The Importance and Excellence of Salah

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1. Salah in congregation is 27 times greater than the salah offered alone.^{^[1]}

2. Whoever performed wudu properly, then set out to perform the obligatory salah and offered it with the imam, his sins will be forgiven.^{^[2]}

3. When a person offers salah in congregation and then asks Allah to fulfil his need, Allah does not like for that person to return before his need is fulfilled.^{^[3]}

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers, you heard about the immense blessings attained by the one offering salah in congregation. Hence, we should also develop the habit of offering the five daily salahs in the masjid in congregation in the first row. At times, many disabled and elderly people come to the masjid with great difficulty to offer salah in congregation and offer it in a manner that is easy for them. If such individuals can give preference to offering salah in congregation despite facing great hardship, we should show even greater enthusiasm for offering salah in congregation.

In worldly matters, many people try to surpass each other. For example, if we see a mansion, we desire to construct something similar; if we see someone wearing fine clothes, we desire to wear the same; when we see someone’s brand new car, we yearn to have the same; when we see someone’s flourishing business, we too desire becoming rich. In short, we have become so greedy for worldly wealth that we do not tire despite striving for it day and night. If only after seeing someone doing

[1] Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: 645

[2] ShuꜤab al-Īmān: 2,727

[3] Ḥilyat al-Awliyāˈ: 10,591

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