Perform Prayer on Time

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 04:103). ‘Inna s-Salāata Kānat Ala l-Mu’uminīna Kitābāan Mawqūtā’, ‘Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.’ It is said in this Ayah Karimah that every prayer has its time that Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla has appointed for believers and Muslims. It has been ordered to them to pray on their times. When prayer is performed on the time ordered by Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla, its virtue is the greatest and the most. Whoever misses this virtue cannot reach it. No matter how much they pray later, they cannot attain the virtue of that time.

Therefore, the matter of performing prayer is important. There are Muslims who pray five times a day. Sometimes, they delay by saying, “I will pray later. I will pray in a little while”. And they have work to do at that moment, or not even work but some game. Everyone has it in their hands now. In old times, who wanted to play games had to try hard to get it. But nowadays they are given it in their hands. They are busy with it all day long. So they miss the prayers and work, they miss everything. Therefore, we have to control our egos.

This is the most important duty. It is the duty ordered by Allah ﷻ to perform prayer on time. Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla has ordered certain times especially for you with His ﷻ greatness and superiority. But you are neglecting them and don’t give them importance. Your profit is very little then. Especially when you delay it for Qada/make up or leave it completely, then you lose a lot of things physically and spiritually. The benefit of prayer is not only spiritual. For your worldly work to go well and to be successful, prayer is important. Those who don’t perform prayer don’t prosper. May Allah ﷻ help us.

There are many people who don’t perform prayer. They should at least start from now. They should pray as much as they can until they start praying all of them slowly. Because the ego is as such that when you start praying all at once, it will say “I won’t do it”. Doing or not doing is not important. What’s important is to get used to praying slowly. May Allah ﷻ help people.

There was a saying in old times. People of today don’t know it. They used to say “Beynamaz”. Beynamaz means a person who doesn’t perform prayer. They don’t hear anyone saying “Beynamaz” now. No one understands it. It was something shameful. May Allah ﷻ not let us obey our egos.

Prayer is actually the most beautiful thing, because it is the time when a servant and Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla are the closest to each other. When Allah ﷻ is the closest to His ﷻ servant is when he is performing prayer. May Allah ﷻ give everyone this taste and pleasure so that they all perform it insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 06 December 2022/ 12 Jumada al-Awwal 1444 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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