Who is the Perfect Believer?

فَاِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَانْصَبْۙ(۷)

So when you finish, strive ˹in supplication˺.^{^[1]}

Meaning, spend your free time in worship! This means when you are free from one act of worship, start another, and do not remain away from worship at any time, because this is the primary objective of creating the universe.^{^[2]}

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

(2): The one who protects prayers

Dear Islamic brothers! The second sign of a perfect believer is that he protects his prayers. Allah Almighty states:

وَ الَّذِیْنَ هُمْ عَلٰى صَلَوٰتِهِمْ یُحَافِظُوْنَۘ(۹)

and who guard their prayers.^{^[3]}

اللہ اکبر! This is also a very important attribute of a perfect believer. The one with perfect faith guards his prayers, does not miss prayers, takes care of the timings of prayers, offers prayers in a beautiful manner, performs them with humility and devotion.

Unfortunately, nowadays, the situation is shocking in this matter as well. The number of those who pray is negligible, even though prayer is the most important act of worship. The second Caliph of Islam, Sayyidunā ꜤUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ states: “Whoever does not preserve the prayer, he has no share in the religion.”^{^[4]}

[1] Al-Quran, Al-Sharh, verse 7; translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān

[2] Anwar-i-Jamal-i-Mustafa صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, p. 323, with slight adaptation.

[3] Al-Quran, Al- Muʾminūn, verse 9; translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān

[4] Musannaf ʿAbd al-Raẓāq; Book of Purification; Chapter on a Wound That Does Not Heal; Volume 1; Page 116; Hadith 579.

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