thoughts of my heart.’ The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then informed him of the answers to those queries. (Ibn-e-Hibbaan, vol. 3, p. 181, Hadees 1884)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                        صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Motivation for Salah

Dear Islamic brothers! Tonight is the 12^th night, and it is the night in which the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم arrived into this world. Therefore, we ought to be observant of Salah. But alas! There are a great number of us who do not offer Salah in congregation, and similarly, there is another group of people, مَعَاذَاللّٰہ, who have abandoned Salah and are making themselves worthy of Hell. Alas! Our Generous Lord is showering His bounties upon us, day and night, yet we do not even have the ability to prostrate in his court only five times in a day.

Remember! The five daily Salah are Fard upon every sane, mature (Baaligh), Muslim man and woman. The one who does not consider the Salah to be Fard is out of the folds of Islam, even if his name and his other actions are that of a Muslim’s. The one who regards Salah as Fard but intentionally misses even one of them, he is a major sinner and is worthy of the punishment of Hell.

A’la Hadrat, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: The one who intentionally omitted one Salah, he has become worthy of remaining in Hell for thousands of years, until he repents and makes them up. (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 9, p. 158)

From this, we come to realise that if intentionally missing one Salah results in one remaining in Hell for thousands of years, then how severely will the one who intentionally misses all of the Salah in the day be punished, or one who