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Eleventh Ramadan Lecture Presented by Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi, 1443 A.H.
Eleventh Ramadan Lecture Presented by Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi, 1443 A.H.
Eleventh Ramadan Lecture Presented by Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi, 1443 A.H.
[16/April/2022]

Eleventh Ramadan Lecture Presented by Al-Sayyid Abdul Malik Badruddin Al-Houthi, 1443 A.H.
I seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan, the outcast.
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
Praise is to Allah, the Lord of Worlds. I believe that there is no god but Allah, He is the Sovereign and the Manifest Truth; and that Muhammad, our master, is His servant, messenger, and last prophet.  
O Allah, confer Your Salat (prayers) and blessings upon Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad just as You conferred Your Salat (prayers) and blessings upon Ebrahim and the Family of Ebrahim. You are Owner of Praise, Owner of Glory! And be pleased with Muhammad good companions and all Your righteous servants and mujahedeen.
Brothers and sisters, peace be upon you, as well as the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
O Allah, guide us and grant us acceptance, for You are the All-Hearing and the All-knowing; accept our repentance, for You are the Most Relenting and the Most Merciful.
One of the most important things that helps achieve Taqwa and is beneficial in obtaining and keeping to it is Salat (the five prayers), which is the second pillar in Islam. In addition, Salat is one of Allah's great obligations and has a great importance in Islam and in the educational effects and great reward it helps obtain in many aspects.  
Everyone generally knows the importance of Salat and that it is a great pillar of Islam. One of main characteristics of the believers and Muttaqin introduced in the Holy Quran in a frequent way is their great care of Salat under the well-known title of {'those who establish Salat [prayer]'}. This characteristic has a frequent occurrence in the Holy Quran as one of the necessary basic characteristics of the people of faith and Taqwa, so they keep to it: {'those who establish Salat [prayer]'}. As a result, {'those who establish Salat [prayer]'} keeps occurring—{'those who establish Salat [prayer]'}—in many blessed verses that shed light on their characteristics, and signs, and practical interest.
For example, Allah says in Surat Al-Baqarah: {'This is the Book! There is no doubt about it—a guide for those who are Muttaqin [mindful of Allah],(3) who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and donate from what We have provided for them'} [Al-Baqarah 2:3]. Just after saying {'who believe in the unseen'}, He says, {'establish prayer'}, showing that they continuously keep perfectly establishing rewardable Salat. That was repeated a lot in the Holy Quran, which also talks about their rewardable Salat that makes them distinguished form others. That is because a lot of people do pray, but what distinguishes the Salat of Muttaqin is that it is rewardable Salat, which we will be talking about later when coming to this particular subject. 
Also, among their characteristics is their observation of Salat, {'and those who are [properly] observant of their Salat [prayers]'} [Al-Mu'minun 23:9]. This is what Allah says about them. So, they consistently observe their Salat: {'who are consistently performing their prayers'} [Al-Ma'arij 70:23]. They are not seasonal, performing Salat only in the month of Ramadan, on Friday, or at some times or taking great care of the form of only some Salat(s) apart from other ones. 
He also describes them as humble in their Salat, making their Salat distinctive in terms of their mindfulness and humbleness before Allah (Glory be to Him): {'those who humble themselves in Salat [prayer]'} [Al-Mu'minun 23:2].
Because of the importance of Salat, the command to be established has been repeated a lot in the Holy Quran: Allah (Glory be to Him) says, {‘Establish Salat, pay Zakat’}[ Al-Baqarah 2:43]. This combination of words was repeated a lot in the Holy Quran about the command of establishing Salat. Indeed, {‘Establish Salat’} and {‘Then establish Salat’}[An-Nisa 4:103] come in several verses and Surah(s), and of them is Allah's saying,  {‘ Tell My believing servants to establish Salat [prayer] and donate from what We have provided for them—openly and secretly—before the arrival of a Day in which there will be no ransom or friendly connections’}[ Ibrahim 14:31]. In a lot of verses in the Holy Quran, the command to perform Salat is usually combined with the command to spend and to pay Zakat, and this is what we will talk about later (Allah willing) when we talk on Zakat and spending.
Salat comes on the top of the list of the [recommended] characteristics and main deeds, even as a main title that comes first to illustrate what comes after it [Salat] of all practical priorities and commitments—{'before a Day comes in which there will be no exchange [i.e., ransom], nor any friendships'}.
Allah (Glory be to Him) also says: {' Establish Salat, and be mindful of Him. To Him you will all be gathered together '} [Al-An’am: 6: 72]. Here, there is a direct order on Salat. {'Establish Salat'}, so perform Salat in a way that makes it rewardable. (This is a command!)
Moreover, performing Salat with care is mentioned in Allah's (Glory Be to Him) saying, {'Maintain with care Salat [prayers] and [in particular] the middle Salat and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient '}[Al Baqarah 2:228]. So, {'Maintain with care Salat’} at all times and under any circumstances. What is more, Allah (Glory Be to Him) has ordained a suitable way proportionate to different circumstances encountered by people. For instance, in case of illnesses, when it is difficult to perform Salat properly (i.e., standing and sitting according to the prescribed way), Allah has made it permissible for the patient to perform Salat sitting if unable to stand, or lying if unable to perform it sitting. This is also the case for being on a journey, too far a one. There comes the Salat of Al-Musafir [Prayer of the Traveler]. And regarding the continuous state of war, in which it is difficult to perform Salat in its proper way as it could be done in a peaceful and stable environment. There is always what is proportionate to every circumstance.
{'Maintain with care Salat [prayers] and [in particular] the middle Salat '}. Actually, Muslims differ which Salat is the middle Salat. However, it was narrated about Imam Ali that it is Salat Al-Jumu'ah [the Friday prayer] on Fridays and Salat Al-Dhuhr on other days—Salat Al-Jumu'ah on Fridays.  
{'And stand up with devotion to Allah'}: Stand and rise up devoutly in your Salat because you are standing before Allah (Glory be to Him). So, stand sincerely before Him and make it a pure stand for His sake only (Glory be to Him), but also keep away from Riyaa [the intention of attracting other people's praise] and unfaithful motives. {'With devotion to Allah '}—be submissive to Allah (Glory be to Him). That is because standing in Salat is an act of worship before Allah (Glory be to Him) and a way of expressing servitude to Allah of remembering Him (Glory be to Him). 
{'If you are in danger, pray on foot or while riding. But when you are safe, remember Allah for teaching you what you did not know'}[Al_ Baqara:239].  The state of fear has its own special consideration.  When the appointed time of Salat may finish before performing Salat due to fear, then Salat should be performed as Allah mentioned: {'Pray on foot or while riding '}, depending on the situation.
Allah also says, {''Thereafter, when you feel secure, establish Salat [prayer]''}[An-Nisa 4:103]. The previous verse says, {' But when you are safe, remember Allah for teaching you what you did not know'}[Al_ Baqara:239]—that is, establish you Salat in its complete form along with the mention of Allah (Glory be to Him). {'Thereafter, when you feel secure, establish Salat. Indeed, Salat [prayer] has been prescribed upon believers at specific times'} [An-Nisa 4:103]. Therefore, under all circumstances (fear, war, etc.), Salat is always given due care but with little adjustment according to the existing circumstances. 
The command of establishing Salat occurs frequently in the Holy Quran, as we mentioned at the beginning of the lecture. To establish Salat means to perform it with devotion and according to its obligatory acts—the way Allah prescribed—and this is an important issue, because some people often perform Salat as an ordinary thing without understanding its importance, its merit, and its greatness. Indeed, some might perform it in a cold way that doesn’t fully match Salat's obligatory acts or lacks due attention to these obligatory acts, which reflects badly on their Salat in a way that makes it unfulfilled according to what Allah (Glory be to Him) prescribed. 
Some of us might be used to perform Salat as a habit, and s/he might be used to perform it while very hasty for a matter of worldly affairs, his/her own personal affairs, or life concerns. His/her haste comes at the expense of Salat, although s/he might be used to treat other things with due care—but very hasty when it comes to Salat. 
Due to its importance and great virtue, Salat comes high on the list of the worship-like priorities, great deeds, and rituals, prescribed in all Allah's messages and for all His prophets, peace be upon them. The revelations of the Holy Quran demonstrate how important it was in the era of the prophets and how they took great care of it. This, in turn, reflects its great virtue, status, and position in Allah's religion, and in achieving nearness to Allah, and in obtaining great results that we as humans need in every time and place. 
Referring to all prophets as whole (Peace be upon them), Allah (Glory be to Him) says in the Holy Quran, {'We sent them inspiration to do good deeds, to establish Salat, and to give Zakat, and they constantly served Us'}[Al-Anbiya 21:73]. Allah revealed to His prophets to {'do good deeds'}, which is a general title that encompasses all the good deeds. {'To establish Salat '} shows how Salat is particularly mentioned to indicate its significance, virtue, and great effect at the spiritual and faith-based level. {'To establish Salat, and to give Zakat,'} shows how [the mention of] Salat often comes accompanied with [the mention of] Zakat and spending—{'and they constantly served Us'}.
Among what Allah mentions about the great care His prophet Ibrahim (Peace be upon him) took of Salat—he is the one who built the Kaaba and revived it and its role as the Qibla towards which Muslims turn in Salat [prayer] and its role connected to Hajj—Ibrahim (Peace be upon him) used to invoke Allah by saying, {'My Lord, make me one who establishes Salat [the prayer], and of my offspring. Our Lord, and accept my supplication'}[Ibrahim 14:40]. Although he used to take great care of Salat, we can see how Ibrahim used (as mentioned in Surat Al-Baqarah, Surat Ibrahim, and other places in the Holy Quran) to call Allah with this prayer, {'My Lord, make me one who establishes Salat '}. So, a person needs to pay much attention to this issue: to call upon Allah to make him/her of those who establish Salat, the rewardable Salat. That is because Salat should be rewardable one. Indeed, many are those who perform Salat, but few are those who establish Salat that is rewardable. This supplication is important, and a person can invoke Allah with it: {'My Lord, make me one who establishes Salat [the prayer], and of my offspring}—a person pray for him/herself and his/her offspring—{Our Lord, and accept my supplication'}. 
Also, about Prophet Ismail (PBUH), Allah says in the Holy Quran, {‘He used to enjoin Salat and Zakat upon his family’}[Maryam 19:55]. Of his great characteristics that the Quran highlighted as an important, great thing and an important characteristic of his (PBUH) is that he cared about Salat and he repeatedly enjoined his family to do Salat. So, it comes as one the educational priorities that a person should pay attention to with his/her family. It is of the ethical and educational responsibilities and commitments towards one’s family that s/he orders them, encourages them, and alerts them to do Salat. It is a continuous state {‘He used to enjoin’} continuously. {‘He used to enjoin Salat and Zakat upon his family’}: Salat is [often] accompanied with Zakat. {‘And he was favourite to his Lord’}: This indicates how much great attention he pays to Salat and Zakat and how great the importance that Allah's religion attaches to these obligations, and it also introduces these two obligations as two main titles that have to do with the rest of the other faith-based characteristics.
Also, in the Holy Quran in Surat Taha, on the subject of Prophet Musa (PBUH) when Allah revealed to him, He (Glory be to Him) says to Musa, {‘Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My mention’}[Taha 20:14]. For how great Salat is, it was specifically mentioned despite the fact that it is an act of worship, included in Allah’s saying, {‘So worship me’}. But still, it was particularly and specifically mentioned for its great importance, {‘And establish prayer for My mention’}. One of the main roles Salat plays is mentioning Allah: You, as you pray, mention Allah, remember Allah (Glory be to Him), and get out of your state of inattention to Allah (Glory be to Him), if Salat was performed in the way Allah prescribed (with mental and psychological devotion to Allah—Glory be to Him—with your heart and emotions as well as your conscience and tongue).
In addition, of what Allah revealed to Prophet Musa and Prophet Harun (Peace be upon them), Allah (Almighty) says, {‘And We revealed to Musa and his brother, "Have houses for your people in Egypt and make your houses Qiblah , and establish Salat, and give good tidings to the believers"’}[Yunus 10:87]. {‘Establish Salat’}, so performing Salat is of the repeated, reassured, divine commands because of how important this matter is for us, humans themselves.
Moreover, in Surah Maryam, of what Allah mentions about Prophet Isa (PBUH) when He made him speak while still [young] in the cradle is what he (PBUH) said, {‘And He has made me blessed wherever I may be and has enjoined upon me Salat and Zakat so long as I live’}[Maryam 19:31].  {‘And He has made me blessed wherever I may be ‘}: Ma sha Allah [What Allah willing!], Subhan Allah [Glory be to Allah!], Prophet Isa was blessed wherever he went. However, he says, {‘and has enjoined upon me Salat and Zalat’}, which means to preserve these obligations and keep doing them. {‘So long as I live’}—his whole life, until the end of his life.
The Holy Quran payed great attention to Salat, enjoining it as a religious duty and emphasizing it as a main, faith-based title that helps in obtaining Taqwa. Furthermore, the importance of Salat—as we have mentioned—can be clearly seen in various aspects:
Salat has to do with remembering Allah (Almighty) in the first place, as mentioned in Allah’s saying addressed to Prophet Musa (PBUH) that we spoke about,{‘And establish prayer for My mention’}. A person needs to remember Allah, and one of the most dangerous negative consequences that may strike a person in his/her thoughts, deeds, behaviours, and attitudes is caused by the state of negligence towards Allah (Glory be to Him). This is a serious state that makes you an easy target for Shaytan to get you into his trap and then tighten his grip on you: the state of negligence and forgetfulness towards Allah (Glory be to Him). Therefore, the five Salat(s), which is the second pillar of the pillars of Islam and a great obligation of Allah’s obligations, are spread throughout the day in order for us not to forget [Allah] for a long period of time, as the circumstances of this life might keep people busy.
Some might get mentally, psychologically, and practically preoccupied with his/her life concerns (such as selling, buying, working, farming, or any work of his/her) in a way that makes s/he forget to remember Allah (Glory be to Him). In such a case, if there were none of these five prayers spread throughout the day, s/he would stay distracted for a long period of time. Indeed, a whole day might pass, while s/he is distracted away from Allah (Glory be to Him), without remembering Allah. This is a very dangerous state which has its negative effects on people’s emotions, on their practical reality, and so on their faith-based commitments and their interests. When some time passes, for example, between dawn [which is the time for Salat Al-Fajr] and noon (which is an extended time), comes Salat Al-Dhuhr, then Salat Al-Asr, and later at sunset Salaat Al-Maghrib, and finally Salat Al-Isha. So, this is how these time-breaks happen, and they have to do with the pass of time, in the movement of day and night, and in the movement of the sun. They seem to be time-breaks that are related to the reality of humans, organizing their lives, practical affairs, and movements. That is, for example, when we wake up, that is the time for the first Salat for us to perform, which is Al-Fajr—that is in months other than the month of Ramadan because people stay up all night in the month of Ramadan and do night prayers.
Hence, mentioning and remembering Allah have great importance for you to be always directed to Allah (Glory be to Him), afraid of disobeying Him, attentive to Him, feeling shy before Him (Glory be to Him), and attentive to your deeds and behaviours so that you do not disobey Allah, not cause Allah’s anger for yourself, do what satisfies Allah (Glory be to Him), and be mindful of Allah (Almighty). This is an important issue.
Salat has to do with remembering Allah (Glory be to Him), and it is full of great Athkar: Takbir [saying Allah is the greatest], Tasbih to Allah (Glory be to Him), and with Tasbih come Tahlil and Tahmid, as well as reading [verses from] the Quran, especially Surat Al-Fatihah, which is obligatory in all Salat(s) [prayers]. Athkar themselves and reading the Quran itself have a great impact when it comes to remembering Allah (Glory be to Him) and strengthening the meaning of Athkar in one's self.
Takbir has to do with strengthening the feeling of Allah’s greatness (Glory be to Him), and that He is greater than everything, with all the great important results of that in people’s attitudes, deeds, and obedience to Allah (Glory be to Him), as well as in discharging their responsibilities, in facing the enemies of Allah, and in confronting dangers and challenges however great they might be. The same is also true for Tasbih, reading [verses of] the Quran, etc.
Athkar in Salat are of great value; they are not random. They were ordained by the Messenger (PBUH&F); Allah ordained them for His servants: He ordained for us what we mention Him with in our Salat. So, Athkar are carefully chosen for Salat, which is full of great, important Athkar that strengthen in the person as well as his/her conscience the great meanings that attract him/her to Allah (Glory be to Him). This topic needs a lot of time, but we are not in the context of talking about it in details, just to talk about it briefly.
One of the most important issues about Salat is that it contributes to strengthening of servitude to Allah: what we say and how we move (kneeling, prostrating, standing, and sitting) demonstrate our servitude to Allah. While performing your Salat, standing and turning to the direction of Kaaba, you do not turn right or left, nor care about or do anything else—you stick to its form, Athkar (mention of Allah), basic movements, prerequisites, and obligatory acts. Your devotion as well as standing, kneeling, and prostrating should be performed in a solemn, humble, and awed way; besides, you are not allowed to say anything other than Salat Athkar, do anything other than acts of Salat, or turn your face to directions other than Kaaba:  You turn wholly to Allah. To do your Salat in a humble and submissive way as well as in a state of devotion expresses your servitude to Allah (Glory be to Him). 
Equally important is to be mindful of what you say and do when performing Salat; it enables you to feel your servitude to Allah deep in your heart—that you are the servant of Allah, Whom you stand before, turn to, mention, exclaim (Allah is Great!), praise, and Whose book and revelations you read and recite, etc. This is an important issue that can, when taking root in the soul and mind of the person, have great significance with regard to obedience, devotion, and submission to Allah as well as the acceptance of His guidance and teachings.
Another significant issue about Salat is its spiritual gift and great role in purifying the soul; this is so important that every person is in need of it. Due to the importance of this issue [self-purification] and the fact that in the daily-life circumstances, concerns, and interactions, the person’s soul may become impure or get negatively affected, Salat comes one after another to purify the soul, as if the person is always seeking to purify him/herself every now and then. However, this depends on the person’s mindful devotion to Salat and how well s/he performs it with awareness of its value, importance, and benefits.
Soul cleansing is a very important issue, to which Salat contributes greatly: {‘Successful indeed are those who purify themselves. remember the Name of their Lord, and preform Salat [pray]' }[Al-Ala: 87: 14-15]. 
In this same regard, Allah also says about Salat—its importance in purifying and cleansing a person's soul, enhancing Taqwa, adhering one's self to moral and faith-based discipline, strengthening the good and benevolent spirit, and (accordingly) deriving him/her away from licentiousness, wrongdoing, and acts of disobedience—{'Recite [O Muhammed], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish Salat. Indeed, Salat prohibits immorality and wrongdoing'} [Al-'Ankabut 29:45]. That is because it makes your faith firm, attracts you to Allah, enhances the remembrance of Allah within you, improves the awe and fear of Allah and love for Him, draws you close to Him, purifies your soul, and builds up your good and positive feelings that help you keep to righteousness, to the extent that you abhor immorality, hate wrong deeds, detest and keep away from all of that. This is the great and very important effect that occurs when a person performs his/her Salat adequately as part of his/her effort to practically keep to righteousness.
Allah also says, {'Indeed, humankind was created impatient: fretful when touched with evil, and withholding when touched with good—except those who pray, consistently performing their prayers '}[Al-Ma'arij 70:19-20].  There are a lot of other qualities presented with Salat, but Salat comes top on the list when it comes to healing the state of fretfulness. What is fretfulness?  It is this: {'Fretful when touched with evil '}, which means that the person gets distressed when evil befalls him/her, for s/he soon gets impatient—s/he is in need of some discipline to obtain endurance. However, s/he becomes stingy and tight-fisted when s/he enjoys good fortune!
This positive reflection of Salat on the educational and spiritual level is what every person is in need of, and s/he should strive to obtain and keep to it, as well as to remain mindful of its great importance. 
Of the most important attributes to Salat is that it is an important aid that helps the person do righteous deeds and carry out responsibilities: Allah (Glory be to Him) says in the Holy Quran, {'O you who believe! Seek help in patience and Salat [the prayer]. Indeed, Allah is with the patient '}[Al-Baqarah 2: 153]. So, Salat is a very important means that assists a person to gain Taqwa and pay attention to other good deeds because it has a very positive effect, which helps preform righteous deeds and carry out responsibilities:  Jihad in the cause of Allah, promotion of virtue, prevention of vice, combating Taghout, and facing challenges, as well as everything else that can be included within the frame of responsibility. So, it is necessary to benefit from Salat. Salat is a means that reflects positively on your inner tranquility and closeness to Allah; it is considered a strong motive that helps people move forwarder, pay more attention and effort, and show commitment. This is a very important issue that shows Salat's great effect. 
This fundamental role and great importance of Salat should make us aware of the serious consequences of neglecting Salat. Unfortunately, some people neglect Salat (or some of it) because s/he is preoccupied with whims and keeps chasing desires and wasting time and effort in trivial or absurd things—that is a very serious issue.
In any case, things such as life concerns or that which fall within the absurd matters and self-desires must not cause the person to neglect Salat, for neglecting it is considered a substantial sin, and serious crime; if a person dares to do that, s/he will be involved in a difficult dilemma, harm him/herself severely, open the way for Shaytan against him/herself, bear a heavy burden, and deteriorate him/herself.
Allah (Glory be to Him) mentions in the Holy Quran the reality of the residents of the Fire who talk about the basic and main reasons that led them to be in it, saying, {'They will reply, “We were not of those who prayed”'} [Al-Mudaththir 74:43]. The principal reason that caused their loss—be among the residents of the Fire is {'they will reply, “We were not of those who prayed"'}.
Furthermore, there comes threaten in the Holy Quran in Allah’s saying, {‘So, woe to those performers of Salat who are neglectful of their Salah’}{Al-Ma’un 107:5]. They go into a state of carelessness, heedlessness, and negligence when it comes to Salat, so some of those negligent people might miss its time, particularly specific ones [Salat]. For example, some people are used and addicted to neglecting Salat Al-Fajr, so they wake up in the middle of the day or after sunrise. Then it becomes a state which s/he perseveres as s/he is used and addicted to missing the pillar of Salat al-Fajr. This is a dangerous issue which means that you are no more of the believers nor Muttaqin, and that you are committing a horrible crime and carry a terrible, heavy burden. This is a dangerous issue for people. In a Hadith by the Messenger (PBUH&F), ‘The Shaytan keeps being terrified and frightened of the believer as long as s/he keeps praying the five Salat; once s/he misses them, Shaytan will dare to lead him/her into great sins’. The Shaytan dares against the person who neglects and misses his/her Salat, becomes careless with some, performs them in a way of getting rid of them as if they were a problem. S/he performs them with difficulty (Maghdha as we express it locally), in a way that helps him/her gets rid of them as if they were a problem.
Throughout faith-based awareness, we have to realize the greatness of Salat, as well as its value and importance. A person should start at the mental and psychological levels to draw a positive image about Salat, and to have positive feelings towards it. This means that you realize that it is a great way of getting closer to Allah, that it is a grace, that it is beneficial to you, and that you need it at your mental level to heal your psychological states that affect you negatively in your emotions, concerns, and deeds. You [have to] hold positive emotions towards Salat in its importance, role, and greatness, as well as in what you gain from it at the psychological level: inner peace, tranquility, comfort, and closeness to Allah (Glory be to Him). ‘O Bilal, comfort us with it’. It is said that the Prophet (PBUH&F), when it was time for Salat, used to sometimes tell Bilal when ordering him to call for Salat (make Athan), ‘O Bilal, comfort us with it’. It is comfort, relaxation, tranquility, inner peace, and positive feeling that people live. This is Salat in its greatness.
People differ in the level of benefitting of this great, educational, and faithful source according to their belief and their devotion to Allah (Glory be to Him). It is easy and simple: it is not heavy or difficult to perform nor too many in number. Allah made it very easy; there is no justification for a person to feel it is heavy, flee from it, or think it is difficult or complicated so that s/he runs away of it. It is of the easiest deeds. Salat is of the easiest deeds: It is simple, easy, and uncomplicated. It also has positive effects, and if a person keeps to it with devotion, it becomes a very exciting deed, which s/he misses, looks forward to, feels great mental comfort through, and feels the great effects, blessings, and results of.
Despite all of that, besides the five Salat, there are other Salat that are related to some events, such as Salat the Eids, Salat Al-Jinaza [funeral prayer], which is a collective obligation (can be done even by a few), Salat Al-Kusufain [the prayer during an eclipse, whether solar or lunar], and other Salat that are related to specific events. In addition, there is Salat Al-Nafilah [Salat of Supererogatory], the most important of which is the Salat of night, at the end of the night, or after midnight; this is Nafila not obligatory, but its bounty is great, as well as its mental, educational effect. A person should seek such Salat according to his/her practical circumstances and concerns in his/her march of this life.
Anyway, Salat is considered a very great means due to its great effect and its relation with the other deeds: It is not an alternative to the other deeds, nor is it in contrast with them. (There is a great relevance.) That is because it plays a role in remembering Allah and turning to Allah (Glory be to Him); its role leads to Taqwa, so it is a particular means. {‘And seek help in patience and Salat’}[Al-Baqarah 2:45]: Just as patience helps you in discharging your responsibilities, so does Salat.
There is absolutely no justification for introducing Salat as a substitute for Jihad in the cause of Allah or for other important deeds that have to do with supporting the religion of Allah, the truth, and justice. There is no justification that can justify dealing with Salat as if it gave you enough of a reason to turn your back on the rest of the [commands of the] religion, since it links you to them and to your responsibility towards what Allah (Glory be to Him) has commanded.
The last thing we recommend regarding our brief talk about Salat—that is because talking about it can be very extensive—is encouraging those who have not learnt how to properly perform Salat to learn it and not to feel shy or ashamed of learning it, as well as being sure of perfecting its Athkar, obligatory acts, and pillars.  and [being sure] that it is of the things they learn, especially in places where illiteracy is rampant and where there is not good movement towards learning. There must be great attention to this issue.
We ask Allah (Glory be to Him) to grant us success and lead us to what satisfies Him. O Allah (Glory be to You), have mercy on our martyrs, heal the wounded among us, set free our captives, and grant us victory. You are All-Hearing! O Allah, accept our fast, night prayers, and good deeds.
Peace be upon you as well as Allah’s mercy and His blessings.



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