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Muslims must
perform five daily prayers, salat, throughout
the day as a form of submission to God. The ritual
combines specific movements and spiritual aspects,
preceded by wudu', or ablution. It is also supposed
to serve as a reminder to do good and strive for
greater causes as well as a form of restraint
from committing harmful or shameful deeds.
It is believed
that the prayer ritual was demonstrated to Muhammad
(s.a.w) by the angel Jabrīl, or Gabriel in
English.
Common
mistakes usually we make in prayers
Listed
below are the 7 Common mistakes usually we make
in prayers
Mistake
1: Reciting Surat al-Fatiha fast without pausing
after each
verse.
The Prophet (SAW) used to pause after each verse
of this surah. (Abu
Dawood)
Mistake
2: Sticking the arms to the sides of the body,
in rukoo' or
sujood, and sticking the belly to the thighs in
sujood.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "Let not
one of you support himself
on his forearms (in sujood) like the dog. Let
him rest on his palms
and keep his elbows away from his body."
(Sahih Muslim) . The
Messenger of Allah (SAW) used to keep his arms
away from his body
during rukoo' and sujood that the whiteness of
his armpits could be
seen (Sahih Muslim).
Mistake 3: Gazing upward during prayer.
This may cause loss of concentration. We are commanded
to lower our
gaze, and look at the point at which the head
rests during sujood. The
Prophet (SAW) warned: "Let those who raise
their gaze up during prayer
stop doing so, or else their sights would not
return to them. i.e.
lose their eyesight]." (Muslim)
Mistake 4 : Resting only the tip of the head on
the floor during
sujood.
The
Prophet (SAW) said: "I am commanded to prostrate
on seven bones
the forehead and the nose, the two hands [palms],
the two knees, and
the two feet." (Sahih Muslim) Applying the
above command necessitates
resting the forehead and the nose on the ground
during sujood.
Mistake
5 : Hasty performance of prayer which does not
allow repose
and calmness in rukoo' or sujood.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) saw a man who did
not complete his
rukoo' [bowing], and made a very short sujood
[prostration] ; he (SAW)
said: "If this man dies while praying in
this manner, he would die
upholding a religion other than the religion of
Muhammad." Abu
Hurairah (RA) said:
"My
beloved friend, Muhammad (SAW) forbade me to perform
postures of
prayer copying the picking of a rooster; (signifying
fast performance
of prayer), moving eyes around like a fox and
the sitting like monkeys
( i.e. to sit on thighs)." (Imam Ahmad &
at-Tayalisi) The Messenger of
Allah (SAW) said: " The worst thief is the
one who steals from his own
prayer." People asked, 'Messenger of Allah!
How could one steal from
his own prayer?' He (SAW) said: "By not completing
its rukoo' and
sujood." (At Tabarani & al-Hakim).
To
complete rukoo' is to stay in that posture long
enough to recite
'Subhana rabbiyal Adtheem' three times, SLOWLY,
and 'Subhana rabbiyal-
a'ala' three times, SLOWLY, in sujood. He (SAW)
also announced: "He
who does not complete his rukoo' and sujood, his
prayer is void." (Abu
Dawood & others)
Mistake
6 : Counting tasbeeh with the left hand
The Prophet (SAW) used to count tasbeeh on the
fingers of his right
hand after salah. Ibn Qudamah (RA) said: "
The Messenger of Allah
(SAW) used his right hand for tasbeeh." (Abu
Dawood). The above
hadeeth indicates clearly that the Prophet (SAW)
used only one hand
for counting tasbeeh. No Muslim with sound mind
would imagine that the
Prophet (SAW) used his left hand for counting
tasbeeh. Aa'ishah (RA)
said that the Prophet (SAW) used his left hand
only for Istinjaa', or
cleaning himself after responding to the call
of nature. He never used
it for tasbeeh. Yasirah (RA) reported: The Prophet
(SAW) commanded
women to count tasbeeh on their fingers.
The
Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "They (the
fingers) will be made to
speak, and will be questioned (on the Day of Resurrection.
)" (At-
Tirmidhi) .. The above Hadeeth indicates that
it is preferable to
count tasbeeh on the fingers of the right hand
than to do so on
masbahah (rosary).
Mistake
7 : Crossing in front of a praying person.
The Messenger of Allah (SAW) warned: "Were
the one who crosses in
front of a praying person to know the consequences
of doing so, he
would have waited for *forty better than to cross
in front of
him." (Sahih Bukhari and Muslim). *The forty
in the tradition may be
days months or even years. Allah knows best.
Common Errors in Prayer That MUST Be Avoided -
Please inform your near
and dear ones to take care of the above.
Remember
Muslim Ummah in your supplications
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