It’s the first thing that Allah [SWT] will ask us about on the Day of Judgement…and if this is good, then everything else will fall into place. It’s our prayer – Al Salah – and it makes so much sense to have a process in place to monitor the quality of salah and to keep improving it.
Here’s a way to progressively improve the quality of salah till we reach the level of emaan where we can worship Allah as if we see him, in sha Allah 🙂
Salah Quality Indicators:
- Making wudu before each salah
- Praying on time (the first hour, exception can be made for Isha)
- Praying in the Masjid
- Catching the first Takbeer (i.e. the beginning of the congregation)
- Reciting Quran with proper Tajweed
- Reciting AlFatiha with break after every ayah, and with contemplation
- Completing Ruku and Sujood
- Making dua in Sujood
- Reciting the Tashahhud with concentration
- Sending prayers on the Prophet [saws] and making some recommended dua in the last sitting
- Praying sunnah afterwards
Anymore? I’m trying to compile a list of Salah Quality Indicators so I and everyone who reads the blog can benefit from this. Jazakum Allaho khair.
More awesome stuff from Sh. Muhammad AlShareef:
I know this is an old post but I’ll say thank you anyway!
I can’t think of anything to add to the list, good ones so far. I think that a few might serve as a “bonus” maybe? For example, praying in the Masjid is hard for some since not everyone is located near a masjid, have enough time on their break to go to the masjid for salah, etc.
Jazak Allah khair for resurrecting this! Subhan Allah, I had totally forgotten about this.
Praying in the masjid is hard, but I think people in North America should be able to pray at least 2 out of the five prayers daily at the masjid.
Sh. Muhammad was once saying that proximity to the masjid should be a very important factor when picking a house. He said (paraphrased) that, once you’ve picked the house, you’ve got no excuses: if the house is close, then you should be regular at the masjid. If the house is far, then it’s your fault that you picked a house that makes it hard for yourself to be regular at the masjid! So true…