Comments on: Khushu in Salah http://awaqas1.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/khushu-in-salah/ My Lord! Cause me to come in with a firm incoming and to go out with a firm outgoing. And give me from Thy presence a sustaining Power." [Al Qur'aan 17:80] Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:07:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: awaqas1 http://awaqas1.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/khushu-in-salah/#comment-168 awaqas1 Thu, 29 May 2008 23:11:47 +0000 http://awaqas1.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-168 <strong>Absence of mind is not the same as presence of mind. Words and actions and thoughts must be the same. Khushu in salaat goes hand in hand with fear of God. </strong> Absence of mind is not the same as presence of mind.

Words and actions and thoughts must be the same.

Khushu in salaat goes hand in hand with fear of God.

]]> By: midnight stroller http://awaqas1.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/khushu-in-salah/#comment-149 midnight stroller Wed, 21 May 2008 04:20:11 +0000 http://awaqas1.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-149 Shortcuts to Concentration: 1. Repeat what the mu3adhin says 2. Make duaa between adhan and Iqamah 3. Make fresh wudu for Salah 4. Using miswak before Salah 5. Dressing in fine clothes for Salah 6. Move through Salah with tranquility 7. Pray as if you will die after Salah 8. Think about the verses and dhikr you are reciting in Salah 9. Repeat verses for added contemplation 10. Interact with the verses, Paradise; ask for it; and so on. 11. Memorize and recite new passages of the Quran 12. Memorize and use recite authentic dhikr in Salah 13. Pause at the end of each ayah 14. Recite out loud in a beautiful voice 15. Realize that Allah responds to your recital of Al Fatiha 16. Pray near to a Sutra 17. Maintain eyesight on your place of prostration 18. Seek refuge and dry spit thrice if you lose concentration 19. Remember how the Prophet sallahu alyihi wa sallam used to pray and pray like him 20. Remember: your reward is proportional to your concentration 21. Make duaa in Sujood 22. Recite dhikr after prayer, patiently 23. Don’t pray with food waiting to be eaten 24. Don’t pray in a sleepy state. Take a nap and then pray 25. Don’t look around in prayer 26. Suppress your yawning during prayer 27. Don’t stick to the same prayer place in the Masjid or home 28. Focus on each word separately in the Salah 29. Arrive early for Salah 30. Pray as soon as the time enters Shortcuts to Concentration:
1. Repeat what the mu3adhin says
2. Make duaa between adhan and Iqamah
3. Make fresh wudu for Salah
4. Using miswak before Salah
5. Dressing in fine clothes for Salah
6. Move through Salah with tranquility
7. Pray as if you will die after Salah
8. Think about the verses and dhikr you are reciting in Salah
9. Repeat verses for added contemplation
10. Interact with the verses, Paradise; ask for it; and so on.
11. Memorize and recite new passages of the Quran
12. Memorize and use recite authentic dhikr in Salah
13. Pause at the end of each ayah
14. Recite out loud in a beautiful voice
15. Realize that Allah responds to your recital of Al Fatiha
16. Pray near to a Sutra
17. Maintain eyesight on your place of prostration
18. Seek refuge and dry spit thrice if you lose concentration
19. Remember how the Prophet sallahu alyihi wa sallam used to pray and pray like him
20. Remember: your reward is proportional to your concentration
21. Make duaa in Sujood
22. Recite dhikr after prayer, patiently
23. Don’t pray with food waiting to be eaten
24. Don’t pray in a sleepy state. Take a nap and then pray
25. Don’t look around in prayer
26. Suppress your yawning during prayer
27. Don’t stick to the same prayer place in the Masjid or home
28. Focus on each word separately in the Salah
29. Arrive early for Salah
30. Pray as soon as the time enters

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