Hold on to your prayers — a parting advice
“So worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.”
Praise and Thanks
Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah, who is the clear truth.
وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ
And they will know that it is Allah who is the clear truth.
His existence is true, and His oneness is true, and His promise is true, and His words are true, and paradise is true, and hell is true, and Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam is true.
قُلْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ ۗ فَاتَّبِعُوا مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا
Say, “ Allah has told the truth.
So follow the religion of Abraham,
inclining toward truth;
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ…
O mankind, fear your Lord..
The Prophet صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ passes away
Dear students, the day the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam died, he lifted the curtain from his house and looked at the sahabah.
They were in rows for the prayer.
And the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam smiled. Happy.
His was leaving behind his sahabas who were devoted to prayers, he was leaving behind Muslims who were coming to the mosques.
[https://sunnah.com/bukhari:680]
All these struggle, the sacrifices, the efforts, and he was leaving behind a group who were devoted to prayers.
Ali said, the last words of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam were:
الصَّلاَةَ الصَّلاَةَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ فِيمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ
The prayer, the prayer, fear Allah about what your right hands possesse (Don’t mistreat your slaves.) [AbuDawud 5156]
The Prayer, the Prayer!
When luqman sadivsed his son he said يَا بُنَيَّ أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ “O my son, establish salah”
After Ibrahim left his baby and wife in Mecca, he said رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ “our Lord, that they may establish prayer.”
When the angels spoke to Maryam, they said: يَا مَرْيَمُ اقْنُتِي لِرَبِّكِ وَاسْجُدِي وَارْكَعِي مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ “O Mary, be devoutly obedient to your Lord and prostrate and bow with those who bow.”
When people in hell will be asked “What put you into Saqar, they will say: لَمْ نَكُ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ “We were not of those who prayed.
The salah is our second pillar of Islam. It is our connection with Allah. It is a light. It is the first thing we will be judged on on judgement day. Hold onto your prayer. Do not miss them.
وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ الْغَافِلِينَ
“And do not be among the unmindful.”
Seek Allah’s forgiveness. He is truly the Most Forgiving, the Always Merciful.
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The Judgement Day
Alhamdulillah, who does not come to an end. But mankind and jinn all come to an end.
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
Everyone upon the earth will perish,
And there will remain the Face of your Lord,
Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Dear students, one day the earth as we know it will come to an end.
On the Day when the earth will be changed to another earth and so will be the heavens
يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ الْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ
The Day the earth will be replacedby another earth, and the skies [as well]
وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۖ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنظُرُونَ
And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall unconscious except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on.
This will be a difficult day, The day of regret, the day of judgement, the day when the children will become white-haired.
يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا
a Day that will make the children white- haired
The First Thing to be Judged
That day the first thing we will be judged on are our prayers. If it is okay then we will be successful and saved. If it is unsound, we will have failed and lost
On that day our prayers will be checked. If our obligatory (fard) prayers are lacking it will be checked if we have any optional prayers to make up for the missed prayers.
[Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ahmad and others]
Parting Advices
Be careful with your prayers. This will save you on judgement day. This will protect you from evil deeds. إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ “ Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing.”
The prayer will connect you with Allah, it will help you remember Him.
Dua
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer,
and [many] from my descendants.
Our Lord, and accept my supplication.
O Allah we ask you for true faith, and beneficial knowledge, and a remembering tongue, and a humbly submissive heart, and a patient body, and repentance before death, and (seeing only) forgiveness after death, and the fortune of paradise, and salvation from the hellfire.
By your mercy, o the most merciful of the merciful ones. O Almighty, O Forgiving One, O Lord of the worlds.
Our Lord, give us good in this life and good in the afterlife and protect us from the punishment of the fire.
Send blessings on our Prophet salllallahu alaihi wasallam.
وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ لِذِكْرِي
Establsih the prayer to remember Me.