رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِیْ مُقِیْمَ الصَّلٰوةِ وَ مِنْ ذُرِّیَّتِیْ ﳓ رَبَّنَا وَ تَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ(۴۰)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: O my Lord! Keep me as one who establishes prayer, and some of my descendants; O our Lord! And accept my prayer.

(Part 13, Surah Ibraheem, Ayah 40)

On the Judgement Day, first of all a question will be asked about Salah. It is stated in blessed Hadees, ‘اَوَّلُ مَایُحَاسَبُ بِہِ الْعَبْدُ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَۃِ صَلَا تُہ’ i.e. On the Judgement Day, first of all, a person will be asked a question about his Salah.

‘Allamah ‘Abdur Ra`oof Manaawi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated about the blessed Hadees, ‘Undoubtedly Salah is a sign of Iman [faith] and an important act of worship’. (At-Tayseer Sharh Jami’-us-Sagheer, vol. 1, pp. 391)

A person came to the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and asked a question about the best deed three times, so the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied three times the same that Salah is the best deed.

(Musnad Imam Ahmad, vol. 2, pp. 580, Hadees 6613)

Dear Islamic brothers! It has become obvious that Salah is very important act of worship which has been commanded to offer regularly in the Holy Quran. Therefore, we should not only offer Salah with Jama’at in the first row with Takbeer-e-Aula regularly, but also we should take our sensible children with us to the Masjid. Remember! If we offer Salah regularly and take our sensible children to the Masjid, they will be inclined to Salah from their childhood and then they will get used to offering Salah when they become grown-up because if something is stuck in children’s mind from their childhood, naturally it becomes stronger in their mind when they become grownups.

Four sayings of Allah about Salah

Despite knowing the importance of Salah if someone does not offer Salah, he is very unwise and making himself deserving of Hell though offering Salah is the source of worldly and Hereafter privileges. Not only have we been commanded