05/07/2021
Assalam Alikum wa rahmatu Allah wa barakatouh
my dears
Tonight I want to talk to those who find it hard to
pray sunnah prayers or what we call nawafil.
Some say, once I pray the fard I feel tired and
unable to pray sunnah and I get busy with other
things.
Others say, it is sunnah not fard so I am not
punished if I don’t do it.
Well, today I want to tell you the value of those
sunnahs you are missing every day.
It is true you will not be punished if you don’t do
them but they could be your savior from the
punishment that is waiting for you. Please read
this hadith Qudsi carefully
ﻋَﻦْ ﺃَﺑِﻲ ﻫُﺮَﻳْﺮَﺓَ ﺭَﺿِﻲَ ﺍﻟﻠﻪُ ﻋَﻨْﻪُ ﻗَﺎﻝَ : ﻗَﺎﻝَ ﺭَﺳُﻮﻝُ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪِ ﺻَﻠَّﻰ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻪِ
ﻭَﺳَﻠَّﻢَ :
" ﺇِﻥَّ ﺃَﻭَّﻝَ ﻣَﺎ ﻳُﺤَﺎﺳَﺐُ ﺑِﻪِ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺒْﺪُ ﻳَﻮْﻡَ ﺍﻟْﻘِﻴَﺎﻣَﺔِ ﻣِﻦْ ﻋَﻤَﻠِﻪِ ﺻَﻠَﺎﺗُﻪُ. ﻓَﺈِﻥْ ﺻَﻠُﺤَﺖْ
ﻓَﻘَﺪْ ﺃَﻓْﻠَﺢَ ﻭَﺃَﻧْﺠَﺢَ، ﻭَﺇِﻥْ ﻓَﺴَﺪَﺕْ ﻓَﻘَﺪْ ﺧَﺎﺏَ ﻭَﺧَﺴِﺮَ، ﻓَﺈِﻥْ ﺍﻧْﺘَﻘَﺺَ ﻣِﻦْ ﻓَﺮِﻳﻀَﺘِﻪِ
ﺷَﻲْﺀٌ ﻗَﺎﻝَ ﺍﻟﺮَّﺏُّ ﻋَﺰَّ ﻭَﺟَﻞَّ : ﺍﻧْﻈُﺮُﻭﺍ ﻫَﻞْ ﻟِﻌَﺒْﺪِﻱ ﻣِﻦْ ﺗَﻄَﻮُّﻉٍ ﻓَﻴُﻜَﻤَّﻞَ ﺑِﻬَﺎ ﻣَﺎ
ﺍﻧْﺘَﻘَﺺَ ﻣِﻦْ ﺍﻟْﻔَﺮِﻳﻀَﺔِ، ﺛُﻢَّ ﻳَﻜُﻮﻥُ ﺳَﺎﺋِﺮُ ﻋَﻤَﻠِﻪِ ﻋَﻠَﻰ ﺫَﻟِﻚَ ".
ﺭﻭﺍﻩ ﺍﻟﺘﺮﻣﺬﻱ (1 ) ﻭﻛﺬﻟﻚ ﺃﺑﻮ ﺩﺍﻭﺩ ﻭﺍﻟﻨﺴﺎﺋﻲ ﻭﺍﺑﻦ ﻣﺎﺟﻪ ﻭﺃﺣﻤﺪ
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allah be upon him), who said:
"Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
'The first of his actions for which a servant of
Allah will be held accountable on the Day of
Resurrection will be his prayers.' If they are in
order, then he will have prospered and succeeded;
and if they are wanting, then he will have failed
and lost. If there is something defective in his
obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified and exalted
be He) will say: 'See if My servant has any
supererogatory prayers with which may be
completed that which was defective in his
obligatory prayers.' Then the rest of his actions
will be judged in like fashion."
[At-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn
Majah and Ahmad).]
Now…..who is sure that their obligatory prayers
are all right and accepted……how many times did
you pray fard and you were thinking of something
else?
I am sure the answer is many, many and many!!!
The sunnah prayers are a mercy from Allah SWT
to us. Allah could simply say these are sunnah
and they cannot cover the fard but instead he is
using them to cover the fard which you
defected…..how merciful is your lord?
So from today my dears, think twice before you
miss your sunnah prayers and know their value
on the Day of Judgment.