Mufti Menk – Dealing with Difficulty #03 Prayer

			Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Welcome to the new episode of dealing with difficulty.
We're talking about how to connect with Allah, we're talking of the hardship and the difficulty
there is in connecting with Allah. Today, I'd like to speak about the difficulty people face when it
comes to prayer, prayer. So many of us know
		

			what is required of us. In fact, we all as believers, as Muslims, know that there are five prayers
that are compulsory a day Fudger for us, or Maghrib and Isha. But unfortunately, not all of us are
regular on those prayers. We know we want to pray we find it difficult. So I want to start off
talking to you about how important it is to connect with Allah five times a day. Look, what do you
have what ever you have was given to you by Allah, warmer, become mean meeting, Samina Allah, what
ever it is that you have, in terms of favor is from Allah. It's not from you. It's not from anyone
else. It's from Allah. If you think Well, I was sharp and intelligent, who gave you the brain? If
		

			you think well, I did this good deed who gave you the understanding and so on. We can take it back,
it always routes with Allah subhanahu wa taala. So remember this, it's a very, very important rule
that your favorite and everything you have is from Allah. Now, Allah gave you a heartbeat that you
cannot hear yet it's loud within your system. If you take a stethoscope and want to hear your heart,
you'd be able to hear it loud. It's banging. And it's moving and the blood is pumping. What did he
charge you for that? Nothing. You can hear beautiful sound with an amazing audio visual system
that's within your body. How much did he charge you? Nothing. You can breathe, you can smell you can
		

			taste your food is digested the proteins, the carbohydrates, the vitamins, the minerals, they are
balanced in an amazing way. What did he charge you? Nothing. So Allah Almighty has given us all of
this. He's blessed you with people around you.
		

			You know what you need to appreciate these people, those who are around you, you need to appreciate
them. Think about it. Now. Here I am talking about hardship in praying. Yet the one whom I'm praying
for gave me everything I have. And he tells me Look, I just want you to pray five times a day for
your benefit. Get up in the morning, say a prayer. Wash yourself, the benefits they are with prayer
is tremendous. When you wash your face, you wash your hands, you wash your feet, and you know you
wipe your head. The amount of goodness medically that that brings about for you is unmatched.
Medicine has spoken about it. Some of the doctors have studied it, you can see some of the studies
		

			online. But what is even more beneficial is when you actually stand in prayer. Early morning, and
then midday just after midday. And then afternoon, evening and night. These are the five prayers.
Allah has timed them awesomely absolutely perfectly designed, that's Allah, He wants you to pray. If
you're finding it difficult to pray, you need to firstly acknowledge that I need to pray five times
a day, because that's what that's the basic entry level. I'm a Muslim. I acknowledge that one of the
pillars of Islam is prayer and it is five times a day Fajr over Maghrib in Asia, in that declaration
and firm belief, you're a believer, if you're struggling and I know perhaps the majority of Muslims
		

			have struggled when it comes to prayer because definitely che pan is active shaytan comes about and
he makes you lazy, he makes you you know think I'll do just now just now delay things and then you
end up not doing it. He makes you try to minimize the importance of it. Okay, I'll do it. But it's
okay. I've got to whatever the excuses are, and some people are just outright lazy. And some people
don't see the importance of it. So when you want to sort this matter out you finding it difficult.
Number one, be serious about it, acknowledge that you owe Allah five daily prayers, when he gave you
everything and you know what, you're going to go back to him you have no option. No matter who you
		

			are, you have no option but to go back to your maker, you have no chance. There is nothing else. No
matter how much money you have, how powerful you are, how influential you may be, how beautiful
you're looking how healthy you are. I swear by Allah, you have to go back to he who made you at some
point. What are you going to take him? What are you going to tell him? What are you going to show
him? The bare minimum? Is that Oh ALLAH
		

			I tried my best to pray as you prescribed. What did you prescribe five daily prayers, you begin to
enjoy the press, initially, you are going to have to push yourself. Without that push, you're not
going to get anywhere. So dealing with difficulty regarding prayer, you acknowledge that you have to
pray five times a day and you push yourself, you must look at so many other benefits. But even if
you didn't know what the other benefits were, the fact that you know that Allah instructed you to
pray five times a day should be enough. I'm a believer, I have conviction. What do I do in my
prayer, I put my head down on the ground. And what do I say? I say, Oh, you who made me or you who
		

			is in control of my entire life, or you who is my job. The one who is who is the sustainer and
nourish and cherish of mine, you are the greatest Subhana BLV. So I put my head on the brown for the
one who made me unknown. Nobody else. That's what it is all about. So what is so difficult about
that?
		

			Man gets up early morning for school and for work. Because he knows well, if I don't go to work, I'm
going to
		

			not get a salary. And if I don't go to school, I'm going to fail my exams. That is so so important
to us yet something more important. That is if I don't get up in order to connect with Allah, I'm
going to lose my whole hereafter. Shaytan makes us belittle that it is more important to pray than
to go to school and to go to work. Because you are supposed to go to school and work. I'm not saying
it's not important, but prioritization, this one comes first because on your way to work, you might
just die. Go back to your maker, what happened? You didn't pray? What happened to your salary? Do
you think you can bring all that money? And then tell Allah here's the money, people will say that
		

			to Allah, that I wish I had all the money of the world to give you Willow and Melinda the novella
mafia or the Jimmy and when we feel our Houma who lifted will be those who have wronged those who
have done wrong. On that day, they will wish that they had all the whole earth and whatever it
contains in order to give it as a ransom to pay it so that they can be released on that day. Allah
says no, it's too late. Allah says We won't accept it from you. From now we're telling you, there's
no need to pay ransom. Just pray five times a day. Do your obligation. Stay away from prohibition,
seek forgiveness and enter paradise. As simple as that. Do your obligation stay away from
		

			prohibitions, right? Do your obligations, stay away from your prohibitions, seek forgiveness, and
enter paradise. As simple as that. So here we are talking about dealing with the hardship of
connecting with Allah through prayer.
		

			You having a difficulty praying, push yourself, you have to push yourself, you have to get up you
have no option. There's people, so many people across the globe, millions of people who have less
than you who are praying five times a day and they're enjoying it, and why they enjoy it because
they push themselves initially. Without that initial push. It's not just going to come. Be in good
company. Good friends have people who talk about prayer who pray. So when it's prayer time, they all
want to go because you are on your own on the Day of Judgment. You're on your own defending
yourself. The Almighty cologne I've seen to God one I've seen her on that day, each soul will come
		

			defending itself fighting for itself. That's it, no one's gonna be with you. So you better pray you
better create an environment around you with your friends and your family members of prayer. Allah
says, go full circle, why Alikum now, save yourselves and your family members from the fire. And
what should you be doing? You should be praying you should be fulfilling the obligations, staying
away from prohibition, seeking the forgiveness of Allah because we may falter now and again. But we
are not people who don't care about prayer. No, we care. Allah Almighty gives us chances. It is an
honor to be able to pray and put your head on the ground for Allah. A day will come when you will
		

			feel that honor. And you will think Allah, Oh Allah, you gave me sweetness in prayer. So I want to
pray. And I feel like praying, learn the words of prayer. Learn the meanings of the words learn what
you say make an effort. Make an effort and you will find Allah will help you dealing with the
difficulty of being regular with your prayer by opening the doors of sweetness with that particular
prayer. May Allah make us all steadfast. I hope these words would have encouraged us to deal with
this issue of prayer Akula kolyada or SallAllahu wasallam or Baraka ala Nabina Muhammad