The
neglection and noncompliance of prayers has been a phenomenon part of person
who is a born Muslim. Neglections does not start when he first took up a job.
But during his school days as a young boy, the public school that he studied
never instructs or initiate prayer in congregation and adding to that scenario
a broken family or perhaps a family which has no Islamic environment of doing
congregation prayers.
Some
people think educating the children with academic may assure his future,
because to meet ambitions. But Islam
wants Muslim to be balance in this world and eternity life.
Repentance
is not for those who do evil deeds. Even if someone came to death, he said that
I repent now. Nor those who die while they are infidels. Those for whom We have
prepared a painful punishment. Al-Quran: An-Nisa verse 13
The
above verse: denied accepting repentance from two groups of people, those who
commit sins, big and small, they continue to do so without repentance or
regret, even if death approaches them. And when they saw horrors, they said: I
repent now.
This is
some of the excuses, waiting for the last breath and waiting for the angel of
death to pull out their souls.
Imagine
the Meccan people who worship deities and statues. To face these types of
people is just like talking to the wall of emptiness and heartless people.
When
the prophet Muhammad SAW,
contemplate life in Mecca thinking to change the
people of Mecca, it is like moving mountains of stubborn and arrogant people,
but Allah SWT shows guidance to the prophet SAW by sending angel Jibril A.S for
the first time an astonishing message that change the facet of life and
transform low class people to humans who worship heart and soul to Allah and
change the world and extending Islam across continents. It starts from these
nomads with a message from Allah SWT
The new
Muslims were anxious to practice Islam. They perform prayers at the Kaaba but
their existence trying to implement Islam always get attention from the
infidels who would curse them. And they have no choice but pray secretly. But
now there are lots of opportunities to do prayers but more reasons and excuses
because faith doesn’t absorb into the heart and soul but instead Islam is just
a slogan declared by using a Muslim name. You will notice the phenomenon of
Muslims neglecting their prayers. They have no time to pray but they have time
to smoke cigarettes, crack jokes and worst end some phrases with vulgarizes.
What happen to the Muslims?
A
simple reply is just faith doesn’t absorb into their hearts because faith has
not emerged as the significant transformation of their activities but
neglection is apparently no excuse because every person is held accountable on
the day of judgment. Some have no time to take up courses to enhance knowledge
and improve credentials and yet the inability to perform night prayers that is
“tahadjud”.
But
here is the condition of those people when they met on that day to be judged.
And if you see the criminals bowing their heads before their Lord, oh, our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us back (Quran: As-sajdah verse 12
Interpretation
of this verse stated by Abu Al-Abbas and the meaning should be O Muhammad, say
to the criminals, they bowed their heads before their Lord in humiliation,
remorse, shame and sadness. And they are accountable and rewarded with their
deeds.
That I might do righteousness in that which I
left behind" No It is only a word he is saying, and behind them is a
barrier until the Day they are resurrected
Al-Quran: Al-Mukminun Verse:100
What's the solution?
Knowledge is utmost importance to ensure that the deeds perform is acceptable. However forgoing knowledge is like someone doing deeds but not knowing the deeds he did is nullified. Example: He doesn’t know the correct ablution, or he did read the Al fatihah but his recitation of “tajweed” is not right.
Prophet - may
God’s prayers and peace be upon him - he said: “Whoever treads a path seeking
knowledge on it, God will make easy for him a path to Paradise, and the angels
lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, contented with what he did, Indeed,
whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth, even the whales in the
water, will ask forgiveness for him, and the superiority of the scholar over
the worshiper is like the superiority of the moon over all the other planets,
and that scholars are the heirs of the prophets, and that the prophets did not
bequeath a dinar or a dirham, but rather they inherited knowledge. Narrated by
Abu Dawood, At-Tirmidzi, , Ibnu Majah, Darmi and Ahmad. Hadits Hasan
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Let’s
make some effort to be closer to Allah SWT by learning something new to
understand Islam. The more knowledge a person has for him to implement, he
becomes more valuable, and his deeds is much quality however whatever you do be
sincere to please Allah SWT is the key to success. Be always humble because a
Muslim is a servant of his Lord. Even though you may have a top-ranking job, do
not ever take it lightly, because on the day of judgement Allah SWT will
question whatever you did. Rules and regulation a person imposed on the Muslims
nation will be question.
