04/10/2020
12 TIPS TO BOOST YOUR SALAH
It just doesn’t feel the same . . . I lost it . . . How can I get it back?
Get ready for the ultimate salah-booster; a set of amazing productivity tips to enhance your prayer, give you a fresh perspective on the world of salah, and make you love your prayer like never before, inshaa’Allah!
In this week’s central ayah Allah ‘azza wa jall advises: And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive (to Allah). [Quran, 2:45]
Below are productivity tips based on a summary of the beautiful How to taste the true beauty of salah series by Mishari Al Kharraz:
1. Say Allahu akbar and throw the world behind you.
Did you ever think: why do we start our prayer with Allahu akbar not withsubhanAllah? Realize that when you sayAllahu akbar you affirm that the one before whom you are about to stand is greater than anything occupying you at that moment— greater than your sleep, your families, your bills, and your worries. Just imagine that when you say Allahu akbar while raising your hands you are throwing all of that behind you!
2. Visualize the veil.
When you stand to pray, Allah ‘azza wa jall commands: Raise the veils from between Me and my servant! As soon as you say Allahu akbar and start your prayer, Allah sets His beautiful face to yours and doesn’t turn away from you, unless you do. When your thoughts or your sight drifts off, He orders the veils to be drawn back down. Visualize these veils being lifted to keep concentrated with your heart and body. Are you still drifting? This is why you repeat the great words Allahu akbar as you move into each position; it’s a reminder and a new chance again and again to focus!
3. Salute the King.
Imagine walking into a palace, how would you recognize the servants of the king? Probably by their humble position: looking down. As you lower your gaze to the place of your prostration and place your hands right over left and close to your chest it