Pray, Pray On Time

Have you ever felt that need to pray on time constantly? Have you felt that remorse, that heaviness in your heart when you miss a salat, only because you were overpowered by sleep? Have you ever felt so close to Allah like how you are on your sujood? 


Allah says in the Qur’an,



“Establish regular prayers – at the sun’s decline till the darkness of the night, and the recital of the Qurán in the morning prayer: for the recital of the dawn is witnessed.” 13:78



By the Guidance and Love of Allah, truly when you have been used on praying on time, you will find such eagerness for it, that whenever you are in the state of wudhu, you feel cleansed, that after you said your salaam and you made du’a, you are again eager for the next salat, that you are unable to think of anything bad to do or would make your mind in idle thinking of dunya, that you wait for it in preparation, just like how a kid is so excited to go home and play. Subhan’Allah! With praying on time and establishing constant prayers, this will and is attained

1.    Once, one of the Sahabah came to Muhammad and asked: “What is the thing that Allah loves most?” Muhammad replied, “The thing that Allah loves most is when his people pray salah on time.” 


2.    Abu Huraira (RA) quotes Muhammad,

”If there was a river at the door of anyone of you and he took a bath in it five times a day would you notice any dirt on him?” They said, “Not a trace of dirt would be left.” Muhammad added, “That is the example of the five prayers with which Allah blots out (annuls) evil deeds.”



Subhan’Allah! Do we need more words to motivate us to pray? Is the heart beat of ours not an enough reason for us to be thankful? the food we intake?

Praying Salat does not require so much of your time, nor does it harm you in anyway, but why is it so hard for us to do this? Why? Ask yourself.



Isn’t it time to prostrate, repent and give thanks to Allah who has given you all that you have, who has brought you to life, the very reason why you are here in dunya?



O Muslim, pray. He calls you 5 times a day. Answer. Be who you really are, be what you were created for. Honor yourself in dunya and save yourself in the akhirah. Pray, pray on time. 


And we pray that every one of us finds that solace, peace, and tranquility that we seek for in our salat, and that we may intend to pray with pure sincerity. Amin.


(via Stories of the Sahabah)