Book Name:Namaz Ki Ahmiyat
اَلۡـحَـمۡـدُ لِـلّٰـہِ رَبِّ الۡـعٰـلَـمِیۡنَ وَ الـصَّـلٰـوۃُ وَ الـسَّـلَامُ عَـلٰی خَاتَمِ النَّبِیّٖن
اَمَّـا بَــعۡـدُ فَـاَعُـوۡذُ بِـا لـلّٰـہِ مِـنَ الـشَّـیۡـطٰنِ الـرَّجِیۡمِؕ بِـسۡمِ الـلّٰـہِ الـرَّحۡـمٰنِ الـرَّحِـیۡمِؕ
The Importance of Prayer
اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُولَ اللہ وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا حَبِیْبَ اللہ
اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا نَبِیَّ اللہ وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا نُوْرَ اللہ
نَوَيۡتُ سُنَّتَ الۡاِعۡتِكَافِ
Translation: I have made the intention of Sunnah I’tikaf.
Whenever you enter a masjid, upon remembering, make the intention of iꜤtikāf because as long as you stay in the masjid you will keep getting the reward of iꜤtikāf. Remember! There is no SharꜤī permission to eat and drink, sleep or do suḥūr and ifṭārī even to drink Zamzam water and the water on which dam has been made in a masjid. However, if the intention of iꜤtikāf is made, all these acts will become permissible. One should not make intention to observe iꜤtikāf only to eat, drink or sleep, but rather he should do it for pleasing Allah Almighty.
It is stated in Fatāwā Shāmī:
If someone wants to eat, drink or sleep in a masjid, he should make intention to observe iꜤtikāf, do dhikr of Allah Almighty for some time, then he may do whatever he wants (i.e., now if he wants to eat, drink or sleep, he can do so.).
Virtue of sending ṣalāt upon beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
Sayyidunā Jābir b.ꜤAbdullāh رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا reports that the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:
مَنْ اَدْرَکَ شَہْرَ رَمَضَانَ وَلَمْ یَصُمْہُ فَقَدْ شَقِیَ وَمَنْ اَدْرَکَ وَالِدَیْہِ اَوْ اَحَدَہُمَا فَلَمْ یَبِرَّہُ فَقَدْ شَقِیَ، وَمَنْ ذُکِرْتُ عِنْدَہُ فَلَمْ یُصَلِّ عَلَیَّ فَقَدْ شَقِیَ
Whoever entered the month of Ramadan, and did not observe its fasts, is wretched. He who finds his parents, or any one of them, and