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

My name is Abdul Rahman, Razak Assalamualaikum. My question is,

how to pray a Salah with full concentration and thinking about

Allah. Allah subhanaw taala says in the Glorious Quran in surah

Momineen chapter number 23 was number one and to cut the Aflac

minute, Verily the believers, they are successful. I lean on V

Salatin, Pasha all those who they are in their prayer, humbly

submissive.

So you need to have who in your prayer.

And it is common that our mind wanders during the prayer.

Many people their mind wanders during the prayer.

If you are a businessman, you will think about your business how much

profit you've made during the prayer. If you are a student, you

will think about your studies.

If you have appeared for an examination, you will start

reviewing the examination paper during the salah. For question

two, I should have written so and so answer. Question three, I made

a mistake in the answer.

So it is common that our mind wanders during the prayer? How do

we prevent our mind from wandering during the prayer? The first thing

that we need to do is to focus on the meaning of what we are

reciting. If you know Arabic as the language this is the best. If

you will not know Arabic as a language, then we should recollect

the meaning we need to memorize the meaning of what we are

reciting.

For example, when we recite Surah Fatiha Al hamdu lillahi rabbil

aalameen in our mind, we should recollect the meaning

all Praise to Allah, the Lord of the worlds or Rahman Rahim, the

most gracious the most merciful, we should recollect the meaning.

But after a few days, after a few weeks, even this will become

mechanical. So, after recollecting the meaning, we should ponder upon

the meaning of what we are reciting.

And if we do so, inshAllah mindmint not wander and I would

like to share with you an incident

once the people that were offering salah, and the Imam and the

macdaddy, the people who are following the Imam, after they

completed their prayer, they were confused, did we offer Pooraka? Or

do they offer three raka in the Margaret prayer.

So, one person, he says

that I am sure that we have offered only two raka in the

Margaret prayer. So, the people they asked him, How do you know

how can you be so sure, how can you be 100%? Sure.

So he says, I am 100% sure that we have offered to raka instead of

offering three Rakhine the McGraw prayer, because whenever I offer

the McGraw prayer

in each raka I do calculation of the profit that I have made in my

shop, I have three shops in each raka I do calculation of one shop.

So in three data, I do calculation of three shops, but in this salah

I did calculation only have two shops. I did not do calculation of

three shops. So that is the reason I'm sure that we have offered only

to Raka.

So it is common that people their mind wanders during the prayer.

And the reason our mind wanders is because our mind is not occupied.

An empty mind is the devil's workshop. And then we'll call you

Mr. Josie Rahim Allah. He mentioned in his book I'll provide

on page number 200 that every individual stands in front of his

Lord on two different occasions.

The first is while he's offering salah, and the second is on the

Day of Judgment when he meets his Lord YBNL time Rahim Allah He said

these two different occasions that an individual a believer stands in

front of his Lord. But if you do not offer Salah correctly, then

your accountability on the Day of Judgment, it will not go with

ease.

Now let's discuss a few ways in which we can attain Kusu and

concentration in our prayer. The first is bearing in mind who

you're standing in front of knowing the greatness of Allah

subhanaw taala knowing how great Allah subhanaw taala is, if you

know how great Allah subhanaw taala is, inshallah you will have

Hulu and concentration in your prayer. The second is knowing that

Allah subhanaw taala he is keeping an eye on you and he is watching

you.

The third is

is offering your Salah with the intention of gaining complete

reward from Allah subhanaw taala.

The fourth and as I mentioned earlier, it is a very important

point that recollecting and concentrating upon the meaning of

what you're reciting, you should concentrate on the worst of the

Glorious Quran

and also you should concentrate

on the other car that you see during the prayer. So this is very

important.

Besides this, you should also see to that your mind does not wander

during the prayer.

You should also see to it that there are no objects around you

that could distract you. For example, images, people making

some noises. There may be music, people causing disturbance. When

you offer Salah you should pray in such a place where there is no

disturbance.

And I would like to share with you a small personal tip, concentrate

and focus only

about the Salah. And make your mind set in such a way that you

are going to face your Lord

and then start your prayer. Inshallah you will have to and

concentration in your prayer.

And our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said

that ALLAH turns towards a slave as long as he does not look around

in his prayer. So do not look around in your prayer.

So we should not look around in our prayer

and we should also remember that we should offer our Salah as

though it is our last prayer

and if we offer our Salah in this way, inshallah we'll offer it

correctly with who sue in Surrey and caribou chapter 29 was Psalm

45.

In the Salah, Tattenham and fascia you will milker for when the

prayer prevents from shameful and unjust deeds.

Salah prayer prevents from shameful and unjust deeds. If we

offer our Salah correctly with Kusu with concentration we will

have a righteous life and Salah will prevent us from shameful and

immodesty. It's the first thing among the deeds that will be

questioned to us on the Day of Judgment. It is our prayer. If it

is done correctly, the remaining deeds it will follow.

So we pray to Allah subhanaw taala that May he accept all our Salah

all our prayers, and may He helped us to get ultimate Hulu and

concentration during a prayer