Fariq Naik – How to pray Salaah Complete Concentration and thinking about Allah

Fariq Naik
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The speaker discusses the importance of remembering the meaning of what is recited during a prayer, as it is common for individuals to remember the meaning of what they are reciting during the prayer. They also advise individuals to focus on the meaning of what they are reciting during the prayer, as it is important to remember that they will not be forgotten. The speaker also provides a personal tip for practicing the prayer properly.

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			My name is Abdul Rahman, Razak
Assalamualaikum. My question is,
		
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			how to pray a Salah with full
concentration and thinking about
		
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			Allah. Allah subhanaw taala says
in the Glorious Quran in surah
		
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			Momineen chapter number 23 was
number one and to cut the Aflac
		
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			minute, Verily the believers, they
are successful. I lean on V
		
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			Salatin, Pasha all those who they
are in their prayer, humbly
		
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			submissive.
		
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			So you need to have who in your
prayer.
		
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			And it is common that our mind
wanders during the prayer.
		
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			Many people their mind wanders
during the prayer.
		
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			If you are a businessman, you will
think about your business how much
		
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			profit you've made during the
prayer. If you are a student, you
		
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			will think about your studies.
		
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			If you have appeared for an
examination, you will start
		
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			reviewing the examination paper
during the salah. For question
		
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			two, I should have written so and
so answer. Question three, I made
		
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			a mistake in the answer.
		
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			So it is common that our mind
wanders during the prayer? How do
		
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			we prevent our mind from wandering
during the prayer? The first thing
		
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			that we need to do is to focus on
the meaning of what we are
		
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			reciting. If you know Arabic as
the language this is the best. If
		
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			you will not know Arabic as a
language, then we should recollect
		
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			the meaning we need to memorize
the meaning of what we are
		
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			reciting.
		
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			For example, when we recite Surah
Fatiha Al hamdu lillahi rabbil
		
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			aalameen in our mind, we should
recollect the meaning
		
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			all Praise to Allah, the Lord of
the worlds or Rahman Rahim, the
		
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			most gracious the most merciful,
we should recollect the meaning.
		
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			But after a few days, after a few
weeks, even this will become
		
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			mechanical. So, after recollecting
the meaning, we should ponder upon
		
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			the meaning of what we are
reciting.
		
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			And if we do so, inshAllah
mindmint not wander and I would
		
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			like to share with you an incident
		
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			once the people that were offering
salah, and the Imam and the
		
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			macdaddy, the people who are
following the Imam, after they
		
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			completed their prayer, they were
confused, did we offer Pooraka? Or
		
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			do they offer three raka in the
Margaret prayer.
		
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			So, one person, he says
		
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			that I am sure that we have
offered only two raka in the
		
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			Margaret prayer. So, the people
they asked him, How do you know
		
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			how can you be so sure, how can
you be 100%? Sure.
		
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			So he says, I am 100% sure that we
have offered to raka instead of
		
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			offering three Rakhine the McGraw
prayer, because whenever I offer
		
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			the McGraw prayer
		
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			in each raka I do calculation of
the profit that I have made in my
		
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			shop, I have three shops in each
raka I do calculation of one shop.
		
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			So in three data, I do calculation
of three shops, but in this salah
		
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			I did calculation only have two
shops. I did not do calculation of
		
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			three shops. So that is the reason
I'm sure that we have offered only
		
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			to Raka.
		
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			So it is common that people their
mind wanders during the prayer.
		
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			And the reason our mind wanders is
because our mind is not occupied.
		
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			An empty mind is the devil's
workshop. And then we'll call you
		
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			Mr. Josie Rahim Allah. He
mentioned in his book I'll provide
		
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			on page number 200 that every
individual stands in front of his
		
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			Lord on two different occasions.
		
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			The first is while he's offering
salah, and the second is on the
		
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			Day of Judgment when he meets his
Lord YBNL time Rahim Allah He said
		
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			these two different occasions that
an individual a believer stands in
		
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			front of his Lord. But if you do
not offer Salah correctly, then
		
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			your accountability on the Day of
Judgment, it will not go with
		
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			ease.
		
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			Now let's discuss a few ways in
which we can attain Kusu and
		
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			concentration in our prayer. The
first is bearing in mind who
		
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			you're standing in front of
knowing the greatness of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala knowing how great
Allah subhanaw taala is, if you
		
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			know how great Allah subhanaw
taala is, inshallah you will have
		
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			Hulu and concentration in your
prayer. The second is knowing that
		
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			Allah subhanaw taala he is keeping
an eye on you and he is watching
		
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			you.
		
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			The third is
		
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			is offering your Salah with the
intention of gaining complete
		
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			reward from Allah subhanaw taala.
		
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			The fourth and as I mentioned
earlier, it is a very important
		
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			point that recollecting and
concentrating upon the meaning of
		
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			what you're reciting, you should
concentrate on the worst of the
		
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			Glorious Quran
		
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			and also you should concentrate
		
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			on the other car that you see
during the prayer. So this is very
		
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			important.
		
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			Besides this, you should also see
to that your mind does not wander
		
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			during the prayer.
		
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			You should also see to it that
there are no objects around you
		
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			that could distract you. For
example, images, people making
		
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			some noises. There may be music,
people causing disturbance. When
		
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			you offer Salah you should pray in
such a place where there is no
		
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			disturbance.
		
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			And I would like to share with you
a small personal tip, concentrate
		
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			and focus only
		
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			about the Salah. And make your
mind set in such a way that you
		
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			are going to face your Lord
		
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			and then start your prayer.
Inshallah you will have to and
		
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			concentration in your prayer.
		
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			And our beloved Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him said
		
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			that ALLAH turns towards a slave
as long as he does not look around
		
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			in his prayer. So do not look
around in your prayer.
		
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			So we should not look around in
our prayer
		
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			and we should also remember that
we should offer our Salah as
		
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			though it is our last prayer
		
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			and if we offer our Salah in this
way, inshallah we'll offer it
		
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			correctly with who sue in Surrey
and caribou chapter 29 was Psalm
		
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			45.
		
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			In the Salah, Tattenham and fascia
you will milker for when the
		
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			prayer prevents from shameful and
unjust deeds.
		
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			Salah prayer prevents from
shameful and unjust deeds. If we
		
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			offer our Salah correctly with
Kusu with concentration we will
		
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			have a righteous life and Salah
will prevent us from shameful and
		
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			immodesty. It's the first thing
among the deeds that will be
		
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			questioned to us on the Day of
Judgment. It is our prayer. If it
		
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			is done correctly, the remaining
deeds it will follow.
		
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			So we pray to Allah subhanaw taala
that May he accept all our Salah
		
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			all our prayers, and may He helped
us to get ultimate Hulu and
		
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			concentration during a prayer