Yahya Rhodus – Futuwwa Virtues of Praying in Congregation

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earlier he will be here Woman, why Allah Hamdulillah we praise Allah

subhanho wa Taala Who is the man am given a gift Subotica diwata

Allah, no matter how much that we thank him for his gifts is that

ultimately that we need to also give thanks for the fact that he

gave us Tofik and enabling grace to give thanks for his gifts. All

we can do as His servants Subhan Allah to Allah is to do our best.

What is within our capacity to show gratitude? For his

innumerable gifts ohana, what to Allah. And one of the greatest

gifts of all after the gift of faith is the gift of the five

daily prayers. Every single one of us has five times a day that we

are praying to our Lord subhanho wa Taala and our salah, our prayer

is the foundation of our deen the foundation of our practice.

Remember Junaid is known to have said life is essentially praying

five daily prayers in waiting to die. Of course you're doing other

things, but this is essentially what life is about. And we know

that the prayer came to us by means of our Prophet Muhammad

Sallallahu I do send them on the night of late Islamic Mirage which

is the greatest night and the hardcover Sula sallallahu alayhi

wa sallam, and this is the precious gift that he brought back

for us and for his ummah. So Allah Allah, Allah wa salam, and it is a

means for you and I to ascend on a daily basis. It is a means for us

to dig deep into that establish a connection with our Lord subhanho

wa taala. And it is of the affair of the believer is that we learn

to establish the prayer, and that we learn to preserve the prayer,

and that we learn the words of the prayer so that our prayer is not

at the surface level, is that it profoundly impacts us. And when we

pray, the way that we're supposed to pray, following our Prophet

Muhammad salah, listen, and the prayer will impact us primarily

and most importantly, spiritually, is that it will change us. And

those prayers that we pray will protect us, and that those pearls

will ward off that harm from us, by virtue of us doing what it is

that we're supposed to be doing in them and trying our best to be

present with Allah subhanaw taala in them. And I wanted to briefly

remind myself, and my brothers and sisters, one of the very important

aspects of prayer, especially in our time, and a time where you and

I if we're honest with ourselves, we know how much we're actually

truly concentrating is that we pray in congregation, what is

called salata, Gemma, we pray in congregation. And we know that our

Prophet sallallahu Sallam encouraged us to pray in

congregation. And one of the amazing things is, as the Urla

might have mentioned, the scholars have said is that we have no

narration or no indication, and the Hadith literature or the

theater literature that the prophet ever prayed a prayer on

his own Salah lady said, he always prayed in congregation, according

to what we know. And this is the way that the true people of Allah

are. And I remember being on a plane with one of my teachers one

time, and Fajr came in and he came back and he woke me up. And he

said, It's time to pray. And I went up to where he was and we

prayed congregation on the prayer on the plane, even on a plane,

they put their dean first and make sure that they are giving Allah

subhanaw taala is right and going above and beyond that and praying

in a way that is pleasing to Him. Subhana wa Tada. And so I want to

share just a few narrations here to encourage us to take the

congregational prayer seriously. And then specifically focus on

Fajr and Isha which had hamdulillah now that after a long

span of time, may Allah Allah ward off from us all sickness in our

own home and all illness and especially that this disease that

is prevalent right now completely Ward this off from us, Inshallah,

tada, we have an opportunity to pray in this space on a regular

base on a regular basis together. And this is something that we

encourage all of our people to do. And for those that are not able to

access this particular space, that if you can pray in your local

prayer spaces, you can pray in your local massage and this is the

best form of congregation is a congregation that is done in

either in a masjid or in a masala and so that the Prophet said and

this is a Hadith in Sahih al Bukhari, Salat al Jami.

Yeah A and Gemma to Z do other sadati if he Beatty he will solve

our dv Sookie he Hampson or Isha Lena darja is that praying and

congregation is better than when someone prays alone at their house

or that wherever it is at their workplace, their souk their

workplace where they are working by 25 degrees. And then he said

for and I had no comida Tabata for Asana if one of you makes will do

in performs that will do well well attended masjid and then comes to

the mosque Llyod Illa salah the only cause that motivated him to

go was that he wanted to pray lamb yah to have to attend hola hola.

We had done Raja, he will not take one step except that ALLAH will

raise him in a degree will help the animal healthier and he will

remove from him a sin had to the whole machine until the enters

into the masjid every step that you take so you 1234 Every step

that you take is an increased dollars or rank. Every step that

you take is a means of forgiveness of a sin until that you come to

the masjid way that duckula Masha canovee salata and Makana to be

Soto Sunday is that if he enters into the mosque, his reality is

that he will be in the state of prayer. As long as he remains in

that masjid and he's praying and what to suddenly Yeah, and he

Eileen malaika and the angels will prey upon him. Matt Damn, if he

misses you, his men, Jesse hit lead you Salafi, as long as he

remains in that spot where he prayed. This is why there's so

much benefit in remaining seated in the spot where we prayed, you

pray the fault you remain sitting, and the angels will prey upon you.

And what does it mean? The Prophet then clarifies you suddenly Allah

mille Villo Allah Muhammad who they will say that, Oh Allah,

forgive him and have mercy upon him, madam, your Hadith v. So this

is a reality that our Prophet was informed of that he witnessed

civilize enemies telling us so that you and I can take this

seriously. And that we can learn to pray in JAMA. And of course,

that early generation of the companions, no one put the words

of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam into practice, like the companions

of the Messenger of subtle lice. And this is why they said is that

during the time of the Prophet sallallahu sallam, a man would

reach an age where he literally had to have two people carry him,

he'd have to put his arms around them, and have him walk him to the

masjid because he was so old and weak, so that he could then stand

on the prayer line. And this is something I've seen in my own

eyes, what I what that has Rahimullah. In his later years,

when I first went there, he was able to walk to the masjid, the

mosque on his own, but then it reached a certain point. All

right, people had to keep him up and hold him up while he was

walking to the mosque, and he still would go to pray in the

masjid, for the sake of Allah subhana wa, tada. This is the way

that the companions were. And this is the way that you and I should

strive to be. And this is in all of our different states. And I

know sometimes it's hard when we're working, when we're out when

we have errands to run. But the more that we make our life revolve

around prayer, the better things will be. And when you schedule an

appointment, when you plan your day, try to plan it around the

prayer. Try to plan it around the prayer time so that you don't

unnecessarily postpone a prayer so that you have someone that you can

pray with. And even if you're praying at home, it's best to have

one congregation for each prayer. If you have three or four or five

or six kids don't have three or four or five or six, individual

prayers. Try to have one congregational prayer, if

possible. And if people have different schedules, okay, maybe

that you can split into two but try your best to establish the

congregational prayer even at home. And the congregational

prayer is fulfilled with two people. So if you have one other

person with you, that's sufficient to get the reward for Gemma for

the prayer in congregation. But the two prayers that are most

important for us to observe in congregation and preferably in a

masjid or a prayer space, our sonata Aisha and Salatin Fajr and

so we have a special emphasis on those in the sunnah of our Prophet

sly centum in a hadith in Sahih Muslim The Prophet said the salah

lies and min Salah Aisha fija Ma, ma Sol, karma Nashville, Lael,

whoever prays so that's an issue in congregation. It says if that

he stood in prayer half the night woman Salah soba

fija maphack Anna masala Lal Kulu in overpraise, slotted Fajr in

congregation, it's as if they prayed the entire night. And this

is why they save for the special nights, like later to the hotdog.

And the other special nights in the year is that the very least

thing that you have to do to get the reward for that night is to

praise a lot of Asian South Asian congregation, because our Prophet

said is as if you've prayed the entire night. So if that's the

only thing that you do, you get immense reward, let alone if you

do increased worship, there's even more reward and even more benefit.

And this is why it's coming a hadith with multiple narrations is

that the difference between us ie the believers and the hypocrites

is that the hicker PIPA Crips were not able to be present for salata

ation, so that is super hijama. They find it difficult, because

it's getting late. And it gets early. And in the summer months,

it's hard, especially in places like where we are where we're kind

of in a northern latitude, let alone when you get up to places

that are really up in the north. And the times get very late in the

time to get very early for selected photo. So this is

something that we should really really strive for. And I want to

briefly mention what the scholars say before we turn it over to

Sheikh will lead the main benefits of Salatin Gemma The first is def

l was suas will have the Ministry of Law is that it will repel from

you insinuations of shaitaan and it will protect you from Shaytaan

and this comes in a hadith of the prophesy centum where the prophet

said is that no three people will live in a village or in an outline

region and outline area and they don't establish a prayer among

them ie there's not a congregational prayer established

save that is stuck Wildomar Lima ship on is it ship on? We'll get

have control over them for I like a bit of Gemma, you should stick

to the congregation in nama. Yep. What is it Bill hacia because the

wolf eats the sheep that is straight from the flock. And so

even if there's only three people living in the middle of the

countryside, they have to establish a congregational prayer.

So by praying together it Ward's off ship on from us even you have

more concentration by focusing on what the Imam was reciting and so

forth. The second benefit is called a Salah is it it's a means

to have your prayer be accepted. And as we've learned, is that

Allah to Allah looks at the Imam and if his prayer is worthy of

being accepted, the entire congregation is accepted as a

result. If the Imams prayer is not word worthy of being accepted, the

Allah looks at the first row and then until that if anyone's

congregation is in congregations, prayer is worthy of being

accepted. Allah accepts that prayer. And then if no one's

prayer is worthy of being accepted, Allah accepts their

prayers because they came together to pray for His sake. And this is

one of the main reasons our teachers emphasize this point so

much in this time, because many of us are praying and many of us know

how hard it is to concentrate. But if you pray together, it's a means

for your prayer to be accepted. And then third, the great reward

as we heard, one narration says 25 degrees, another narration says 27

degrees in terms of its perfect preference for milkflow to the

noob it's a means for our sins to be forgiven. Five, it's Saddam and

in the fuck that way that we can be free from this reprehensible

trait of hypocrisy. And then finally an epsilon Jetman Allah

it's a means to be released in saved from the Hellfire May Allah

subhanaw taala give us Tofik and blessed us to be able to pray in a

way that is pleasing to Him Subhana wa Tada and bless us to

uphold the sunnah of our Prophet slicin him in all of our natural

aspects of our life and to give priority to the son of our

prophesy send him over everything is that we want or that we deem as

important and may what he thought was important be important to us.

Salah ly send me a letter to give us Tofik and bless us and all of

our fares were sold a lot I seen a Muhammad and my dad use up you

send them in hamdulillah