 everybody I hope and pray that everyone that everyone is doing all right and find on this blessed and beautiful night here live in the holy city of Karbala I gotta say I'm super excited Alhamdulillah coming to you live 19th episode of the special Ramadan series of course on hashtag LNT but tonight's topic is about something that we do only when we're going through hardships and forget about it when when everything's going alright and they're going smoothly but I'll leave you guys think about that for a sec while we go and check out what's trending and be back very soon welcome back to viewers hope inshallah you're enjoying your night tonight but special news for the Muslims living in in America Donald Trump is hosting a dinner at the White House trying to celebrate Ramadan inviting Muslim leaders and stuff in the US this event was not held last year breaking nearly two decades of Bill Clinton John W. Bush George W. Bush John George W. Bush and Barack Obama so he also did say last year he also wished everyone a Ramadan Mubarak to all the Muslims living in America it's a good step it's a good step that Trump is taking but what else is trending there's been a auction for about five days online five days in a row to raise funds for the homeless for the sick for HIV hepatitis C treatments at dinner with the warm buffet just to raise and they've raised 29 million dollars to glide a charity foundation just a simple dinner with him auction went for 3.3 million dollars for five days crazy crazy they raised 29 million dollars just to have or 19 auctions for 29 million dollars I'm just to have a dinner with this guy to raise funds but anyways let's go and jump into tonight's topic because you know me I love to talk about such topics you guys don't know what it is yet well stay tuned we're back very short now let's be honest guys when we're healthy living life perfectly everything's going well with the family and work we neglect one simple thing and that's prayer rarely do you find a healthy person praying for his health because really he's living at the moment one was last time you see an employed person praying for a job because he's living in the moment where he has a job now however if the table was turned and things start to go downhill person isn't having that luck anymore arguments with the wife and with the family messages come into me right now on whatsapp for the show don't send it to me send it to hashtag and see you soon but the car needs frequent maintenance your son's catching a bat cold everything was going wrong you feel like you're depressed anxiety goes up all of those when they happen not all of a sudden not all together but if they happen within a year within a month within a week God forbid you start turning to God you go back to God praying to him so everything goes back to normal this is instinct within human nature but how do we know if our prayers are actually going to be answered or not why do we only pray during the times of hardship and this goes out to me so I have to answer that tonight along with you guys and that's your question for tonight in three two one masha'Allah how effective is prayer how simple question how effective is prayer do you think it's effective participate if you think it's not effective also participate how by opening your phone going to whatsapp dialing the number shown right now plus nine six four seven seven four zero six seven eighteen thirty six and save that number in your contact hashtag LNT show so you can get the daily updates but you can participate by calling texting sending a voice message we are also live on Facebook so you guys can go watch us there give that thumbs up share like do the all the good stuff because whoever participates in tonight's show by commenting on the live feed on Facebook by participating by calling texting and sending a voice message to that same whatsapp number your names will be written down on this slip on this sticky note right here place in this fishbowl for a chance to win a free trip to Karbala exclusive on our house along with many many giveaways to those who also participate now let's take a very quick break and come back to talk about more how effective is prayer once again we do welcome everybody for joining us tonight now a lot of people when they say you know what I want to find God I want to know where God is so I can go and ask him for what I need you know I I need to know how close is God to me so when I do call him or when I do ask him for something I know where he is so I can go to him and and and seek his his his attention towards me God needs to pay attention to me as a lot of people say now in chapter 2 verse 186 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala questions that I haven't asked you oh Muhammad concerning me indeed I am near I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon me so let them respond to me by obedience and believe in me that they may be rightly guided chapter 2 verse 186 this is very very important for us to answer the questions I just asked a bit ago now the same verse the exact same verse but in different words is found in Psalms 145 18 to 20 the exact same verse in the Bible and I quote the Lord is near to all who call on him to all who call on him in truth he fulfills the desires of those who fear him he fears he hears that he hears their cries and saves them so the exact same verse in the Quran in chapter 2 is found in Psalms in the Bible 145 18 to 20 but we did receive a call we're getting a call from Montad from camera Salam and Aleykum Montad welcome to hashtag and T and the question for tonight brother how are you Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah how are you your question for tonight how effective is prayer Alhamdulillah first of all I'll do the comf and as for your question prayer especially concerning our hadith it tells us that it's effective because if we keep on doing it at a constant time and not just do it when we want something because Allah says that my slaves if you speak to me I will answer you so if we keep it at a constant pace and not just do it when we want to do it which is usually the problem it is effective and we do out of love to and not out of desire yeah yeah that's all I can say yeah but the one thing you mentioned earlier is about you know constant constantly praying to God if a person prays once to God will his prayer be answered I mean you can say yes it's answered Allah's answering his prayer no matter what but once is not enough right you have to establish a connection when you're in love with somebody you're gonna be texting that person calling that person 24-7 you know if you yeah the girl that you like are you gonna text her once and that's it you know it's you got to keep the connection has to keep on going yes yes thank you very much from Canada for joining us tonight beautiful thank you very much your name is written on the slip and inshallah we place in the draw to in a free trip to Karbala once again thank you Muntala for joining us tonight now going back to tonight's question how effective is prayer so just like Muntala he mentioned to us that there's needs there needs to be a connection with God in order for someone's prayer to be effective and to have an effect on his life and or on the situation that he may be in now we do in mind everyone to participate by calling via WhatsApp so it's toll free you need to spend any money toll free by sending us a voice message text message or calling via WhatsApp or commenting on our live feed on Facebook as we are live now a lot of people they sometimes wonder how powerful is prayer the power of prayer or prayer has the most powerful connection and has the most powerful form of energy that man can ever generate if you look at a prayer and especially especially if a person is going through a hardship where someone is oppressing him Prophet Muhammad says fear that oppressed person's prayer because it can be demolishing for careers for reputations for for anything so that's very powerful for prayer now it also has a much wider role on our lives or in our lives than many can think or many can realize you know and especially in the present times when we see the extensive the extensive influence of materialism in our world today we see even religious people all the respect to everyone out there even religious people are not really getting the full understanding or not understanding the the influence that prayer has on them or on a situation that they are in so sometimes they become neglecting and they start resorting to other things now as a matter of fact prayer as I mentioned earlier is instinctual within our nature within humans nature and in terms of distress you know either me and you know everyone out there has has either done this once and I hope inshallah everyone does constantly pray to God but for those who have turned their attention to God only in the time when they are in distress when they're in depression when something is going wrong and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has placed that instinct within the humans to make them understand how important it is to to create that connection between the man between the woman and the Lord this is very important as well now the Quran has also noted about this instinct within chapter 10 verse 13 Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala states and when trouble befalls a man he calls upon us lying on his side or sitting or standing but when he or but when we have removed his trouble from him he goes his way as though we had never or he had never called on us for the removal of the trouble that befell him chapter 10 verse 13 this is very powerful because sometimes we're so caught up with this materialistic world that you know when when we do fall into a situation we pray to God God helps us yet sometimes we after that thing is done after the situation is done we tend to go back to whatever we have we're doing before that situation which is sometimes dangerous because you know you have to resort back to God one way and another or and sometimes later on but we did just get received we did just receive a text message from sister razia again from Norway prayer prayers are effective however Allah has different ways of answering if you pray for something but don't get it straight away it means that something better is planned for you indeed Allah is the best planners is the best of planners thank you very much razia from Norway for joining us tonight again one of the constant participants of hashtag and and see we did promise a shout out to those who constantly participate which one shall I get to do later on in the show but as I was saying before the break one of the most important things that we need to focus on is not going back or neglecting prayer after Allah just removed our you know depression or removed us from or removed a specific situation from us that really affected us in a very negative way but sometimes prayers are heard by not being heard now what do I mean by that I mean that prayer is heard but the petitioner and and sorry and the petitioner is being granted however there's one condition it has to always as it as I mentioned it has to be to his most beneficent to his betterment of that individual for the most appropriate prayer for example if a person prays to God you know he's driving that Lamborghini or whatever a Range Rover and he prays to God he sees a Lamborghini he's not appreciating the car that he's in so what he does is he starts becoming envious and starts wishing for that car and if he doesn't get that car he thinks that God is not listening to him not appreciating the moment that he's in which is very dangerous in a few moments but we just received a text message from we are from Kennedy says bless you on these sacred nights bless you as well we are prayer is effective as long as Allah loves to hear our voices it all goes back to us are we going are we doing this out of are we doing this out of want or out of love for our Lord God bless the IH TV team and God bless hashtag and see thank you very much Leah from Canada for joining us tonight okay thank you very much Leah for joining us tonight once again we go back to what we were talking about a lot of people wonder when they do pray to God their prayers are not being answered so they they lack the understanding and then they lack the complete wisdom and knowledge that God may sometimes and I'll give you an example if a person goes and and prays to God I want a million dollars and he is expecting God to give him the million dollars as soon as he wakes up the next day that won't happen if it does it's a miracle and if it does you probably find a duffle bag outside your door which is sometimes you have to go give it back to the authorities but it rarely happens what God wants from you is you need to work for that prayer if you wish for a million dollars work for that million dollars don't sleep all day and wake up all night playing games or do whatever and not working for that wish or working for that prayer that you've just wished for it is prayed for which is very important for tonight so once again we do remind everyone to participate and join us tonight now we the question for tonight is how effective is prayer you can call us a plus nine six four seven seven four zero six seven eighteen thirty six to let us know what you think if prayer is effective or if it's not effective also let us know at that same number via WhatsApp now Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions regarding to what I was saying earlier mentions in chapter verse two seventeen it implies that the verse in the Quran says it may be that you dislike a thing while God while it is good for you and it may be that you desire a thing which is harmful for you Allah knows the true nature of things and you know not so what what this verse is basically saying you know sometimes when we wish for something it won't really it won't it might not make us a better individual might lead us to the wrong way it might deviate us from the path of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala so we don't have that knowledge sometimes you know a specific example that a lot of people actually have prayed for in marriage when someone is in love with someone with a girl or a girl's in love with a guy all right if a person is in love with a girl or a girl's in love with a guy she is going to die for that person but yet that person ends up getting married to someone else then they fall into depression not knowing that God maybe has a better plan for you and of course and always God has a better plan for you so don't lose hope when things don't go your way because trust me when I say as as they always say there's a gold pot at the end of the rainbow this one this one all right but let's take this message that we just received and after we can check Facebook comments so sister Zainaf from Pakistan says prayer helps to build a connection with Allah the line Fistu Wa Rabbu Al Kaaba as Imam Ali said in a few hours or said 14 years ago but in a few hours where he was struck is enough to show this due to the person who uttered those words while during prayer of course sister Zainaf from Pakistan all her names has already been placed into the bowl so shout out to her as well as to all those who have joined us tonight but let's go and see what the expert has for us tonight and see how effective is prayer according to say it Hassan al-qazweem Bismillah Rahman Al Raheem Alhamdulillah Rabbal Alameen and Salallahu Alaa Sayyidina Muhammad and her family are good and good so how effective is prayer it depends on the person it depends on how how much effective you want to make your prayer the Quran is very clear in the Salat it and how I'm a fashaii will munkar prayer helps prevent a person from performing sins from doing evil but this is that effect necessarily on everyone we see a lot of people that pray if they go ahead and commit sins and commit evil and listen to shaytan as well your Salah is effective only as much as you allow it to be effective it's like rain when it rains rain comes to all lands into all countries into all places but does everyone benefit from that rain the same amount no some lands their agriculture is so rich the soil is so rich that it benefits from that rain another land the soil is hard or the soil is non-existent the land is is rough it's full of rocks that land doesn't benefit from rain it's the same rain but you see one person one land benefits more another land benefits less Salah is the same you might see two people praying in the same masjid praying in the same Jama'at maybe they're standing shoulder to shoulder the same Salah behind the same Imam yet one of him his Salah is so effective that gives him spiritual energy that allows him to be connected to Allah all the time his mind his body his heart connected to Allah Azawajal this person doesn't commit sins he guards his eyes his ears his tongue his senses his body parts from sin while another person as soon as he leaves the masjid the sins start what's the difference the difference is the first person he benefited from his Salah he concentrated in his Salah he allowed Salah to have an effect on him while the other person Salah for him was an exercise stand up sit down prostrate bow down move his tongue his mind was roaming somewhere else he wasn't connected to the Salah so it depends two people go to the same Salah and pray behind the same Imam behind the same Imam it doesn't mean their Salah is the same your Salah is effective only as much as you allow it to be effective Alhamdulillah, Lord of the worlds, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and his family thank you very much for joining us tonight Sayyid al-Qazweeni one second would do thank him for joining us tonight now Sayyid al-Qazweeni also talked about a very important point which is also related to prayer another way of connection to God as Salat prayer that an individual needs to have in order for his prayer to be accepted and a great example which is brought from Al-Fahshai and Munkarazi mentioned prayer surely makes an individual go away from sins and wrong doings which is very important because an individual sincere in his prayers and if he wants his prayer to be accepted one requirement of his deed being accepted is him keeping up the promise that he did with God in the prayer that he did but let's read a few comments from Facebook that we just have received now Ambrine Azghar she says prayer is the most important duty as a Muslim to perform no ibadat or dua is accepted if one does not pray Salat okay thank you very much Ambrine Azghar for joining us tonight okay thank you very much Ambrine Azghar now we'll go through the other messages as well very soon but a lot of people don't understand one thing or haven't really paid attention to one thing regarding prayer prayer also has a psychological effect on the individual as well now Dale Carnegie this person right here but let's check him out so Dale Carnegie he says that I found prayer as the perfect way to conquer anxiety writing about the psychological benefits of prayer and he writes and I quote even if you are not a religious person by nature or training if you are if even if you're an out and an out specter skeptic well I can't read today well a skeptic prayer can help you much more than you believe for it is a practical thing what do I mean by practical I mean that prayer fulfills these three basic psychological needs which all people share whether they believe in God or not number one prayer helps us to put into put into words exactly what is troubling us this is very important as well because the one of the connections you need to mention everything to God number two prayer gives us a sense of chair sharing our boundaries sorry sharing our burdens of not being alone number three prayer puts into force an active principle of doing three main principles that have a psychological effect in prayer which is very important as well so as you mentioned earlier tonight is the first night of of qadr the first night of destiny so what that means Allah mentions in the Quran the night of destiny is greater than a thousand years which is approximately give and take thousand months which is give or take 83 years so praying on this night and supplicating to God and requesting from God anything you need with a sincere heart of course Allah will grant you a lot and will give inshallah will give you everything you need that's in your benefit of course well that's it for tonight you guys thank you to thank you to those who participated in the episode tonight and we're giving a special shout out we didn't get time to give a special shout out for those who are constantly participating but inshallah an upcoming episode we will definitely because the names are written down but inshallah an upcoming episodes that's it for tonight thank you very much was salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh