Losing Prayer, Keeping Hope
MuslimWritings warns us about missing Salah, but why we should never lose hope entirely, for Allah is the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
It starts with missing Fajr (too early) or Isha (too tired). Zhur, Asr, and Magrib (too busy) also get lost. Maybe you make salat once at night and try to make all five prayers at once, but then that becomes too difficult. It’s okay, though, because you make it at least sometimes, when you’re around other Muslims. Then you find that you’re not around Muslims who pray, you’re only around Muslims who don’t pray either. Maybe you don’t really see any other Muslims at all. Your whole world has become that of the non-Muslims, and salat has become pretty much a thing of the past. Forget Ramadan.
[Photo Credit: Vince Millett]
Leave a Reply