{"id":6819,"date":"2016-06-16T04:19:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T04:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=6819"},"modified":"2021-07-17T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T13:46:11","slug":"concentration-in-salah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/spirituality\/concentration-in-salah\/","title":{"rendered":"Concentration in Salah"},"content":{"rendered":"<amp-jwplayer layout=\"flex-item\" height=\"600\" data-player-id=\"bKajWAhe\" width=\"700\" data-media-id=\"Xr7OsUMj\" class=\"wp-block-amp-amp-jwplayer\"><\/amp-jwplayer>\n\n<h1>Concentration in Salah<\/h1>\nWhen we pray sometimes in can be hard to concentrate, subhanallah, during prayer a lot goes through our minds. \u201cWhat did my mum make for lunch?\u201d, \u201cDid I lock my car?\u201d, \u201cI might have snack pack after prayer.\u201d\n\n<figure style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Concentration in Salah\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ukdlrqco1d-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/prayer-963859_640-600x400.jpg?resize=332%2C221&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Concentration in Salah\" width=\"332\" height=\"221\" data-reactid=\"26\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Concentration in Salah<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nBut it is important to have concentration (khushoo`) during prayer, because while you are praying you are facing Allah and communicating, and thanking him. However, it can be very difficult at times to do so, due to the fact the Shaytaan (satan) is trying to divert your mind away from the remembrance of Allah.\n<blockquote><i>Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani reported the Messenger of Allah <\/i><span style=\"text-align: left; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 18px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; text-shadow: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;\">\ufdfa<\/span><i> as saying, \u201cAny one performs ablution and performs the ablution perfectly and then offers two rak\u2019ahs of prayers concentrating on them with his heart and face but paradise will necessarily fall to his lot.\u201d <\/i>\n\n<i>Sunan Abu Dawud\u00a0<\/i><\/blockquote>\nWays to improve your concentration in prayer is to, remember death whilst praying, and that this could be their last prayer before they meet Allah, envision the Kaaba in front of you while you are praying, another way could be imagining the Gates of Jannah is in front of you.\n<blockquote><i>The Prophet<\/i> <span style=\"text-align: left; color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 18px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; text-shadow: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;\">\ufdfa<\/span><i> said, \u201cRemember death when you pray, for if a man remembers death when he prays, he will strive to make his prayer good. 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