Aassalamalikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu!
Welcome everyone to The Daily Reminder and our discussion surrounding Salaah & its importance in the 21st century.
My dear brothers & sisters, in life it's important that we are dynamic in that which we do so that we do not become bored.When we do something in a static way we end up becoming bored and Salaah teaches us this all important concept of being dynamic. For in the worship of Allah (subahaanahu wa ta'ala) - through Salaah we see that Allah (subahaanahu wa ta'ala) has commanded us to worship him whilst standing during some periods & then to worship him whilst bowing during some period & then to worship him through prostration during some periods and then to worship him through sitting during some period. We worship Allah (subahaanahu wa ta'ala) using invocations, using recitations from the book of Allah (subahaanahu wa ta'ala) & even in that...we see the shariah teaching us how to be dynamic in that for in Salaah we are not encouraged to read just one surah but rather different suwar during the different salawaat.
Even when we look at the invocations at the beginning of Salaah we find that Rasoolullah (ﷺ) was known to have more than one, he taught us more than one, even in rukoo there are more invocations taught to us by the Prophet (ﷺ) than just the common, subahaana rabbiy al adheem...after subahaana rabbiy al adheem there are other invocations to allow our Salaah & our worship to remain dynamic. Where we have constant interest & we are not bored.
Allahu Akbar!
When we study lets be dynamic in our study. Lets study through listening to audio for example and then study via reading from reading material and then lets us study by attending live lectures & sometimes online lectures. Lets us study sometimes as individuals & sometimes let us study as a groups...this way the process of study is dynamic & we don't become bored when we study. The same applies to our work, and what we do in our work & how we do it!
For example when we train & go to the gym for example, this different exercises, we dynamic in how we train ourselves when we jog for example. Let us take different routes for example, so that the process of jogging also remains dynamic & we have a special interest in doing it every day. Allah (subahaanahu wa ta'ala) created us & he knows us better than we know ourselves & thus he has made obligatory this Salaah in this fashion & in this manner because he knows what keeps us interested and he knows what makes us bored. Let us learn from Salaah & let Salaah develop our character.
I love you all for the sake of Allah!
Until next time...
Aassalamalikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu!
By Sheikh Sajid Umar
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