Dear Islamic sisters! Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has made Salah obligatory for us and promised us great blessings and gifts in the world and the Hereafter for offering Salah. When our pious predecessors would offer Salah, they would be present in the blessed court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ with apparent and spiritual manners after being totally carefree of worldly thoughts and their surroundings. Let’s listen to the condition of these righteous people’s Salah.

Devotee of Salah and Holy Quran

Talking about the spiritual exercises and acts of worship of the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and relating the event of two blessed companions, Sayyiduna Jabir رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has stated:

Once, we went to a Ghazwah (battle) along with the Beloved Rasool                     صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. On the way back, we passed through a mountainous area where the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم ordered us to stay. All the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم stayed there to rest. The Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Who amongst you will keep a watch tonight?’ A Muhajir and an Ansari companion رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا stood up and humbly said: Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! We would like to have this privilege; please accept us. They both got ready to keep watch after taking permission.

Both consulted with each other and then Ansari Sahabi رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, ‘Let’s do one thing-one of us will keep watch in the first half of the night while the other is asleep, then the other one will keep watch the remaining half of the night while the first one is asleep.’ Therefore, you rest while I am awake, then you keep watch.

Thus, the Muhajir companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ started having a rest and the Ansari companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ got ready to keep watch. After a while, he started offering Salah and reciting Surah Al-Kahf. An enemy came and climbed onto a hilltop and saw that a person was offering Salah; he drew his bow, and taking an aim fired an arrow to the blessed companion. The arrow pierced his body, but he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ did not move and remained busy offering Salah. That cruel enemy shot another arrow that also entered his blessed body, but he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ did not break his Salah. He then shot the third arrow which also came straight