 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على أشرف المرسلين سيدنا ونبينا وشافيعنا ومقائدنا وقرة عيوننا سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم يا ربنا لك الحمد كما ينبغي لجلال وجي كواضي من سلطانك اللهم افتح علينا فتوحى الارفين اللهم اعلمنا ما ينفعنا وانفعنا بما علمتنا يا رحمة الرحيمين كما يكتبنا last week المرسلين من هذه المرسلين سيدنا مقائدنا لما ينبغي اللهم سبحانه وتعالى لذا هذه اليوم نريد أن نكون لدينا مرسلين نحن ننبغي هذه الدنيا ونذهب إلى اللهم سبحانه وتعالى لذا هذه كانت مرسلةنا المرسلين من هذه المرسلين كانت فقط مرسلين من المرسلين لما ينبغي اللهم سبحانه وتعالى حتى ينبغينا لذا هذه المرسلين المرسلين من هذه المرسلين كانت فقط مرسلين من المرسلين لما ينبغينا مرسلين لما ينبغي اللهم سبحانه وتعالى لقد نواجهنا أن نحن نحصل على 10 فرقات لما سيساعدنا لما ينبغي لذا اليوم سوف نتحدث عن أول من هذه 10 فرقات التي سيضعنا أكثر إلى اللهم سبحانه وتعالى وذلك سيجدنا أكثر مستعدة لما ننبغي هذه الدنيا هذه المرسلين هي المرسل السلام المرسلين التي سوف نتحدث عنه now يتحدث عن فرقات الأولى السلام لكن يتحدث عن فرقات الأخرى والثلاثة والأثير من هذه المرسلين لذا يتحدث عن السلام يتحدث عن ذكاء يتحدث عن فاستين ويتحدث عن حلش معازل رضي الله عنه قال قلت يا رسول الله أخبرني بعمل يدخلني الجنة ويباعيدني من النار لذا معاز بن جبال رضي الله عنه يتحدث عن ذلك كان مع سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وقالت يا رسول الله أخبرني بعمل ويدخلني ويباعيدني من النار لذا سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لقد سألت عبن عظيم وإنه لا يسير على من يسره الله تعالى عليه لذا لقد سألت عن مدينة بشكل جيد أمرا عظيم ولكن it's easy for one whom الله سبحانه وتعالى makes it easy for so what is this that the person is asking about what is this a lean thing what is this great important thing so سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم added تعبد الله لا تشرك به شيء you worship الله سبحانه وتعالى and you associate nothing with him in worship وتقيموا الصلاة so you offer or you perform الصلاة وتأتي زكا you pay the زكا وتصوم رمضان and then you observe the song fasting when you observe the song during رمضان at the last point he mentioned وتحج البيت استطاعت إليه سبيلا and perform حج to the house of الله سبحانه وتعالى if you can afford it let's say سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said ألا أدولك على أبواب الخير shall I not guide you or shall I tell you what are the gates of goodness so he added he said وصلتك تفعي الماء ونور وصلاته روا جولي من جق في الليل so the the gates of goodness are these three items الصوم وجنة fasting is a screen a screen from hellfire it's a shield there's a screen so there is there is a door in الجنة that is called باب الريان so those who perform the who fast who are or fasting the نفل fasting it's not صوم رمضان it's the extra fasting then they would enter from this باب الريان so الصوم وجنة وصدقات تطفي الخطي أكما يطفي الماء ونور so the other point is charity and Allah SWT is mentioning that سيد المحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم is mentioning that that charity extinguishes the sins the same way that water extinguishes fire and that's why the people of Allah say when you when you sin ask Allah SWT for forgiveness do a lot of stuffar and pay charity so this charity extinguishes the sin the same way water extinguishes fire and the last point that of the of the gates of goodness is صلاة الرجولي من جاوف الليل standing in prayers during the last third part of the night you know that Allah SWT said it descends down to the first to the lower the lowest sky and he talks to us ألا من مستغفل فقافر الله ألا من تائب فأتو وعلي ألا من so he repeats is there is there anyone who is asking for forgiveness I will forgive him is there anyone who is doing توبة now will accept his توبة is there anyone who is asking for anything and I will grant him his wish so this is صلاة الليل this is the night prayer so if you need anything from Allah SWT do it at this time walk up before Fajr ميكدو perform two rakhads and ask Allah SWT whatever you need make dua Allah said أدعوني أستجب لكم ask me and I will I will answer your calls I will answer your prayers so this is صلاة الليل صلاة الرجول من جوا في الليل the night prayer then سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم bread the two eyes of surah al-sajdah تتجاف جنوبهم عن المضاجع يدعون ربهم خوفا وطمعا ومن ما رزقنا مجرد العمل so these people those who wake up at night they arise from their beds and they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration and from what we have provided them they spend and you know there is something called صدقة الفجر this is they say that this is the highest of صدقة that you get your charity at فلا تعلم نفس ما أخفي لهم من قررتي أعيون so no soul knows what has been hidden or what has been prepared for them of the kindness of night this would be the reward جزاءا بما كانوا يعملون a reward for what they used to do and then he ended the حديث by saying ثم قال ألا أخبرك برأس الأمر وعموده وذروة سنامها قلت بلا يا رسول الله so he said رأس الأمر الإسلام وعموده السلام سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم قلت هل سأخبركم about the root of the matters and the pillar and he said yes سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم قلت the root of this matter of this foundation is Islam وعموده السلام is prayer so the whole Hadith concentrates or focuses on صلى الله عليه وسلم whether it's the obligation صلى الله عليه وسلم or whether it is the night prayer or the extra prayers so the prayer is an essential guide to improving one's relationship with the creator and the creation how when someone prays then his relationship with Allah سبحانه وتعالى is getting stronger and when his relationship with Allah سبحانه وتعالى is stronger then his relationship with the creation that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has created gets better so now we might say how or what should be observed in صلى الله عليه وسلم there are five elements that should be observed in صلى الله عليه وسلم these are very important elements so what are these elements what are these elements the first element is performing good you say we are praying why is performing good important I'll tell you أبه ريرا رزق الله عنه قال صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم and this is narrated by أبه ريرا إذا توضأل عبد المسلم أو المؤمن فغسل وجه so when a Muslim or a believer washes performs with him he washes his face so when he washes his face خرج من وجهه كل خطئة النظر إليها بعينه مع المد so every sin which he committed with his eyes will be washed away from his face with water or with the last drop of water so when you when you wash your face the last drop of water will include your sins فإذا غسل يدي خرج من يدي كل خطئة كان شتها يدى معلمة so when he when he washes his hand then every sin which he committed by his hands will be a face from his hands with the water or with the last drop of water then he goes on فإذا غسل رجلي خرج كل خطئة نشتها رجله مع الماء and when he washes his feet every sin his feet committed will be will be washed away with the water or with the last drop of water حتى يخرج نقيا من الذنوب until he finally emerges cleansed of all his sins سبحان الله سبحان الله so this is the importance of وضوء it purifies us it wipes away all sins عثمان رضي الله عنه said سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول so عثمان رضي الله عنه reported that I heard the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم saying so when the time for a prescribed Salah for Salat Al-Fard is due and a Muslim performs it to his وضوء so the act of bowing making sujud properly so performing this Salah will be an expiation for his past sins no more sins as long as he does not commit major sins and this is applied forever so imagine that between each Fard prayer your sins are being wiped out سبحان الله so this is the second element performing وضوء the second element to be observed in a Salah is pray the sunnah before you pray the Fard why when you do something extra then you get your heart ready you get yourself ready to pray the Fard and when you pray the sunnah before you pray the Fard then it is a preparation for the heart to focus on the Fard so you feel you are more alert you are more aware of your Fard prayer when you perform the sunnah before it the third element to be observed in Salah is maintain sincerity so this element is actually the result of the previous element we said that we want to perform we want to pray the sunnah so we get our hearts ready now we are in the prayer we have to maintain sincerity we have to maintain awareness during the prayer so we have to remember that this prayer is a connection with Allah سبحانه وتعالى it's not just an exercise of standing bowing going up and down no it is a connection with Allah سبحانه وتعالى one of the companions when he wanted to to pray while he was making wudu they would see that his face became pale and they would ask him what's wrong with you he said don't you know who I am going to stand before who I am going to talk to so his heart is aware even before starting the prayer now when you lift your hands and you say remember that you are leaving everything behind and you are starting a private meeting with Allah سبحانه وتعالى when you have a meeting with your boss with someone special then you focus on this meeting 100% now praying is the time when we when we focus on this private meeting with Allah سبحانه وتعالى so we have to maintain sincerity during this private meeting we have to maintain awareness full awareness during this meeting Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the one whom we are talking to so the words mean Allah is the greatest there shouldn't be anything in our heart greater than Allah سبحانه وتعالى and greater than our love to Allah سبحانه وتعالى so this is just saying now when we read the opening supplication the opening then this should be a direct point of our hearts toward Allah سبحانه وتعالى we are asking Allah سبحانه وتعالى for a dua we have to be sincere in that dua after the opening then we start with الفاتحة and الفاتحة is called the opening of the Quran the opening of the Quran that's why it's called الفاتحة it is also called السبع المثاني why because it is repeated every each and every of our prayers so what is the importance of الفاتحة what is this فاتحة so if we look at the فاتحة we find that it's a conversation between Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the one who is reciting it and the one who is performing the prayer so رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and this is حديث قدسي and we mentioned that the حديث قدسي is the words of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which was revealed to him by Allah سبحانه وتعالى it's different than the Quran in the Quran we pray using the Quran but we cannot pray with حديث قدسي so Allah سبحانه وتعالى says قسمت الصلاة بيني و بين عبدين صفين و لعبد ما سأل so Allah الله says I have divided the prayer into two halves into two parts between me and my servant and my servant will receive what he asks so what do we say in the فاتحة فإذا قال العبد الحمد لله رب العالمين قال الله تعالى حمدني عبده so when the servant says praise be to Allah then the Lord of the universe then Allah سبحانه وتعالى the most high would say my servant has praised me so what is حمد the meaning of حمد is praise it comes from gratitude and حمد is to acknowledge the blessings we praise because we are acknowledging we are grateful for the blessings that we have been given this is what the word الحمد الحمد حمد means to be grateful to Allah سبحانه وتعالى for all the blessings that he has given you so الله سبحانه وتعالى will say my servant has praised me when we say الحمد لله رب العالمين then we go on الرحمن الرحيم so وإذا قال الرحمن الرحيم قال الله تعالى أثنى علي عبده and when the servant says the most compassionate الرحمن the most merciful الرحيم الله the most high would say my servant has lauded me وإذا قال مالك يوم الدين قال الله تعالى مجدني عبده ومرتا قال فوضى إليك عبده and when the servant says master of the day of judgment مالك يوم الدين then الله says my servant has glorified me and in another narration he said my servant entrusted his affairs to me مالك يوم الدين is the master of the day of judgment فإذا قال مالك نعبد وإياك نستعين قال الله هذا بيني وبينا عبده ولي عبده ما سأل and when he says when the worshipper says you do we worship and of you do we ask help then الله سبحانه وتعالى would say this is between me and my servant and my servant will receive what he asks for so what is it that we are going to ask الله سبحانه وتعالى فإذا قال اهدنا الصراط المستقيم صراط الذين أن عمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالين قال الله وتعالى هذا لعبدي ولعبدي ما سأل then when the worshipper would say guide us to the straight path guide us to the path of those to you whom to you have been gracious not those whom you have incurred displeasure not those whom who have gone astray so when the worshipper says this then الله سبحانه وتعالى would say this is for my servant and my servant will receive what he asks for so this is صورة الفاتحة this is the seven that we recite each and every now when you read when you recite imagine yourself having a conversation with Allah سبحانه وتعالى you are saying something and Allah is replying back to you so this would get us more alert will get us more focused on our prayer so the prayer is a connection with Allah سبحانه وتعالى and it is highly rewarded but do you know what is more rewarded what is multiplied in a word not sure عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلاة الجماعة يتفضل صلاة الفذ بسبع وعشرين درجة this is the answer ابن عمر رضي الله عنه يتفضل that the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم صلاة صلاة صلاة is 27 27 times more excellent than the prayer performed by a single person so try to pray all your prayers in jama'a if you can pray always with your husband pray with with your father pray with your son pray in jama'a try to have your prayers always in jama'a just to get this multiplied reward from Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we all know that the best time to pray is immediately after you hear the الان عن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضل الأعمال الصلاة وفي أبودي وقتها so this is narrated by ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه نيسان the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم one of the best deeds to offer one of the best needs to perform is the prayer being performed in its early times so when you hear the call for the event when you hear the just performing the event just bring you will immediately go pray this is the best of the deeds to perform the salah at its earliest time imagine that your phone rings you go immediately and answer it so the call for the prayer is just a call from Allah سبحانه وتعالى to us so that we have to answer immediately so we might say what are the reasons for a Muslim to pray five times a day you know that when ص. محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم went for the إسراء and معراج journey Allah سبحانه وتعالى at that time he ordered ص. محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم to order all Muslims to pray and it was 50 times but ص. محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم was descending down he met ص. محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم he said what has Allah سبحانه وتعالى told you he said he ordered me to give the order for my umma to perform the salah and he said how many rakats he said 50 he said no no no you cannot they cannot they will not be able to do it just go up again to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and ask him to reduce it then he went up and he talked to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and he reduced it five times and he went down again ص. موسى told ص. محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم your umma will not be able to do it go up and ask him to reduce it and then he was coming up and down until it was reduced by five but when we perform five salah five prayers during the day it's as if we will get the reward of 50 prayers so there are five reasons why Muslims pray the five times a day the first one is it's a religious duty so the salah is one of the five pillars of Islam and we know that Allah سبحانه وتعالى سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم بني الإسلام على خمس شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا عبدوه ورسوله وإقام الصلاة وإتاء وحجل بيتي وصمي رمضان so these are the five pillars that سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said justifying that there is no God but Allah سبحانه وتعالى and محمد is his messenger is his slave and messenger and to establish the prayer to perform the prayer to pay the zikaa to go to pilgrims of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and to fast during Ramadan so these are the pillars of Islam and these are so this is the first the first reason why the Muslim pray these five times that it's a religious duty and those who do not pray سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم said بين القفل والإيمان تلقص صلاة so between disbelief and faith is abandoning the the the sonak so the mark the sign for إيمان is the second reason is love and thankfulness to Allah سبحانه وتعالى so the daily prayers are a way for a Muslim to show his thankfulness to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and to get the opportunity to be in coming in with Allah سبحانه وتعالى so Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in سورة البقرة I-152 فاذكروني أذكركم وشكروا لي ولا تكفرون remember me and I will remember you be thankful to me and do not be ungrateful to me and we said that the first word of سورة الفاتحة أمدو لله thank you الله سبحانه وتعالى the third reason to perform the Salah is the five third Salah is the purification the Quran tells us that prayers refrain one from a person an individual from indecency wrongful actions in سورة العنكبوت الله سبحانه وتعالى says إن الصلاة تنهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر prayer surely restrains one from indecency and from manifesting evil so the purpose of our lives as Muslims is to grow closer to Allah and the daily prayers purify Muslims and remove inclinations to sin so this is the fruit of Salah تنهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر keeps a person away from doing evil and gets a person closer to Allah سبحانه وتعالى the Salah purifies the heart of the Muslim now the fourth the fourth reason for performing the Salah is the spiritual nourishment so prayers are like spiritual food we eat but our soul also needs to eat our soul needs to be nourished so you cannot live without without food and establishing the Salah is a connection with Allah سبحانه وتعالى that will nourish our soul so just as our physical body needs needs nourishment several times a day so it stays strong in the same way our souls need nourishment several times a day also to keep strong and this spiritual nourishment is obtained through the daily prayers so why do we need to keep strong you know that in the dunya there are so many afflictions there are so many tests we have to be strong so to face the arrows that are always being shot against us so when we are strong we can prove ourselves at that, at the time of hardship we have the support from Allah سبحانه وتعالى with us at the time of hardship what's the fifth reason that we perform the prayers we know that the prayers comes naturally so the when you need something from Allah سبحانه وتعالى immediately you would say when you want to talk to Allah سبحانه وتعالى you just pray you just perform your prayers to talk to Allah سبحانه وتعالى so this is how we we get connected to Allah سبحانه وتعالى it's a natural connection so Islam teaches us that prayers prayers are very important for discipline ourselves for getting spiritual strength for ourselves and do you know where the best place to pray in the masjid but which masjid سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and he said صلاة الرجولي في مسجد بخمسين ألف صلاف وصلاته في المسجد الحرام بمئة ألف صلاف so a man's prayer in my mosque which is the mosque in Medina is equivalent to 50,000 prayers imagine here in مسجد رسول الله is equivalent to 50,000 prayers and his prayer in the sacred mosque in the Kaaba is equivalent to 100,000 سبحان الله so when you are invited by Allah سبحانه وتعالى to perform Hajj or Umrah pray and you know some people some of the Awliya for Allah سبحانه وتعالى when they go to to visit Sayidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to visit the the Masjid النبوي the Masjid of Sayidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم they do they perform one day of previous missed Salah when you go when you are invited to to the house of Allah سبحانه وتعالى perform one day of the previous previous missed Salah that you did not pray earlier try to do it during the Hajj of time try to do it during the day try to do it during the night do it anytime at least once one day when you are visiting these sacred places and try to do it every day when you are there and I will end with this that Sayidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم بمن كبي فقال كن في الدنيا كأنك غريب أو عابر سبيل فهو أخذ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بمن كبي فقال كن في الدنيا كأنك غريب أو عابر سبيل عبد الله ابن عمر رضي الله عنه ساد المسجل of Allah took me by the shoulders he said be in this world as though you were a stranger or one who is passing through وكان ابن عمر يقول إذا أمسيت فلاة انتظر الصباح وإذا أصبحت فلاة انتظر المساء ابن عمر used to say in the evening do not expect to live till the morning and in the morning do not expect to live till the evening and that's why sayidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said صلى صلاتك وانتم وادع pray as if it were your last prayer because you don't know if you will live till the next prayer or not so with this we just covered a little bit that can be said about prayers about performing the prayer and we we said that when you pray always remember it's not just an exercise of going up and down doing suju, doing raku'a it is a connection between you and Allah سبحانه وتعالى so perform your prayer pray with full awareness pray the way that that is as much perfect as you can and until we meet next week Insha'Allah I send my salam to sayidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم وسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته