*Why doesn’t my prayer prevent me from committing evil?*

By Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-’Uthaymeen may Allah have mercy on him

Question: I am a person who prays however I still find myself falling into evil actions (munkaraat). What advice do you have for me and why doesn’t my prayer prevent me from doing evil deeds?

Answer: My advice to you is to repent to Allah, azza wa jal, and be sincere in turning back towards Him. You should be mindful of the greatness of the One you are disobeying and be mindful of His punishment for those who oppose His Command. You should remember the statement of Allah,

نَبِّئۡ عِبَادِىٓ أَنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

“Inform unto My slaves, that truly, I am the Oft-Forgiving, the Most-Merciful.”

وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلۡعَذَابُ ٱلۡأَلِيمُ

“And that My Torment is indeed the most painful torment.” [al-Hijr: 49-50]

Therefore, seek Allah’s forgiveness and mercy and at the same time become fearful of His punishment. As for your prayer not preventing you from performing evil deeds, then perhaps it is due to it containing deficiencies within. That is because the prayer that prevents one from committing lewdness and evil deeds is the prayer that is complete. It is the prayer that is in accordance to what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came with, prayer that is performed with an attentive present heart, and a prayer that is performed upon the Sunnah.

It is not any and every prayer that prevents one from lewdness and evil deeds, rather it is only the established prayer that is performed its required manner. Allah said,

إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ تَنۡهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَٱلۡمُنكَرِ‌

“…Indeed, the prayer prevents al-Fahshaa (lewdness, great sins of every kind, illegal sexual relations) and al-Munkar (disbelief, polytheism, and every evil deed)…” [al-‘Ankabut: 45]

And this is referring to the prayer that is established in the correct manner.

Source: Silsilah al-Liqaa ash-Shahri #1

https://tryingtofollowthesalaf.com/2016/03/11/why-doesnt-my-prayer-prevent-me-from-committing-evil-shaykh-ibn-al-uthaymeen/

Shaykh Fawzaan -حفظه الله- on:
The 10 ways of obtaining the Love of Allah -تعالى-, as mentioned
by Ibn Qayyim-رحمه الله-

✅1. Reading the Quran, pondering over it and understanding it with its intended meanings.

✅2. Drawing closer to Allah with the Nawaafil (supererogatory acts of worship) after the [fulfillment of the] obligatory acts.

✅3. Constant remembrance of Allah in all situations with the tongue, the heart and the action [of the limbs].

✅4. Preferring that which Allah loves over what the servant loves when the fulfillment of the two conflict.

✅5. Contemplation over the names and attributes of Allah and what they indicate [of his) perfection and magnificence. And also [contemplating over] what they contain from praiseworthy implications.

✅6. Contemplation over both the hidden and apparent blessings of Allah, while bearing witness to His kindness, favor and distribution of His grace upon His servants.

✅7. Humbling oneself and wholly submitting to Allah while admitting one's dire need of Him.

✅8. Seclusion with Allah at the time of His Divine descent [that is befitting of His perfection and glory] in the last third of the night. And reciting the Quran at this time and concluding it by making Tawbah (repentance) and Istighfaar (seeking forgiveness).

✅9. Sitting with the people of goodness and integrity, those who love Allah -عزَّ وجلَّ- and benefiting from their speech.

✅10. Distancing one's self from any distracting means that would hinder the heart from Allah [and his remembrance]."
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Source:
Al-Irshaad Ilaa Saheeh Al-I'tiqaad" by Shaykh Fawzaan -حفظه الله- (pg. 77)

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:-

"Support your brother whether he is a wrongdoer or is being wronged." A man said: "O Messenger of Allaah, I will support him if he is wronged but if he is wronging others, how can I support him?" He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "By stopping or preventing him from wrongdoing; that is support him."

[Saheeh Al-Bukhari 6952]

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“The whole of the Muslim is sacred to his fellow Muslim, his blood, his wealth and his honor.”

(Sunan Ibn Majah, Book of Tribulations, hadith 3933)

"The jahil doesn't even know his own status, so how will he know and respect someone else's status?"

- Imam Dhahabi, Siyar a'lam an-Nubala ( V. 11, 321)

Shaykh Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī:

The disease afflicting the Muslim youth in our times is that when they acquire some new knowledge, they raise their heads (arrogantly) thinking that they know everything, and they are overcome with self-amazement. We fear that they resemble the statement of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ):

"There are three destructive things: Being stingy, following one’s desires and being amazed with one’s own opinion."

{Source: Silsilat al-Hudā wa-al-Nūr 861 |Translated by: Munīb al-Ṣumālī | troid.ca}

Qiyamul layl .......

Allah, the Exalted, says:

“ And in some parts of the night (also) perform the Salat (prayer) with it (i.e., recite the Qur’an in the prayer) as an additional prayer (Tahajjud optional prayer – Nawafil) for you (O Muhammad (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam)). It may be that your Rubb will raise you to Maqam Mahmud (a station of praise and glory, i.e., the honour of intercession on the Day of Resurrection). ”
Quran (17:79)

Al-Fudayl ibn Iyad, may Allah have mercy on him, said,

“Two characteristics harden the heart: too much sleeping and too much eating.”

Source: Tārīkh Dimashq 48/422

Ibn al-Qayyim Raḥimahullāh: “The one who gives evil eye is a particular jealous person and such an envier is MORE HARMFUL than a common envier, and the basis of jealousy is to hate the blessing of Allāh upon someone and wish for it to cease.”

● [كتاب بدائع الفوائد ٤/٢٥٨]

'Should I not indicate to you a door from the doors of Jannah?'

Upon the authority of Qais ibn Sa’d [رضي الله عنه] who said that the Messenger of Allaah said:

“‘Should I not indicate to you a door from the doors of Jannah?’
I said: 'Of course!’ he said:

'Laa Haula Wa Laa Quwwata Illaa Billah!’”

[Collected by At-Tirmithee, (No. 3581) | Shaykh Al-Albaanee: ‘Saheeh’ | Translated by Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis]

Ali Ibn Abu Taalib (RA) said:
“Keep company with righteous people, and you will be safe from the evildoers.”
[Manhaj ‘Alee Ibn Abee Taalib, pg.249]

"It is not possible that the earth will always be a carpet of roses and flowers for a person who clings to the Sunnah."

- Sharh al-Nooniyyah of Ibnul Qayyim by Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen (v. 3, p. 270)

Shaykh Muhammad Bazmool حفظه الله:

"Do not leave off (making) du'aa, for it is your weapon O Muslim."

[Al-Kashkool pg.190]

The Disease of this Ummah and its Doctor

It is reported that Sufyân Al-Thawrî – Allâh have mercy on him – said, “Wealth is the disease of this Ummah, and the scholar is the doctor of this Ummah. So if the doctor brings the disease to himself, how will he cure the people?”

Al-Dhahabî, Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ`, Vol. 7 p243.

Ibn Bāz said:

❝A Muslim must avoid the sources of evil and traps of Satan in words and actions.❞

[Fatwas of Ibn Bāz, (5/225) | Alifta]

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🔖Narrated Abu Hurairah [رضي الله عنه]:
Allah's Messenger [ﷺ] said⤵
❝Treat women nicely, for a woman is created from a rib, and the most curved portion of the rib is its upper portion.
So, if you should try to straighten it, it will break, but if you leave it as it is, it will remain crooked. So treat women nicely.❞

📚[Sahih Bukhari, (No. 3331)]
🖊Translated By Muhsin Khan
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*Dua when entering a marketplace (or shop etc.)*

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ ، يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ ، بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

The messenger of Allaah (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever enters the market and says:

"None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, alone, without partner, to Him belongs all sovereignty and praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is living and does not die. In His hand is all good and He Omnipotent over all things."

..Allaah will wipe a million bad deeds from his record and grant him a million good deeds, and will elevate him a million degree (of virtue)- ([and will build him a house in paradise] in another narration).

laa ilaaha ill-allaahu waḥdahu laa shareeka lah, lah-ul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamdu, yuḥyee wa yumeetu wa huwa ḥayun laa yamootu, bi yadi-hil-khayru, wa huwa ‛alaa kulli shay’in qadeer

Sources: At-Tirmidhi No# 3428 and 3429; Ibn Majah No# 2235 and others.
#dua #duafromtheSunnah #Islam #rewards

Imām as-Sa'dī Raḥimahullāh: “Whoever stands for the truth is tested (with trials).”

● [تيسير الكريم الرحمن صفحة ٨٠]

It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrī – Allāh have mercy on him – once said during the funeral of a man:

May Allāh have mercy on the man who works for the likes of this day; for today you are able to do what these brothers of yours, the residents of these graves, cannot do.

So make full use of your health and free time before the day of distress and accounts comes upon you.

[Ibn Abī Al-Dunyā, Dhamm Al-Dunyā, 53]