{"id":13091,"date":"2019-06-01T16:36:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T16:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=13091"},"modified":"2021-07-16T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T10:08:07","slug":"never-neglect-your-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/spirituality\/never-neglect-your-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Neglect Your Prayer | Questions with Dr. Omar Abdel Kafi"},"content":{"rendered":"<amp-jwplayer layout=\"flex-item\" height=\"600\" data-player-id=\"bKajWAhe\" width=\"700\" data-media-id=\"VpvTfxX1\" class=\"wp-block-amp-amp-jwplayer\"><\/amp-jwplayer><em><strong>ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTION<\/strong><\/em>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I thank Allah and send peace and blessings upon His Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My message today is to those who neglect their prayers (Salah)<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh son, Oh daughter, what are you waiting for?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allah has not asked you to pray for him 24 hours a day<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He swt only asked that every couple of hours you recharge your battery<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like saying every few hours recharge your mobile device <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s like you are plugging this device and <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s getting that voltage through the electric wires so you can keep on using it <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your heart is just like that mobile device <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you have to recharge it every couple of hours<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So you start charging your battery during Fajr prayer, and then you recharge at Dhuhur prayer \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then Asr, then Maghreb, then Ishaa\u2019 prayer<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how are you being lazy and neglectful with something that helps you connect with Allah swt<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you stand in prayer you are standing between the hands and mercy of Allah swt <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order for Allah to forgive all your previous sins <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in order for you to renew your faith and connect with Him, The Almighty<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A person without prayer is like feather facing the wind <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t be from those who only run to Allah in times of tribulation<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Return to Allah in the good times and the bad times <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In sickness and in health <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Return to Allah during your youth and when you\u2019re old<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In all states never give up praying to Allah swt <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And like the Prophet \ufdfa said, <\/span>\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The covenant that stands between us and them is the Salah\u201d <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sahih)<\/span><\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This a covenant between us and Allah, a covenant between us and our Prophet <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ufdfa<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the first thing a slave will be asked about on the day of judgement is his\/her prayer <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If their prayers (the five daily obligatory prayers) are sound, then everything else will be likewise. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If their prayers (the five daily obligatory prayers) are lacking, then everything else will be likewise.<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTION I thank Allah and send peace and blessings upon His Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa My message today is to those who neglect their prayers (Salah) Oh son, Oh daughter, what are you waiting for? 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