Salaah becoming a Means of Blessing or Curse
Submitted by Mohammed Gilani on
Hazrat Anas (Radiyallahu anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said, “When a
person performs all his salaah on their prescribed times with proper
wudhu, and correctly fulfills (all the postures in the correct manner
such as) the qiyaam, the concentration and devotion, the ruku and
sajdah, then the salaah rises up in a bright and beautiful form saying to
him, ‘May Allah Ta'ala safeguard you as you have safeguarded me.’
On the other hand, if a person does not perform his salaah (punctually)
on its proper time, and does not perform a proper wudhu or correctly
fulfil the concentration and devotion, the ruku and sajdah, then the
salaah rises up in an ugly and dark form and curses him saying, ‘May
Allah Ta'ala destroy you as you have destroyed me.’ The salaah then
rises to the point where Allah Ta'ala wishes, and it is thereafter folded
like a dirty rag and flung onto his face.”
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ صَلَّى الصَّلَوَاتِ لِوَقْتِهَا وَأَسْبَغَ لَهَا وُضُوءَهَا وَأَتَمَّ لَهَا قِيَامَهَا وَخُشُوعَهَا وَرُكُوعَهَا وَسُجُودَهَا خَرَجَتْ وَهِيَ بَيْضَاءُ مُسْفِرَة تَقُولُ حَفِظَكَ اللَّهُ كَمَا حَفِظْتَنِي، وَمَنْ صَلَّاهَا لِغَيْرِ وَقْتِهَا وَلَمْ يُسْبِغْ لَهَا وُضُوءَهَا وَلَمْ يُتِمَّ لَهَا خُشُوعَهَا وَلَا رُكُوعَهَا وَلَا سُجُودَهَا خَرَجَتْ وَهِيَ سَوْدَاءُ مظْلِمَة تَقُولُ ضَيَّعَكَ اللَّهُ كَمَا ضَيَّعْتَنِي، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ حَيْثُ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لُفَّتْ كَمَا يُلَفُّ الثَّوْبُ الْخلقُ ثُمَّ ضُرِبَ بِهَا وَجْهُهُ.
Reference:
- Al Mu'jamul Awsat