Worship [‘ibadah]
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Why worship [‘ibadah]?
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1. Greatness of God
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2. Feelings of dependence
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4. Human nature [fiṭrah]
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1. Making the perishable perpetual
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3. Individual and collective development
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1. Reflection on the handiwork of God
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3. Seeking knowledge
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4. Rendering service to the people
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1. Conscious worship
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Dangers threatening worship
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1. Ostentation [riya’]
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2. Self-conceit [‘ujb]
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1. Have we really worshipped?
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3. Futile acts of worship
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6. Comparing acts of worship and complacencies
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4. Intellect [‘aql]
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Conditions for the soundness of worship
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2. Changing the form out of false enlightenment
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Conditions for the acceptance of acts worship
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4. Economic condition: Giving people their rights
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1. Making greater effort
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4. Acting in accordance with the Sunnah of the Prophet
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5. Having precedence in meritorious works
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8. Humility
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Philosophy of worship
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Prayer [Salah]
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1. Those who are indifferent
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2. Those who live on unlawful earnings
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3. Those who are unmindful if their duties
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4. Those who do not pay zakat [poor-rate]
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6. Those who are “ḥaqin wa ḥaqib”
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7. Those who are unacceptable prayer leaders
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Prayers of the Infallibles [ma‘ṣumin] (‘a)
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Let’s Welcome Prayer!
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Preliminaries of prayer
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Purification [ṭaharah]
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Dry purification [tayammum]
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Clothing and place of the one praying
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2. Observance of the rights of others
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3. Observance of priorities
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Intention [niyyah]
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Intention [niyyah] as the criterion of value
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1. Management of the society
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3. Good social relations
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Ways of acquiring sincerity
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1. Attention to values
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3. Attention to the Attributes of God
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4. Attention to His blessings
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6. Attention to worthlessness of the world
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Sound intentions
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1. Fear of the Divine Station and Court
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3. Gratitude for the blessings
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4. Modesty [ḥaya’]
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The university of wisdom [ḥikmah]
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The root of sincerity
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1. Not expecting anything from others
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4. Taking reception and heedlessness as one
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6. Lack of wealth and position does not hinder
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8. Without factional bigotry
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Outcome of sincerity
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Let’s Engage in Prayer!
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“Allahu akbar” [God is the greatest]
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Bismillahi’r-raḥmani’r-raḥim [In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful]
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“Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad” [Nor has He any equal]
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To be calm while reciting
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Ruku‘ of the saints of God
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The Post-prayer Supererogatory Devotional Acts [ta‘qibat wa nawafil]
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Congregational Prayer [ṣalat al-jama‘ah], Etc.
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Importance of congregational prayer [ṣalat al-jama‘ah]
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1. Spiritual effects
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3. Political effects
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4. Moral and educational effects
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Conditions for shortened [qaṣr] prayer
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Chapter 8
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Other Prayers
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‘Id prayers
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Ṣalat al-Ayat as a lesson on monotheism [tawḥid]
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Manner of performing Ṣalat al-Ayat
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Ṣalat al-Mayyit [ritual prayer for the dead]
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‘Id prayer as a prerogative of the leader
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Ṣalat al-Ayat [Prayer for the Signs]
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‘Id al- Aḍḥa prayer
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‘Id al-Fiṭr as a scene of the Day of Resurrection [qiyamah]
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Divine gift
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‘Id al-Fiṭr prayer
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Prayer for rain [ṣalat al-istisqa’]
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Reason behind the absence of rain
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Life conduct [sirah] of the holy saints [awliya’]
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Manner of performing the prayer for rain
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Historical precedence of the prayer for rain
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Importance of Friday congregational prayer
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3. Intellectual and political development of the Muslims
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Other Prayers
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Friday congregational prayer [ṣalat al-jum‘ah]
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1. Cultivating the spirit of fraternity and brotherhood
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3. Intellectual and political development of the Muslims
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4. Enhancing the spirit of collectivity
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5. The center for mobilization
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‘Id al-Fiṭr prayer
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‘Id al-Fiṭr as a scene of the Day of Resurrection [qiyamah]
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Ṣalat al-Ayat as a lesson on monotheism [tawḥid]
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