Comments on: Staying Focused by PRAYing

By: Omar Al-ani

Omar Al-ani — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:33:31 +0000

Wa’ista’īnoo bis-sabri was-salati wa innaha lakabeeratun illa ‘āla al-khāshi’īn

And seek help through as-Sabr [patience] and as-Salah [prayer], and truly it is extremely heavy and hard except for al-Khāshi’īn [the true believers in Allah — those who obey Allah with full submission, fear much of His punishment, and believe in His promise (Paradise) and in His warnings (Hell).]

By: Omar Al-ani

Omar Al-ani — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:15:47 +0000

Jazaki-Allahu Khayr Sister Marwah for an excellent article!

By: Ayesha M.

Ayesha M. — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:33:47 +0000

In reply to Ayesha M.. P.S. Sorry for the excessive smiley faces haha :P

By: Ayesha M.

Ayesha M. — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:32:00 +0000

In reply to Pam.

Asalamwalakum, Pam! :)Don’t worry! everyone has problems with this. I was born a muslim and even I have trouble keeping up with my prayer. 🙂 Don’t give up! here are some articles that definitely help me! May Allah give you ease with all of your problems and harships inshAllah Ameen. 🙂

http://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/how-to-taste-the-sweetness-of-prayer/

http://www.virtualmosque.com/personaldvlpt/worship/prayer/the-entirely-merciful-the-especially-merciful/

there are SO many more! you just have to look for them! and make dua, no one can help you better than ALlah! inshAllah! 🙂

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 21:05:19 +0000

Is there an article on this website, about how to get more tranquility and benefit from salat? And how to change the relationship you have to making salat? A lot of days I feel I am forcing myself, and feel like salat is this heavy thing to do. I am a convert so I don’t have my whole life of practice, and discipline in general is a hard one for me. Then there are times I miss prayers and I just start to feel guilty all the time. I don’t want to just feel bad, guilty and heavy all the time towards salat. I want to be gentle with myself to develop this practice consistently and gradually but not too gentle that I don’t do it all 🙂 How does one strike the balance?

By: Ayesha M.

Ayesha M. — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 22:36:15 +0000

In reply to Marwa Abdalla. Jazakhullah khair, Marwa. For sharing with us this little reminder you wrote for yourself. :) it was indeed very helpful! :D inshAllah we will all take these steps to get closer to Allah (swt) :)Ameen! :)

By: Abdullah

Abdullah — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:58:21 +0000

In reply to Ayesha M.. Jazak Allah Khair Sister. May Allah SWT grant u nothing less than Jannat ul Firdaus.

By: Marwa Abdalla

Marwa Abdalla — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 06:01:05 +0000

Masha’Allah, so many beneficial comments. Just a point of clarification: I had never heard of the “Present Principle” that Br. Said mentioned. Despite any similarities there may be, this article was not based on any other. I actually wrote much of this article to help myself not get distracted after Ramadan ended and thought it might be of benefit to others.

Also, Kirana, jazakiAllahukhierun for your example. It can be very difficult to get “unlost,” and it can sometimes feel very lonely when you don’t understand the “map” you are given by other people. Your example makes that so tangible. Alhamdulillah (praise be to Allah) that Allah swt gives us very clear guidance but sometimes, at least for me, we are too distracted or just don’t have enough knowledge to see it.

I am always encouraged by the hadith where Aisha (ra) asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) what deeds were most beloved to God, he (peace be upon him) said:

“The deeds that are done on a regular and constant basis, even if little.” Then he said: “Do what you are capable of.” (Al Bukhari & Muslim)

May Allah swt help us increase the actions that please Him and help us get closer to Him, despite all the distractions on our way!

By: Said Hasan

Said Hasan — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:04:37 +0000

Beautiful, Masha Allah.
This article is slightly similar to an article I read last year on linkedin.com/today.
The PRESENT principle book for which the article is based is available for free on the author’s blog.
Both articles are good. I like your article for it is so simple and help increase my connection with Allah.
JazakAllah khayr.

By: Kirana

Kirana — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:25:30 +0000

I think it is a really good thing to highlight priority focus, for when you’ve gone off track. This article made me think of a recent trip I had with my parents to a wedding feast, where somehow we took a wrong turn and got lost. Mild arguments ensued as to how we should get back on track. If you know Malaysian wedding map sketches, it just shows the correct route(s) schematically, and blanks out parts that are not relevant. But, once you’re off the route shown on the wedding map directions, that map is not very useful anymore for the purpose of figuring out how to get back on the route. For example just because the route used landmarks like a tyre shop etc. doesn’t mean all tyre shops you encounter can be considered to potentially be the one marked on the route. You can’t fixate on irrelevant information from the map that is intended to make sense only from the correct location. If you use the map at all, you really need to prioritise the really big landmarks that stand on their own, without needing the context of surrounding roads and other landmarks. Or ask someone for directions.

Likewise, analogically, when someone’s lost spiritually, I suppose you can say that it’s pointless to ask them to do all kinds of things useful for the progress of someone who isn’t lost. You have to prioritise things that get them “unlost” first, then you can talk about those other things. So it’s good to have only a few key points to hang on to like this for route correction purposes.

Also this part I relate to: “try to do everything on our own, initially relying solely on ourselves and only when in dire need do we ask for the help of other people to help us through any given problem.” this is a culture of the age, that was really hard for me to break away from. I used to feel that I shouldn’t ask Allah too much, because it meant I wasn’t pulling my weight in using what He already gave, or that He wouldn’t really be interested in hearing my ‘whining’. Because, obviously, people around you would respond like this. It took me a long while to realise just how different Allah is from people. Sure it’s kind of silly to think of it now, but I really didn’t get it then.