"Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds, for them will be Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). That is the great success." {85:11} Have you ever thought of what you can benefit from prayers? So much can be learnt. One of them is being a master in achieving success. We learn to build the habit to prioritize, or the habit to plan our goal simply by praying 5 times a day. As we've heard too many times, prayer begins with the intention of the heart. It is like the foundation for pillars and roofs to be built. It is the first step towards success.
Allah has gifted us with sight and hearing everyday without fail. He gifted us with a mind to choose over right and wrong. He gave us the whole world to ponder upon. Yet with so much gifts we still forget to perform our 5 obligatory prayers; a simple task that can never be compared to what Allah will promise us with in the end of times. How much more do we need just to realize that now is that time to pray?
How does one learn to make prayer his habit? Many brothers and sisters already know the importance, but the problem is simply the missing guilt. Have you ever felt that guilty feeling for not praying? If you have then alhamdulillah, that is already a sign of imaan which Allah has blessed you with. Not everyone has that.
There are those who hear the call to prayer, but never make the intention to pray. On the opposite side, there are those who had already made the intention hours earlier to pray as soon as possible. The latter that I have mentioned are the ones we should be looking up to. Those are the ones who we should make friends with so that their strength will be our influence.
If you think you're already good in planning your working schedule, why can't you do the same for prayers? What you're missing out on here is prioritizing what is most important for you. What we want to do tomorrow, do it today. What we want to do today, do it now!
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