I have been shocked to find most no.of people living here abstaining from offering the sunnat salat.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
Brothers
Assalaamualaikum,
I have
been living here in
They
pray only fard.and the same they do in wudu.
Only
follow the fard of the wudhu.
Please
let me know is it okay only to offer the fard of the 5 time prayers and the
only the fard of the wudhu.
secondly
i have seen the so called and so named muslim girl/woman here sporting skirts
and so shameless clothing and then you can watch them going to the mussalahs to
offer prayers,which you can find at every nook and corner out here in Malaysia.
what i
want to know are their prayers valid when they openly defy the dressing codes
set up by allah SWT.
Astagfirullahalazeem,they
even make fun of the month of Ramadhan exposing their clevages and mid riffs
and proudly say i am fasting.
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Answer:
Offer only fard
prayers
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Your
Question: Please let me know is it okay only to offer the fard of the 5 time
prayers and the only the fard of the wudhu.
First and foremost brother, allow us to clarify the
different types of prayers: Fard, Nafl, and Sunnah:
Fard prayers: These are
the five obligatory prayers at their appointed times of the day. If one prays them, he will earn a huge reward from Allah
Subhanah; and if one does not pray
them, there will be a severe accounting
and punishment.
Nafl prayers: These are
the voluntary or extra prayers. If one
prays them, he will earn a huge reward from Allah Subhanah; and if one does not pray them, there is no
sin.
Sunnah prayers:
These are the Nafl or voluntary prayers which were prayed by the
Messenger of Allah (saws), and thus they
become his (saw’s) Sunnah for us. If
one prays them, he will earn a huge
reward from Allah Subhanah; and if one
does not pray them, there is no
sin. The most that can be said of one
who does not pray the Sunnah prayers is that he lost a great opportunity to
earn huge rewards from Allah Subhanah.
Abu Hurairah reports that the Prophet (saws)
said: "The first thing that the people will be called to account for on
the Day of Resurrection will be the prayers. Our Lord will Say to the Angels
although He knows better: 'Look into the ‘salah’ of my servant to see if he
observed it perfectly or been negligent in it.’
So if he observed it perfectly it will be recorded to his credit, but if
he had been negligent in it in any way, Allah will Say: ‘See if My servant has
any supererogatory prayers.’ Then if he has any supererogatory prayers, Allah
would Say: ‘Make up the deficiency in My servant's obligatory prayer with his
supererogatory prayers.' Thereafter all his actions will be examined in like
manner"
Related by Abu Dawud.
Dear and beloved brother, if one only observes what Allah
Subhanah has made obligatory upon them in the deen, they will be absolved of
their obligatory duties in the Court of the Lord Most Gracious Most Merciful;
the extra ‘Nawafils’ and ‘Sunnahs’ or voluntary deeds of worship that one does
will help in making up the deficiencies in one’s obligatory worships and in
gaining extra rewards from the Lord Most Gracious.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.44 Narrated by Talha bin Ubaidullah
A man from
Your
Question: what i want to know are their prayers valid when they openly defy the
dressing codes set up by allah SWT.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 59:
O Prophet, enjoin your wives and daughters, and
the believing women, that they should cast their outer garments over
their persons. It is expected
that they will thus be recognized, and not molested. Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah
An-Noor verse 31:
And O Prophet,
enjoin the believing women to restrain their gaze and guard their
private parts and not to display their ‘zeenata hunna’ (beauty, adornment,
etc.) except that which is displayed of itself,
and to draw their veils over their bosoms and not to display their
‘zeenata hunna’ (beauty, adornment, etc.) except before their husbands, their
fathers, the fathers of their husbands,
their sons and the sons of their husbands,
their brothers, their brothers
sons, their sisters’ sons, their female
associates, and those in their possession and male attendants incapable of
sexual desire, and those boys who have
not yet attained knowledge of sexual matters.
Also forbid them to stamp their feet on the ground lest their hidden
ornaments should be displayed.
Ibn 'Abbas, Ibn 'Umar and 'Aishah report that
the Prophet (saws) said, "Allah does not accept the prayer of an adult
woman unless she is wearing a ‘jilbaab’ (khimar, hijab, outer-cover)."
Related by Bukhari and Muslim.
The dress code of a believing woman when offering her
prayers is exactly the same as when she is in the presence of non-mehram men,
even if she is praying absolutely alone…..for the Messenger of Allah (saws)
said that Allah does not accept the prayer of an adult woman unless she adorns
herself in a ‘jilbaab’.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister