#PrayAtHome in Lockdown

 

As we Malaysians enter lockdown and our masjids are closed once again #MCO #pkp, it’s time to re-emphasize and remind the importance of polishing up our solah:

1. The most important deed – inside OR outside of Ramadhan – is the 5-daily prayers. If this fails, Allah won’t even look at our other deeds!

The Prophet ﷺ said, “the first deed for which a person will be brought to account on the Day of Resurrection will be his prayer. If it is complete, then the voluntary (prayers) will also be recorded for him (as an increase). If it is not complete then Allah will say to His angels: ‘Look and see whether you find any voluntary prayers for My slave, and take them to make up what is lacking from his obligatory prayers.’ Then all his deeds will be reckoned in like manner.” (ibn Majah)

Remember, #COVID or no COVID, we will die anyway. We will meet Allah anyway. It’s inevitable. But the good news is, we also have complete guidelines how to succeed: So, prepare accordingly!

2. The most beloved deed to Allah: Prioritize our daily schedule to discipline our families to pray early!

Plan our daily tasks AROUND the #prayer times; not the other way around! What tends to happen is, especially for the men, when we no longer have “deadlines” to show up at the masjids on time, we tend to easily get distracted and drift away from praying early. The Prophet ﷺ said, the BEST of deeds are:

الصَّلاَةُ فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتِهَا

“Prayers early in the beginning of its respective times” (Abu Daud)

 

3. Hold congregational (jamaah) prayers with those in your household!

Look guys, imagine if your boss were to offer you to get DOUBLE your pay. All you have to do, is find someone else to work together with, and do the EXACT same thing that you would have done alone. You’d be crazy to ignore that offer! 

Yet, solah in jamaah isn’t just double (2x) rewards. It's way more than that! Rasulullah ﷺ said, "Prayer in jamaah is TWENTY-SEVEN times superior to the prayer alone." (Al-Bukhari)

4. Our prayers at home is a means of inviting goodness and barakah from Allah to our homes!

“Verily, Allah will make one’s prayers a means of goodness for the household” (Muslim)