Mufti Menk – Does Salaah Mean Prayers

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Today, I wish to highlight one of the

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most blessed and most powerful acts of worship.

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You and I know that Allah

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has

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prescribed upon us the 5 daily prayers

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known as As Salah.

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The term a salah does not translate as

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prayer,

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but the word prayer is probably the closest

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to try and explain the term salah.

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Because if we were to say prayer in

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the English language and if I were to

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ask you to pray,

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people who don't know would probably supplicate

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and engage in what we know as dua,

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which is also called prayer. May Allah

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grant us an understanding.

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But I'm referring to the 5 daily prayers

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that start with a beautiful intention and then

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the words Allahu Akbar, raising our hands and

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placing them

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where Allah has instructed us to place them,

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and then ending it with Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullah

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on the right side and so on. So

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that is a salah.

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It is by far one of the most

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important acts of worship but within the salah

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there is a certain position

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that is by far the loftiest, the most

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loved by Allah. The highest position

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considered the position wherein which

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the son of Adam, meaning humankind,

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would be the closest to his Lord. SubhanAllah.

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The closest that a worshiper could be to

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his hub, to his Lord

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is

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what is it? Wahuwah sajid.

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The the position of sujud, prostration.

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When you put your head on the ground

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for Allah in a specific way during the

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5 daily prayers, there is no position

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that can be closer to Allah Subhanahu Wa

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Ta'ala

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than that in terms of a worshipper trying

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to gain that closeness to Allah.