Maryam Amir – How to feel connected in Salah
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The speaker discusses the importance of praying for oneself and finding a place to comfort others. They also mention the use of words like "soak," "has," and "has a" in prayer, and the importance of remembering to use them when praying. The speaker also emphasizes the need to practice praying for oneself and finding a place to comfort others.
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How do you feel Salah?
The first is change the way you talk
about Salah in your own head instead of
saying I have to go pray or I
Haven't prayed yet or think about it.
Like I have to go talk to my
best friend My best friend wants to hear
my voice.
I can't wait to have a conversation with
Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala if you're gonna see
your best friend and you're super excited to
tell them news or you're really feeling down
and you just need a place to Relax
with someone who understands or you are devastated
and you need a refuge your heart your
physical body your mind is all going to
be thinking about a place of rest a
place of comfort a place of excitement of
joy of fun Think about Allah subhanahu wa'ta
'ala as your best friend and Salah as
a place that you are meeting To talk
to your best friend except this is so
much more You are going to have a
conversation with the Lord of all the worlds
The one who knows your past your present
your future you're here after the one who
has listened to people praying whispering to him
for Forever and yet Allah knows you Allah
knows your name Allah knows what you need
How could we even think that Allah doesn't
love to hear us?
a lot of people have negative associations with
Salah because of the way they were introduced
to it or just not really like Exciting
associations with prayer prayer doesn't need to be
a jumping for joy experience every time important
thing is that we just do the action
if you change the way that you smell
Salah For example have a scent that you
put on your prayer mat or bake cookies
and don't think about the cookies while you're
praying But like the scent of cookies being
associated with Salah is one That's going to
have your unconscious mind excited about it and
seeing it as a place of comfort There's
something that you love to wear just for
a very very very special moment And that
is a lot if you love to feel
the breeze pray outdoors pray in nature Rewire
your brain to have interactive experiences Can aesthetically
touch every one of your senses with Salah?
The second thing is for those who don't
understand what is being said in prayer or
what you're saying in prayer Just memorize the
translation of those particular words and phrases before
I learned Arabic.
I Memorized the translation of three surahs and
I would only say those surahs because I
knew the meaning and I would really try
to focus On that meaning every time you
say surah al-fatiha a lot Responds to
you a lot is responding to you Every
time you recite surah al-fatiha finally some
of the scholars suggested that before you pray
Imagine that Jannah paradise is on your right
hellfire is on your left and the angel
of death is behind you If this is
your very last moment and on earth in
prayer, what an honor You're not going to
be thinking about the keys that you've lost
or the thing that you're freaking out about
or what you're gonna do Tomorrow you're gonna
be thinking about this moment and what greater
moment or what greater honor of a moment?
Than to spend it With the one who
loves you more than you could even love
yourself