a person will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayer. 

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