MAKING YOUR SALAH BETTER

Have you ever noticed when you are performing your Salah, all sorts of worldly things occupy your mind and you are unable to concentrate on your salah???

It may be that you have too much on your mind or that Satan is attacking you from within.

How can you get rid of these distractions and improve your salah??? Here are some suggestions:

1. Make a serious effort to perform Salah to the best of your ability.

2. Make Wudu/Ghusl properly.

3. Develop humility and attentiveness before Allaah.

"Successful are the believers who offer their prayers with humility and attentiveness." [Al-Quran:23:1-2]

4. Remember Death:

5. The awesome presence of Allaah must b e felt. Again,

6. Try to learn the meaning of the words you say in Arabic and you will find yourself concentrating better in your Salah. You will begin to relate better in your conversation with Allaah since you will connect your speech with Him.

7. Try to develop the ability to be cut off, from this world and the normal cares of other seekers of the world.

8. Pray at the Fixed times.

9. When you are praying in Jamaa'ah, keep the lines straight and do not leave spaces, for satan occupies the spaces.

10. Let your prayer be a happy occasion and not a duty to be frowned upon, but rather to be awaited in eager anticipation.

11. Let your prayer be an outpouring of love and appreciation for all that Allaah has done for you and your family and all of mankind.

12. Shun all negative qualities like jealousy and pride and develop positive qualities like piety and fear of Allaah's wrath, for it will help you in your relation with Allaah.

13. Good prayer depends on the condition of the mind and total dependence on Allaah as well as internalized certainty that Allaah is always knowledgeable of everything that you do.

14. Do not be contented until you learn to pray properly - at every moment speak to Allaah sincerely until you are satisfied that you have tried your best.

15. Strive for excellence in everything that you do and more so, when it is for Allaah.

16. Always remember that "TIME" is your only asset to do things for the Hereafter, so do not put things off because there is no guarantee that the Prayer you missed or spoilt will ever be rectified.

InshaAllaah hope this benefits all of us.