Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Concentration in Prayer With a Scattered Brain Syndrome

			So I've got a lengthy discussion
on this on on the website zum,
		

			zum, academy.com. I don't know how
many minutes it is, but it's a
		

			lengthy discussion of always I'll
just briefly repeat some of that
		

			that was done with a lot of
detail. So you can always go on.
		

			It's called How to develop
concentration prayer, or something
		

			like that. We'll find the title
for you. But essentially the first
		

			thing, right, the first thing is
do a good Wuhu. A lot of us think
		

			that we'll do is just an arbitrary
idea you do a good will do. That's
		

			going to impact the prayer. Right?
There's a spiritual impact of
		

			that.
		

			Of course, having nice, decent,
you know, pure clothing,
		

			concentrated space, these are all
physical aspects. Then, one of the
		

			biggest things which a lot of us
are missing, which is probably the
		

			most crucial thing is that we need
to understand the meanings of what
		

			we're reading.
		

			This is one of the biggest reasons
of the deprivation of that
		

			concentration, because we don't
even know reading.
		

			Like, how do you get focused on
what you're reading, you have to
		

			do so much more to do that.
		

			That's why learn what Allahu Akbar
means, I guess we know that. Learn
		

			what the Fatiha means. And the
510 15 sutras that we read. The
		

			versus gon get a gist of them at
least what does
		

			the ILA feel Quraysh LM thorough
que for what story is it talking
		

			about? Even if you can't learn
word to word meaning that's fine,
		

			just get a general idea. So at
least when you're reading alum,
		

			Torah K for it's not to be read
just like that. The idea was that
		

			you would remember, remember this
army of Allah subhanaw taala of
		

			the small beings that came and
destroyed is to give you hope.
		

			To show the power of Allah, the
awesomeness of him, cool who Allah
		

			who I had to reiterate, revive
Otto hate,
		

			could also be a bill for the
Colorado bureau of bananas
		

			understand that Allah is the one
to seek refuge from he's the
		

			protector of all. There's huge
benefits in that. So you have to
		

			then all let us be heard as well.
What a semi Allah Who Lehmann
		

			Hamidah, Samia, Samia, Allah, who
Lehmann Hamidah, who Allah has
		

			listened to the one who's praised
them, because we've just a Robina
		

			local hand, our Lord all praises
for you. So Hannah, Robbie, LLVM,
		

			Subhana, Allah, Allah, you're
going into such that the lowest
		

			you can get, you're saying,
Glorified is my Lord who is most
		

			high? There's a very specific
reason why these words are
		

			mentioned. So to focus on that
prayer, that's the main thing that
		

			essentially, if you can just do
that, inshallah that will help, of
		

			course, to not be distracted.
Right? Not to be distracted. The
		

			problem is that we are a
distracted generation. Have you
		

			ever seen in history? Right? in
history? Have you ever seen
		

			somebody? Very few probably ever
done what we're doing today?
		

			That's probably why there's holes
in brains. According to some
		

			research, our brains become like
Swiss cheese with holes inside,
		

			why? Can you imagine it? Just just
thinking about this today,
		

			actually,
		

			a guy sitting there. And he is
holding 10 conversations at once.
		

			There's 10 people sitting around
him. And this guy is saying
		

			something. So he's part of that,
then this guy saying then has to
		

			run here, then he has to run
there. This is what we do on
		

			WhatsApp, and Twitter and
everything. We're constantly
		

			checking, we give a response, then
we go somewhere else, we give a
		

			response, or we just learn what
they're saying. We just read what
		

			they're saying, we go back, he
said something, can you imagine
		

			the hard work that your brain has
to do? Just to do that, and it's
		

			not natural. Never in history has
it probably been natural to speak
		

			to probably more than two people
at once, even a hips class teacher
		

			who probably is the most
proficient in this regard, who can
		

			listen to two students at once.
But that's kind of by alternating
		

			and filling in the gaps because
they're half is, that's probably
		

			why they can do that three people
is impossible. You're gonna miss
		

			out something. And it's matter,
the students are going to get very
		

			excited.
		

			For people, it's impossible,
they've actually done, they've
		

			done I remember, one once went to
a science and economy there was
		

			Ontario Science Center, or it was
somewhere else in the world. And
		

			just to understand how the brain
functions actually gave you two
		

			headphones, and had different
sounds coming from both different
		

			voices. How can you process that
information? You can't? This is
		

			exactly what we're doing. Can you
imagine what that's going to do to
		

			your brain when you're doing this
for hours on end every day? When I
		

			say I was on a you don't do it,
you may not do for three hours
		

			together. But you will probably do
it five minutes, 10 minutes, 15
		

			minutes and then do a bit of work
and then do it again. Your mind is
		

			constantly jumping from one place
to the other is so bad for you.
		

			Because because of this whole
COVID thing. I've had to get more
		

			online, because I'm dealing with a
lot of questions, a lot of
		

			feedback on things, a lot of
comments because it's an ever
		

			changing situation. You know,
people said hostile is, you know,
		

			impossible. Some people still
saying that. I'll say no, it's
		

			completely safe.
		

			or it is safe and so on. It's just
constant. So I'm having to get
		

			more on there respond to people,
people want questions. And I was
		

			like, What's going on here? You
know, just five groups of five
		

			different questions. I call you
juggling between them. That is so
		

			bad for your brain. Like, it's
just no doubt about it.
		

			Now, if you've got that, how are
you going to have concentration in
		

			your prayer? When you're in
prayer, your brain is addicted
		

			now. Not because you want it to
be. Believe me. Nobody even thinks
		

			of this as an addiction addiction.
They don't want it to be an
		

			addiction. They say it's not an
addiction, but it is an addiction.
		

			So even when you're praying, how
can you concentrate? How can you
		

			continue to work this productivity
has gone down, because we're just
		

			constantly jumping from one place
to the other the mind is as used
		

			to jumping, jumping, jumping,
		

			as seriously something that we
really need to think about. I just
		

			thought about this today. I was
like, Man, this is detrimental. I
		

			have to get off this.
		

			So that's the way to get
concentration and to ask ALLAH
		

			SubhanA wa Tada.