Salat is indeed a self-maintenance programme for the spiritual and physical health of the Muslim. It is an act of communion, devotion, repentance, gratitude, surrender and an expression of love and servitude to God, the creator and sustainer. It is also a mind-body exercise that improves the physical health and increases the life-force. But all these benefits will only be achieved if the salat is done properly, with full discipline and concentration on God (khusyuk). The requirement of salah are, addition of spiritual requirements – being focused on God (khusyuk) and mindful of the intention, recitations, body movements and postures; proper and disciplined postures and movements; and Quranic recitations and supplications.
What is Khusu’? Khusu’ during salah is misunderstood by some people as crying and weeping. Rather, it is the presence of heart during an act of ibadah. When a person heart is fully occupied of what he says or hears, he is in a true state of Khusu’. The concept of khusu’ in salat is very essential. Many muslims pray regularly but still cant achieve the benefits of salat. “Indeed the believers who have khusu in their salat, are the winners”
There are many importance of khusu in salat. First of all, khusu makes people success in their life and after life. In the quran above, state the blessings of salat which is the key to success. This is the true promise and the declaration of success to the believers. "It is a Promise of Allah, and Allah fails not in His Promise" [30:6]. The "Believers", who have attained true success, both individuals and the Jama'ah, are those who have accepted the Message of Muhammad (s.a.w.) that have acknowledged him as their guide, and followed the way of life taught by him. Besides, salat is the first item about which one will be questioned after death. The person who succeeds in this test, will likely pass through and enter the paradise. Certainly the believers have succeeded, those who offers salat in khusu.
Secondly, khusu will contribute factor for the acceptance of salat. Khusu in salat is very important because salat is the best ibadah. Outside of salat we should have taqwa, discipline, good manner and morals and also khusu in salat. Allah is watching us, wether we are performing salat, sleeping, eating or anything else. Everytime we pray, we always think about our friends, schoolwork, and even worse something you saw in television. One of the biggest problems many Muslims have today is being able to focus in prayer, or having Khushu’. In today’s hectic world, it is very difficult to concentrate on during Salah and we often find ourselves thinking of various worldy things. When we commit sin, we open ourselves up for the Shaytan (Devil) and his whispers. Inshallah, let’s watch our sins, keep them to a minimum, and seek repentance when we fall short. This will also increase our faith and in turn, our khusu’.
Thirdly, it is the way to gain more rewards from the Almighty Allah; the more khusu the person, the more rewards he get. We cannot expect this great reward without having sincere focus in prayer. In my opinion, taqwa steams for khusu because we must first be aware that we are constantly being watch and every actions or thought we take is being recorded and will be answered in the day of judgement. Once you know this in your heart, you develop taqwa because you fear displeasing Allah in any way. By taqwa, we can get rewards from Allah. There are many ways to improve your khushu’ during prayers also. In fact, there are really too many to ways. But some of the easiest methods to implement this are by understand what you’re reciting, reciting different verses and duas and avoiding potential distractions while praying.
Moreover, without khusu the heart cannot easily be purified because salat restrains from shameful and unjust deeds. Salah keeps one away from shameful and evil deeds and when you remember of Allah during your prayers, Allah will mention your name in response to your prayers. Along with this etiquette of the body, it is also important that one should avoid thinking irrelevant things during the Prayer by purifying the thought and keeping the mind in full harmony and tune with the tongue. One should also try the utmost to ensure that the mind and heart are wholly turned towards Allah in order to sense His Grace and to worship Him solely.Allah has praised those who have khusu in their prayer. Furthermore, salat is a source of strength and patience because everytime we face difficulities in life, we will seek for Him by salat with full of concentration.
Salat is mean by attaining righteousness in piety. It is a source of strength and patience. Is is essential of receiving guidance from the Quran. It is also means of bringing peace and tranquility to our heart. Most important of all it brings closer to Allah SWT. If a man meets God when he has been negligent of the prayer (salaat), God will not pay any attention to his other virtues. (Al-Tabarani) One perfection leads to another perfection. If someone perfects his salat once, he would be self-motivated to continue on the same level. How much attention will God pay to us on the day of Judgment? Right now the choice is ours! May Allah fill our heart with khusu- Ameen
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