Salah is the first pillar and
an important practice of Islam. To do this practice Muslims are encouraged to
perform it with concentration (Khushoo). Iblees, the enemy of Islam has made it
his mission to divert Muslims from the right path. The best way he uses is to
whisper immoral thoughts (waswass) to believers when they are standing in front
of Allah during salah.
Allah says (interpretation of
the meaning) in the holy Quran: “Successful indeed
are the believers, those who offer their salah (prayers) with all solemnity and
full submissiveness.” [Al-Mu’minoon 23:1-2]
Khushoo’
means calmness, serenity, tranquility, dignity and humility. It is the fear of
Allah and the sense that He is watching your every step. As the ayat says that
salah requires full submissiveness and earnestness in its performance and those
who do this are the most successful believers. Obedience, humbleness, solemnest
or submissiveness all combine to form i.e. khushoo. Khushoo lies in the heart
and its effect is seen in the physical practice. Heart can be a home of many
vile articles. It can be corrupted by negligence or insinuating whispers from
Satan. The heart is like a king and the faculties are like his troops who
follow his orders and go where they are commanded. If the king is deposed, his
followers are lost, which is like what happens when the heart does not worship
properly.
Our
feelings, emotions, carnal desires and wishes are objects that deviate our
attention. We think about worldly matters and forget what we are supposed to do
actually. We and Satan are to blame partly for this behavior. Satan deviates us
and we carelessly let him do it. If we keep ourselves focused then it might not
be a problem at all. Khushoo is not hard to obtain. It can be obtained with
patience and help from Quran and Hadith.
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