The Benefit of Prayer Towards The Muslims
Prayer (Salat) is one of the main obligations with Allah has ordained on His servants. Prayer in the Arabic language it means du’aa. In Islamically, it means to worship Allah through certain known and prescribed sayings and actions starting with Takbeer, and ending with Tasleem. Yet, Takbeer is the Arabic terms for the pharase Allahu Akbar and Tasleem means the concluding portion of the Muslims prayer, where one recites “Assalaaamu’alaykum wa rahmatu-Allah” once while facing the right, and once while facing the left. Then, Prayer is one of the five fundamental requirements that a Muslim is obligated to perform and given the highest priority in the Holy Quran. In addition, prayer also is a religious observance that believers are commanded to perform throughout the course of their lives, the times of which have been stipulated. Such as, praying five times a day is Morning (Fajr), Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha’. There are many benefits of Prayer described in the Holy Quran. It is enjoined on the Muslims as an obligatory act by Allah as can be noted from the following verses of the Holy Quran ;
“Establish regular prayers at the sun’s decline till the darkness of the night, and the morning prayer”.
(Al-Isra’,78)
The results also prove the benefit of prayer towards the Muslims has implied wisdom of human in physically and mentally, there are prayer provides a direct connection to Allah, nourish the body, assert discipline among Muslims, helps the believer avoid bad deeds, and get blessing of life from Allah.
Prayer provides a direct connection to Allah
First of all, the benefit of prayer is prayer provides a direct connection to Allah. Many effects in physically and mentally that Muslims can get...
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...s of prayer, it is then best for the Muslims to strive hard to pray properly. The Muslims have to pray in accordance with the Qur’an and Sunnah (PBUH), every time they pray, they shoud focus their attention on Allah. They should pray wholeheartedly and sincerely to Allah to seek His Plessure and Forgiveness. They have to remember that Allah has given them twenty-four hours a day and He only commands them to performs five times obligatory prayers that take only a total of approximately one hour. The Muslims should be know the benefit of prayer and how to practice prayer to their life to get the beneficial lifes. So, for those new to Islam, setting off on a journey of prayer will bring great benefits. The greatest one of all is that it will help us to put our lives into perspective, seeing that all things come from Allah and that it is to Allah that all will return.
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This principle will help a believer become more acquainted with praying out loud while others are around. This also helps them practice praying corporately with other people. Donald also mentions the tendency for people to pray a specific way simply because there are other people around them, but practicing praying with others helps focus the attention back on God.
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Even if it is true that there are various religions that people are following in this world, meditation is a standard thing that people do whenever they feel the need to get in touch with their bodies, their minds and their souls. Meditation can be a form of self help too. The different ways by which people meditate can vary but it is apparent that there are also various reasons why people meditate. Some of these reasons include the following:
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No matter where they are, if it is time to pray, they will stop and pray to their god or goddess whether it is to their personal god or goddess or their village or town’s god or goddess. This is a lifestyle that they are required to live in order to be reincarnated to a good or better life than before. Even though it is strict, one must make it their own. If one would like to be reincarnated to a better life, then they should dedicate themselves fully, if they are fine with the way they live then they must keep up what they are doing, if they are not happy with their life then they need to increase what they are doing and take their faith to the next level and fully dedicate themselves. They have rights and choices. It is what they do with them that
...ethics, and so forth. The crucial piece of information to remember about this religion is that they greatly emphasis unity and have a great amount of diversity. Even though it is a diverse religion, all of the Muslims are monotheistic and solely believe that Allah is the creator of everything, including humans. As a human being they believe that they are in debt to God or simply stated as according to Seyyed Hossein Nasr, “Therefore, all that we are and all that we have belongs to God for which we are indebted to Him and for whose gifts we must give thanks (shukr)” . God is the Absolute and the main point of the Islamic religion is that it is crucial to worship him and follow his commands, and that will lead to peace among everyone. This particular religion has continued to rapidly grow throughout the world and as with most religions, it will continue to grow.
Braestrup provided enthusiastic encouragement to make praying meaningful and satisfying. With a light heart and down to earth presentations,
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