importance of salah
importance of salah
Salah Trivia
performing salah
bonus
100
what pillar in the 5 pillars of islam is salah?
the second pillar.
100
how many times do we have pray salah everyday?
5 times.
100
We do this______ before Salah, and it is like washing off __________ from our spirital selves.
wudu
washing of sins
based on this hadith-
Whenever a man performs his ablution intending to pray and he washes his hands, the sins of his hands fall down with the first drop. When he rinses his mouth and nose, the sins of his tongue and lips fall down with the first drop. When he washes his face, the sins of his hearing and sight fall down with the first drop. When he washes his arms to his elbows and his feet to his ankles, he is purified from every sin and fault, like the day he was born from his mother. If he stands for prayer, Allah will raise his status by a degree. If he sits, he will sit in peace.”
https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2019/07/30/wudu-washes-away-sins/
100
what does subhanullah mean when you say "Subhana Raab Al Atheem" and "Subhana Rab al Alaa"?
Subhanullah
Allah is free from imperfections, free from the imperfections we may imagine about Him, Allah is Perfect
Glory be to Allah the Greatest
Glory be to Allah the most High
100
at what age did the prophet (pbuh) say to teach your kids how to pray? and at what age do you have to punish them if they don't pray?
age 7 and age 10.
200
if you abandon salah, is it a major (big) sin or a minor (small) sin?
MAJOR!!
200
salah is an act of worship where you use your tongue, body and heart.
TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE!
200
The first step in wudu
1. intention or nya
200
when you're reciting surah fatiha, you're having a conversation with Allah and He's responding to you after you read each verse/ayah in surah fatiha.
TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUEEEE!!!
Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Allah Almighty said: I have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked for. When the servant says, ‘All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,’ Allah says, ‘My servant has praised Me.’ When he says, ‘The Gracious, the Merciful,’ Allah says, ‘My servant has exalted Me.’ When he says, ‘The Master of the Day of Judgment,’ Allah says, ‘My servant has glorified Me, and My servant has submitted to Me.’ When he says, ‘You alone we worship, You alone we ask for help,’ Allah says, ‘This is between Me and My servant, and My servant will have what he has asked for.’ When he says, ‘Guide us to the straight path, the path of those whom you have favored, not those who earned wrath and went astray,’ Allah says, This is for My servant, and My servant will have what he has asked for.’”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 395
200
The tashahud is....and how was it taught?
Said in sajdah
Ibn `Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach us tashahhud just as he used to teach us a Surah of the Qur'an, and he would say: All services rendered by words, acts of worship, and all good things are due to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and Allah's mercy and blessings. Peace be upon us and upon Allah's upright servants. I testify that there is no god but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. In the narration of Ibn Rumh (the words are): "As he would teach us the Qur'an."
Sahih Muslim 403a
300
what is the first thing you will be asked about on the day of judgment?
salah.
300
how many times is salah mentioned in the quran?
over 100 times!
300
We ask Allah to guide us to the straight path 17x a day in our faraid prayers in what sura?
Surat Al Fatiha
5 daily prayers add up to 17 rakas of fard in which we recite al fatiha.
300
what are 3 things you need to do before you pray salah for your salah to be accepted?
1. Dress properly
2. face the qibla.
3. make sure your body, clothes and the place you're praying on is clean.
300
what does the word obligatory means and what happens when you abandon/do an obligatory action?
obligatory means it is required so you MUST do it.
if you do an obligatory action then you will be rewarded and if you abandon/don't do an obligatory action, you will be punished.
400
what is khushu'? and how can we have khushu' in salah?
concentrating/focusing and being present in your prayer.
it will be easy for us to have khushu' when we are sincere and have purified our intentions, and also to know the meaning of what we say in salah.
400
what happens to your heart and iman when you pray salah?
your heart is purified and your iman goes UP!!
400
The command for Salah was revealed to the Prophet Muhammed SAW in this place____ during this special moment in the life of the Prophet______, showing and emphasizing the_________ of Salah
1. In Jannah, directly to the prophet from Allah
2. During Isra and Miraj
3. Importance, Weightiness, Miracle
400
name the daily prayers and how many rak'ahs they each have.
1. fajr - 2 rak'ahs.
2. duhur - 4 rak'ahs.
3. asr - 4 rak'ahs.
4. maghrib - 3 rak'ahs.
5. 'isha - 4 rak'ahs.
400
when did salah became obligatory and how many were we originally supposed to pray a day. (extra bonus point if you explain how it was reduced to 5 prayers!)
salah became obligatory on isra wal mi'raaj. (when the prophet (pbuh) went from makkah to palestine and led the prophets in prayer and then went from palestine to above the heavens.)
we were originally supposed to pray 50 salahs a day!!!
prophet musa (as) told the prophet (pbuh) to ask Allah to reduce it.
500
how does praying 5 times a day help us?
what does it help us with?
answers may vary.
500
it is said that having no khushu' in salah is a leaking bucket. what does that mean and what are consequences for not having khushu'?
lacking khushu’ in salah is like a leaking bucket. the same way as you pour water into a bucket that has holes, a prayer without khushu’ is standing for prayer and praying it but the deed being rejected because you were heedless in your prayer.
Allah said, "فَوَیۡلࣱ لِّلۡمُصَلِّینَ. ٱلَّذِینَ هُمۡ عَن صَلَاتِهِمۡ سَاهُونَ. which means "So woe to those who pray, but are heedless of their prayer"
the Prophet ﷺ said, “Indeed a person may pray for sixty years, yet not a single salah of his will be accepted.” and this refers to a person who prays salah without khushu'.
your salah will feel like a chore. (you wouldn't enjoy praying)
you wouldn't be able to restrain yourself from sins and shameful behavior.
500
These things invalidate Salah, meaning if you do them your salah will not count and you will have to redo your salah.
1. not purified with wudu, losing wudu (will have to redo wudu and redo salah)
2. talking during salah
3. laughing/giggling during salah
4. making other hand or body movements outside of what is required for salah, turning away from the qibla
5. Eating or Drinking
6. Not being dressed properly
500
demonstrate how to pray. (from intention to tasleem.) hint; there are 10 steps.
you can do only 1 rak'ah.
1. intention.
2. takbir al ihram (saying Allahu akbar)
3. reading surah fatiha (and reading another surah/ayah after)
4. ruku'
5. standing back up. (and saying "sami'allahu liman hamida. rabbanaa walakal hamd")
6. prostrating. (and saying subhaana rabiyal a'laa)
7. sitting. (and saying rabbighfirli)
8. prostrating. (and saying subhaana rabiyal a'laa)
9. tashahhud.
10. tasleem.
500
if the word sunnah means recommended (it's not fard but highly recommended and if you do it, you'll be rewarded, why is it important for us to pray sunnah prayers?
the Prophet 
said: “The first thing about which the people will be called to account out of their actions on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. Our Lord, the Exalted, will say to the angels - though He knows better: Look into the prayer of My servant and see whether he has offered it perfectly or imperfectly. If it is perfect, that will be recorded perfect. If it is defective, He will say: See if there are some optional prayers offered by My servant. If there are optional prayers to his credit, He will say: Compensate the obligatory prayer by the optional prayer for My servant. Then all the actions will be considered similarly.”
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works so that I shall love him. When I love him I am his hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate about anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate hurting him. It was related by al-Bukhari.