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The Radiance of the Secrets of Prayer

The Radiance of the Secrets of Prayer

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

Author: Muhsin Qara'ati
Publisher: ABWA Publishing and Printing Center
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Foreword
Note
Preface
Notes
Worship {‘ibadah}
Reasons for worship
1. Greatness of God
2. Feelings of dependence
3. Awareness of blessings
4. Human nature {fitrah}
Role of worship
1. Making the perishable perpetual
2. Changing the material into the spiritual
3. Individual and collective development
Dimensions of worship
1. Reflection on the handiwork of God
2. Earning a living
3. Seeking knowledge
4. Rendering service to the people
5. Waiting for the global government of justice
How we should worship
1. Conscious worship
2. Fervent worship
3. Sincere worship
4. Worshipping submissively
5. Worshipping in private
Dangers threatening worship
1. Ostentation {riya’}
2. Self-conceit {‘ujb}
3. Sin
Ways of avoiding pride and self-conceit {‘ujb}
1. Have we really worshipped?
2. Have our acts of worship been accepted?
3. Futile acts of worship
4. Will we achieve redemption?
5. Comparing acts of worship and blessings
6. Comparing acts of worship and complacencies
7. Comparing acts of worship and needs
8. Comparing our state of worship with that of the divine saints {awliya’}
Invalid acts of worship
Servitude {‘ubudiyyah} and not worship {‘ibadah}
Constancy in worship
Opportunity to engage in worship
Enduring difficulties of worship
Promotion of worship
Duty and its conditions
1. Puberty {bulugh}
Some reminders
2. Strength
3. Freewill {ikhtiyar}
4. Intellect {‘aql}
Conditions for the soundness of worship
Motives behind changing the form of worship
1. Changing the form out of obduracy
2. Changing the form out of false enlightenment
3. Changing the form out of sanctimony
Conditions for the acceptance of acts worship
1. Ideological condition: Faith in God
2. Political condition: Guardianship {wilayah}
3. Moral condition: God-wariness {taqwa}
4. Economic condition: Giving people their rights
5. Social condition: Wishing others well
6. Familial condition: Good behavior
Signs of acceptance
Conditions for the perfection of worship
1. Making greater effort
2. Concentrating on what is more important
3. Concentrating on what has lasting value
4. Acting in accordance with the Sunnah of the Prophet (S)
5. Having precedence in meritorious works
6. Performing devotional acts under difficult circumstances
7. Fervor and Constancy
8. Humility
9. Possessing insight
Philosophy of worship
Submission as the greatest philosophy of responsibility
An encounter
Notes
Prayer {Salah}
Importance of Prayer
Prayer as viewed by reason and conscience
Some Questions and Answers
Negligence of Prayer
Treating Prayer Lightly
Unaccepted Prayers
1. Those who are Indifferent
2. Those who live on unlawful earnings
3. Those who are unmindful of their duties
4. Those who do not pay zakat {poor-rate}
5. Those who are lackadaisical
6. Those who are “haqin wa haqib”
7. Those who are unacceptable prayer leaders
Prerequisites of Prayer
Prayer and its Accompaniments
Prayer as Spiritual Ascension
Notes
Let’s Welcome Prayer!
Preliminaries of prayer
Purification {taharah}
Ablution {wudhu’} in every state
Bathing {ghusl}
Dry purification {tayammum}
Clothing and place of the one praying
1. Observance of courtesy
2. Observance of the rights of others
3. Observance of priorities
Focus of direction in prayer {qiblah}
Call to prayer {Adhan}
Bilal
Notes
Intention {niyyah}
Intention {niyyah} as the criterion of value
Examples of sincerity {ikhlas}
Sincerity in worship {‘ibadah}
Worldly effects of intention
1. Management of the society
2. Improvement of economic conditions
3. Good social relations
Intention as an action {‘amal}
Intention as compensation for deficiencies
Ways of acquiring sincerity
1. Attention to values
2. Reflecting on creation
3. Attention to the Attributes of God
4. Attention to His blessings
5. Attention to the sure gain
6. Attention to worthlessness of the world
7. Attention to impotence of created beings
8. Learning from the experiences of others
9. Attention to final end of hypocrites in the hereafter
Sound intentions
1. Fear of the Divine Station and Court
2. Hope for reward
3. Gratitude for blessings
4. Modesty {haya’}
5. Love of God
The university of wisdom {hikmah}
The root of sincerity
Signs of sincerity
1. Not expecting anything from others
2. Focusing on duty, not title
3. Having no regrets
4. Treating receptivity and heedlessness as one
5. Consistency of motive and action
6. Lack of wealth and position does not hinder
7. Oneness of the apparent and the hidden
8. Without factional bigotry
9. Pursuit of important works undone
10. Desisting from error
Outcome of sincerity
Sincerity in the context of society
Notes
Let’s Engage in Prayer!
“Allahu Akbar” {God is the greatest}
Surah al-Hamd
Bismillahi’r-rahmani’r-rahim {In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful}
“Al-hamdulillahi rabbi’l-‘alamin” {All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of the worlds}
“Ar-rahmani’r-rahim” {the All-beneficent, the All-merciful}
“Maliki yawmi’d-din” {Master of the Day of Retribution}
“Iyyaka na‘budu wa iyyaka nasta‘in” {You {alone} do we worship and to You {alone} do we turn for help}
“Ihdina’s-sirat al-mustaqim” {Guide us on the straight path}
“Sirat al-mustaqim” {The straight path}
Some Notes
“Sirat al-mustaqim” in the traditions
Examples of immoderation and profligacy
Sirat alladhina an‘amta ‘alayhim {The path of those whom You have blessed}
Ghayri’l-maghdhubi ‘alayhim wa ladh-dhallin” {Such as have not incurred Your wrath, nor are astray}
Surah at-Tawhid
“Lam yalid wa lam yulad” {He neither begat nor was begotten}
“Wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad” {Nor has He any equal}
To Be Calm While Reciting
Ruku‘ {Bowing}
Ruku‘ of the saints of God
In The Company of Angels
Sujud {prostration}
Sujud of all created beings to God
Sujud of the saints of God
Effects of sujud
Meaning of “Subhan Allah” {Glory be to Allah}
Tasbih as the most oft-repeated command
Qunut
Tashahhud
Salam
A Glance at the Salam
Notes
The Post-prayer Supererogatory Devotional Acts {ta‘qibat wa nawafil}
Post-prayer devotional acts {ta‘qibat}
Invoking benediction and malediction
Prostration of Gratitude {sujud shukr}
Supererogatory prayers {nawafil}
Night supererogatory prayers {tahajjud}
Notes
Congregational Prayer {salat al-jama‘ah}, Etc
Importance of congregational prayer {salat al-jama‘ah}
Effects of congregational prayer
1. Spiritual effects
2. Social effects
3. Political effects
4. Moral and Educational Effects
The Leader of Congregational Prayer
Selection of Congregational Prayer Leader
Justness of Congregational Prayer Leader
Means of Recognizing Justness
Traveler’s prayer
Conditions for shortened {qasr} prayer
Ten days of stay
(3) Masjid al-Kufah (in Kufah, Iraq); and
Compensatory {qadha} prayer
Notes
Other Prayers
Friday congregational prayer {salat al-jum‘ah}
Manner of offering Friday congregational prayer
Importance of Friday congregational prayer
1. Cultivating the spirit of fraternity and brotherhood
2. Formation of the Islamic forces
3. Intellectual and political development of the Muslims
4. Enhancing the spirit of collectivity
5. The center for mobilization
Life conduct {sirah} of the holy saints {awliya’}
‘Id prayers
‘Id al-Fitr Prayer
Divine gift
‘Id al-Fitr as a scene of the Day of Resurrection {qiyamah}
‘Id al-Adhha prayer
‘Id prayer as a prerogative of the leader
Salat al-Ayat {Prayer for the Signs}
Salat al-Ayat as a lesson on monotheism {tawhid}
Manner of performing Salat al-Ayat
Salat al-Mayyit {ritual prayer for the dead}
Prayer for rain {salat al-istisqa’}
Reason behind the absence of rain
How can We who nurtured the enemy as such
Manner of performing the prayer for rain
Historical precedence of the prayer for rain
Other prayers
Notes
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The Radiance of the Secrets of Prayer

Author(s): Muhsin Qara'ati

Publisher(s): Ahlul Bayt World Assembly

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