QnA on Salaah (5/10)

Almighty Allah SWT has mentioned the benefits of salaah in the Quran. “When a person reads salaah”, when we read and perform it the way we ought to perform it and not rushing through it, “it will save you from all obscenities and all forms of injustice and sins”. Almighty Allah SWT wants us to be a nation and a people who have shame, modesty and hayah. This is one of the unique features of Islam. “Every religion has its salient features, the salient feature and characteristic of Islam is shame, modesty and hayah.” Salaah teaches us that we stand for truth and that we stand for justice. Allah says: “Remember me,” and we remember Allah SWT by reading salaah. We are not doing Allah SWT a favour by reading salaah, we are doing ourselves a favour. By not performing our salaah we do not harm Allah SWT at all, but ourselves. Today the world is worried about the economy and worldly matters.When addressing Nabi Muhammad SAW, Almighty Allah SWT told Rasulullah SWT to command his family, wives, children and grandchildren about salaah and to remain steadfast on it. Allah says, “We do not ask you for sustenance or anything, We provide the sustenance,” but the shame and disgrace of the Ummah is that many say they have no time for salaah. Perform salaah and Allah will increase your rizq. This is what Quraan teaches us.