Habits & Addictions #01 Prayers

We are born habitual by nature. In fact, we are habitual beings that can be easily programmed by what the society our parents and environments from around us can introduce to us or what we can introduce our own selves as we grow a little bit older. As Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, this is your brother while Ibrahim and in sha Allah, Allah Allah. In the next few episodes, we will be talking about something really essential habits and addictions. And how can these two contribute to either our growth and spirituality and connection with Allah subhanaw taala or to our destruction? May Allah subhanaw taala protect us all? For now

what I want you to actually think about are the following questions. Have you ever thought about our regularity of performing the daily prayers, the five daily prayers and why they are performed day in and day out five times a day, with no exceptions. The only pillar that there is no exception about missing it is the salah you may not be able to perform Hajj you may not be able to fast due to illnesses and so on so forth. You may not be able to even pay this account, because you don't have the means but Salah whether it is cold or hot, whether you are sick or healthy, there is no exception. Why is that? So? Have you ever thought of the words of the Prophet Muhammad SAW Selim the

last words before he passed our salah, or salah? Why was it so essential for the Prophet Muhammad wa salam to make his last words? Don't ever be neglectful of your Salah? The answer is a little bit obvious, but let us think deeper about it. The reason why the Prophet SAW Selim made it very, very essential and Allah of course before anyone made it, absolutely the most important pillar of our deen is that it it becomes the protective method for us against all vices that we experience in today's society. That's why Allah subhanaw taala told us in the Quran in NA Salah 10 Ha Anil fascia you will monka Salah prevents you from committing illegal sexual activities and prevents you from

falling into these sinful actions that are displeasing to Allah subhanaw taala. So Salah was meant to protect you in that fashion and it will not be protected unless it is performed day in and day out consistency. And that's what the habits we want to bring to our lives entails my brothers, my sisters in the stands, and that's why also the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam told us imagine if there is in front of you, in front of any of your homes, a river where you used to bathe in it five times a day. Will there be dirt left on you anymore by the end of the day? Naturally not. And this is the purpose of our Salah it cleanse you day in and day out from fajr to door from door to answer

consistently. Now, we are not suggesting here that we turn our Salah into a mere habit, without the thoughts behind what we recite. Whenever we say of Hamdu lillahi rabbil aalameen We need to remember that Allah subhanaw taala is creating a conversation between himself and between his slaves us Al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen the process and told us that when we say Alhamdulillah Allah, Abdullah Al Amin, Praise be to Allah the Lord of the world. Allah responds from above heavens by saying Hamadani RBD my slave have praised me. So we are not we don't want to be robotically praying, but rather putting our hearts and thoughts into every word and into every verse of the Quran as we

recite them as we worship Allah, because that is our main purpose in this dunya is to worship Allah subhanho wa Taala

now, let me take you to the definition of habits so that we can be all on the same page in sha Allah, what our habits really habits basically are these Bill

Doing blocks of our day to day activities. Whatever you do on a regular basis, contribute to your character contributes you to your personality and definitely contributes to your habits, those daily activities that you perform

seemingly sometimes they are small and insignificant, but on the long run, they can contribute to something bigger, whether good or bad. Something very important to understand about habits is that they are not they are neutral in concept. Like habits can be good can be bad. So, you have to make that choice by yourself. These are the activities that I wanted to keep in mind day in and day out until I meet Allah subhanaw taala yo Malayan fowl man on well Lebanon. In lemon, Allah the Colombian Saleem on that day, nothing will evade you this dunya will never benefit you, your wealth your children, whatever you have accumulated in this dunya will never avail you will never help you in

lemon at Allah the Kelvin Salim except those who come to Allah with a pure heart, and no one will come to Allah with pure heart except with those who do righteous deeds. And these are the habits that we wanted to bring to our lives in sha Allah of time. The prophets Allah Allah Allah Salah mentioned in one of the authentic narrations and Jairo either

was shot rule Legia, higher or goodness is a natural habit, this is something very, very important and interesting for us to understand.

Anything that is good and acceptable by Allah subhanaw taala is considered to be an attachment that produces even scientifically speaking now produces in your brain, very useful chemicals and hormones that can actually assist you on performing well in all other aspects of your life and higher or higher. Goodness is absolutely a natural habit, we're sure ruler Tjahaja and evil actions are the result of the temptation of shaitan. So shaitan is out there to introduce to you these actions that will destroy you in the long run, so be absolutely careful. And then the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, When are you ready, let will be higher. And if Allah wanted for anyone, goodness for you for

COVID-19, Allah will make him understand or give him the depth of understanding of this beautiful religion of our of Islam. And this is what we wanted to achieve. The more you know, they said, the more you grow. Warren Buffett, one of the billionaires he said the more you learn, the more you earn. Right, but what do we say because learning you know, learning in terms of the worldly business and sales and marketing and all this relates to the dunya it's good and all, but it's not the main purpose of our existence. What we wanted to know is the deen of Allah that will bring us back to him in Ilahi. We're in that era here Rajon we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. Where are you

going to return? If you are stuck in habits that are displeasing to Him? Will you return to him? Yes, you will. But while they are the blind in a bad destination, may Allah subhanaw taala protect us all. One of the habits for example, that the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Sallam introduced to himself was that he had like a mattress that he used to construct as a tent or a booth where he used to pray the night prayer within this this tent and in during the day you spread it and relax and chill and so on. And when the Muslims around him knew about this, they started gathering around his home and in the masjid of Medina to pray with him inside the tent. And then the prophets Allah Sam

it was too too small so how many people would fit in? So the prophets Allah Allah Allah Allah Salam told him Yeah, you're a nurse. Oh people who do menial Amelie metal to your own, take on my behalf, the actions that you can bear. This is something absolutely essential. I remember I was in Hong Kong city where we had this little organization I used to teach classes every Sunday. And one Saturday in particular, we talked about pm will lay their head during the night prayers and how important it is and how the process I'm said that the best of all prayers after the obligatory is to emulate anyway, on Sunday morning. I went to the center, and I'm opening the door and it was locked from inside. I

was wondering, I tried to open the door. It was locked. I knocked the door and I heard a voice of a sister from inside, telling me wait. Her voice was a little bit sleepy. And after she opened the door it was obvious that she was sleeping in in the center. I asked well what happened? What were you sleeping here? Sorry, brother because we were praying preamble late. After you finish the workshop, say

Allahu Akbar, masha Allah all these prayers are now in the scale of my good deeds that via but again Why were you sleeping? She said, because we were praying 100 raka say Allahu Akbar 100 Raka and guess what? They missed out Fedor.

The breath came alive because they got motivated, but they miss out the obligatory which Allah subhanaw taala imposed on them to take as the process and said in that hadith take from the actions of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam what you can bear, you don't have to go for 100 Tracker, if you cannot start with two and then add to them and other two and so on and so forth wherever you can perfect. That what we wanted to achieve in sha Allah, Allah Allah, may Allah subhanaw taala grant us this ability of starting an action and consistently continuing that action until we meet Allah subhanaw taala because the prophets Allah Allah, Allah Salam said, how you rule Amen. Edwin Aha,

we're in Paul or Hubbell, Amelie Illa Eduardo, how in the most beloved actions to Allah are those consistent actions? Even if they are little Jollof Allah next episode will introduce you a few tips and tricks on how to break free from ill habits or habits that could lead to destructive end Minami. May Allah protect us all from such habits does Aquila Hiang a Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh