DDHK News, Hong Kong - Majlis Ta'lim Bunda Muslimah Hang Hau held recitation with Ust. Fajri (Da'i Cordofa Dompet Dhuafa Hong Kong with the theme of prayer at Hanghau Park, Sunday (11/1/15).
According to Ust. Fajri, prayer is a very great obligation after a person makes two sentences of shahada. "Prayer is the difference between Islam and kufr," he explained.
It was stated that the command of prayer is a means for us to express our gratitude for the abundance of blessings that Allah has given. In addition, there are many lessons in it, both from the perspective of religion, education for individuals, and society in general.
From a religious perspective, prayer is a role actualization ubudiyah the basis of the creation of humans as God's creatures, as Allah says: "I did not create jinn and humans but (so that) they worship Me" (Surah Adz-Dzariyat: 56)
Prayer is a suggestion to strengthen the relationship between the servant and his Rabb. When a person performs prayers with special care, then he will get tremendous pleasure while being converted to Allah Almighty. He also gets calm and a sense of security when he has left all his affairs to the all-powerful Being.
Apart from that, prayer is also a means to achieve victory and safety and forgiveness from Allah. Allah says: "Truly fortunate are those who believe, (namely) those who are devoted in worship" (Mu'minun: 1-2).
Even Allah explains how prayer has a tremendous impact on a person who performs it. Allah says which means: “In fact, humans are created to complain and be stingy. When he was stricken with hostility, he lamented. And when he gets good, he is very stingy. Except for people who pray. They keep on praying " (Al-Ma`arij: 19-23).
In a narration it is stated: "It is narrated from Abu Hurairah, that he heard Rasulullah say: 'What do you think if there is a river flowing at your doorstep and you shower from it every day five times. Is there any dirt (stuck to your body)? ' They replied: 'Not at all'. He said: That is the parable of the five daily prayers, by which Allah forgives sins. "
The wisdom of prayer is from an individual perspective, prayer as a means of tagwiyah (strengthening) of the soul. This is very much in accordance with the human condition, where man was created by Allah with a weak and limited nature.
With prayer, he continued, it is hoped that he will always get a shower of strength from the Almighty and Mighty, especially when (1) facing bad forces that are both zahir and hidden, (2) experiencing a weakening of endurance in istiqamah due to the impulse of lust and tendencies. worldly, (3) facing the destruction caused by the tyranny of the system and so on, and (4) needing acceleration of the pace, because the gap between the distance traveled and the load hit with the human lifespan is very short. (Ningsih / localhost / project / personal / ddhongkong.org / ddhongkong.org /Dompetdhuafa.org). *
