Ammar Alshukry – Are You Robbing Yourself When You Pray Salah

			When you and I stand in front of Allah subhanaw taala. And we're absent minded, we're just kind of
going through the motions, we're missing out on the greatest opportunity to fulfill not just to
fulfill, but to exceed our potential in the dunya. Because we are missing out on the opportunity to
make dua out to the one who can make our wildest dreams come true. Allah subhana data says and
Hadith Bootsy he says, Lo and welcome. In Saco, maganda cancom, Allah, he then went ahead, and he
says that if the first of you and the last of you and the interview and the Jinn of you all stood on
a single plane, and I gave every single one of them what they asked for that would not take away
		

			from what I own, just like a needle doesn't take away from the ocean when it's dipped into it. If
you were to, if you were to ask Allah for everything in the world,
		

			that wouldn't take away from what ALLAH SubhanA data has.
		

			So for me to stand in front of Allah five times a day and not ask Him for anything, because every
time I pray, I'm distracted. I'm only robbing myself. Allah gave this prayer to you and I as a tool.
And so these two things, patients and prayer are the cornerstones of success. Through it, a person
repents from sins. Through it, they're able to overcome the most the most difficult circumstances
and obstacles. And these two concepts are highlighted in a beautiful Hadith of the Prophet
cellulitis that it says of Ebola that's reported by Muslim the Prophet says three things. You take
all of the self help books that you'll find in the library in your bookstore and take all of them
		

			that you've heard about all of that the province that lies in them gave us three keys that I believe
are greater than all of them combined. He says, focus on what benefits you seek the help of Allah
and don't give up these three things. He says, I decided on my own Falco, Stan, beloved attaches,
focus on what benefits you That's number one, you got to figure out what you want, what are your
goals. And number two, once you figure that out, and what benefits you what benefits me is different
than what benefits you and what benefits you is different than what benefits your spouse or your
sibling or the nearest person to you. Every one of us has very particular things that we benefit
		

			from spiritually, physically, career wise, all of these things and Allah subhanaw taala can the
prophets Allah lightsome then says, and then he says, I seek the help of Allah, turn to Allah,
that's the second ingredient, know what you want. Number two, ask Allah seek the help of Allah. And
then number three, he says, and don't give up.
		

			Persevere, endure,
		

			be consistent.
		

			Keep showing up.
		

			The secret of the prayer, the absolute greatness of it is that you're turning to Allah subhanaw
taala. In no time he says the fruit of fasting is the purification of the soul. The fruit of Zakat
is the purification of wealth. The fruit of Hajj is forgiveness. The fruit of jihad is that Allah
purchased from His servants in exchange for prayer of paradise, submitting the soul that Allah
purchased from His servants in exchange for Paradise. The fruit of Salah is the turning of the
servant upon his Lord is the turning of the servant towards his Lord and the facing of ALLAH given
to His servant, however, embarking towards Allah with complete devotion and Salah encompasses all of
		

			the aforementioned fruits. So I'm not am says the fruit of Salah is the turning of the search upon
his Lord and the facing of ALLAH given to the servant and then he says, however, when you turn
towards Allah, with complete devotion and Salah it encompasses everything else that was mentioned of
all of the other good deeds.
		

			And this explains why the Prophet sallallahu Sallam he never said would you rate at Kurata Navcam he
never said the corners of my eyes is in fasting, or in Hajj or Umrah, or any other good deeper
rather, he said, the coolness of my eyes has been made in the Salah. So in this course inshallah
we're going to embark on, on turning to Allah Subhana Allah to Allah. In this course, Inshallah,
we're going to embark on turning to Allah with our minds, our bodies in our soul. And this is
something that is accessible to all, all of us. There was a convert that I had met once and he asked
me, he said, it was like a session talking about mindfulness and prayer or something. And he said,
		

			I don't even remember what the session was about, to be honest. But he came to me after and he was
like, What's wrong with my prayer? And I said, What do you mean? He said, You keep talking about
distraction in the prayer and things like that.
		

			I don't experience any of that.
		

			I said, What do you mean? He said, When I come to the prayer, everything fades away. And it just
becomes me and Allah. And he says, I am most alive when I'm in the Salah. In fact, I don't even need
like, a reminder anything. He said, I'm looking forward to it. My body responds to the time of the
Salah, I get goosebumps. And he says, When I exit the Salah, I'm a shell of myself again. And I'm
just waiting for the next opportunity to pray. So what's wrong with my prayer? And I was like, Dude,
there's nothing wrong with your prayer. Like your prayers, amazing. Your prayers like the type of
prayer we're reading about over here.
		

			But it's ours that what my point is, is that everybody can experience this. This is not something
that's unique to a sell off the early Muslim generations are these famous scholars or something like
that. It just takes a little bit of, of presence, it takes a little bit of work takes a lot of
concern as well, and inshallah Tada, that's what we'll be undertaking. Bismillah.
		

			shall he said earlier that salah, like a lot of us, when we look at Salah, we look at the epitope of
a person, a person's prayer is when they can pray and forget about everything that's going on in
their life. But you said that, like it said, You should go, bring your worries, bring your problems
to your Salah. So my question is, is there a? Which one of them would be better? Or is it that one
of them? Or is it that they both have their pros and cons?
		

			That's mainly what I'm trying to ask. So the half salah is a human experience. And so I don't want a
person to know which one is better. whichever one you're present with. That's which one is better.
If I'm walking into the prayer, and you just let it happen organically if I'm walking into the
prayer, and
		

			yeah, hope it is Saddam, he says into my scuba Theo, who's an eel Allah, I'm only complaining of my
sadness and my grief to Allah subhanaw taala Ramana Macatawa would be reciting Surah, Yusuf weeping,
like what's causing him to weep, what's going on around him is what's causing him to eat. And so
they're entering into the Salah, and that becomes fuel for them in their prayer. And then there
might be times where you walk into the, you know, you walk into the prayer, and you're just lost in
the recitation and you're not thinking about anything from the dunya. But either way, the most
important element is the presence of your mind whether that causes the dunya to disappear, or
		

			whether you're bringing the dunya into the salon with you and you're concerned about family, you're
concerned about friends, you're concerned about your life, either way, whatever causes you to have
attention and mindfulness and that's what's better.