PRAYER IS PILLAR OF RELIGION
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي سَبَّحَتِ الْكَائِنَاتُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَعَنَتِ الْوُجُوهُ لِعَظَمَتِهِ وَمَجْدِهِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، الْذِي جَعَلَ الصَّلاةَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَا با موقوتاً، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَا بِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ:
Respectable master of ceremony Respectable speakers And my loving audience.
All praise only possession of Allah, God of earth, which is, become the prayer as an obligatory thing for believer, shalawat and Salam may on a great prophet Muhammad saw. as the right guide, leader of religion (Straight Religion). And for his family, his friends (shohabat) and his followers may Allah gives prosperous on them.
Moreover, I say thank to chairman who give opportunity for me, to speak in front of you under the title: “PRAYER IS PILLAR OF RELIGION”.
Actually, shalat is the way to calm down the heart and clear the spirit, also prayer (shalat) is the way to communicate between people and the eternal creator, the weakness and the strong, poor men and rich man, so, with the truly prayer, a man will become a good deed and his times will become clean from deeds cause the Sin.
The believers get the duty from Allah swt. in the morning and afternoon; begin before sunrise until after set sun… They should always be in the way of Allah who is a great sublime, it means with doing the prayer (shalat), read the verse when they stand, read tasbih when they ruku’ and sujud then read shalawat on Muhammad saw. when they sit (tasyahud).
Truly, prayer (shalat) has the high place in Islam rather than the other worship. There is no worship as well as the prayer, because the prayer is include the pillar of Islam. Without prayer, Islam is not upright, our prophet said:
رَأْسُ الْأَمْرِ الْإِسْلَامُ وَعِمَادُهُ الصَّلَاةُ وَذَرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ
“The main point of problem is Islam and the pillar of Islam is prayer (shalat). Then the point of Islam is jihad fisabilillah.”
The prayer is the first revelation about worship which is obligated to Rasulullah without any body mediation (mediator) in the night Isro’ mi’roj. Anas r.a. said: Rasulullah saw. has been obligated to prayer in the night of Isro’, at first fifty more, then be shorted until five more, then Muhammad called, “O Muhammad! I would not change my word. Actually, with five more is the same with fifty more
The prayer is people work that the first more be counted in the day of resurrection. From Abdullah Ibnu Qurthin Muhammad said: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُرْطٍ قَالَ. قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :
أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الصَّلَاةُ، فَإِنْ صَلُحَتْ صَلُحَ سَائِرُ عَمَلِهِ، وَإِنْ فَسَدَتْ فَسَدَ سَائِرُ عَمَلِهِ.
“From Abdullah Ibnu Qurthin he said: Rasulullah saw. said: The people usance that be counted in the day of resurrection is the prayer (shalat). When the prayer is good, so, the other practice will be good. and when the prayer is broken, so all of practice broken too.”
Our brothers and sisters!
The prayer is the last will and testament of Rasulullah before he passed way. He said: “Keep your prayer (shalat) and everything that to be your responsibility. In Al-Qur’an, sometime Allah mentioned the word shalat follow with the word zikir but sometime follow with the word “zakat” and sometime follow with the word “shabar”.
The prayer has been obligated for every Muslim between male and female. As long as the spirit sticks in the body, prohibited for Muslim to slow in the prayer. For Muslim who is ill can make ritual cleaning with sand as substitute of wudlu, can sit and even with lying if he cannot sit. In addition, for Muslim who is in the war field having to prayer constantly, prohibit avoiding. To establish the prayer, you should do with various moving that was organized by Allah, He said:
حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَصَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى وَقُوْمُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ (البقرة ۲۳۸)
“Be guardians of your prayer and of the midst prayer and stand up with devotion to Allah”
(Al Baqarah: 238).
The prayer is a big subject that needs special direction, that, our prophet Abraham asks to Allah in order to become him self and his hereditary people who establish in the prayer. Our prophet Abraham prays:
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
“O my God! Make me and may hereditary people establish the prayer constantly, O my God answer my prayer.
(Ibrahim: 40).
Indeed, the prayer (shalat) has contained the secrets and wisdom that influence the attitude of a man and society. When we study authoritative text of Al Qur’an and the Tradition (of Muhammad) so we know the secrets and the wisdoms. Muhammad said, if you establish the prayer, actually you intercourse with God, it means you make dialog with Allah directly, with intercourse with God, a man feels that Allah very near with him. He listens and answers their prayer. If a man used to establish the prayer five more on twenty-four hours, so she will get up the power of his spirit, and he feels that Allah always gives the power, help and He always attends on him.
Our brothers and sisters!
A man, who does the prayer, cannot approach with Allah, except if he cleans from bad character. Allah said:
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ تَزَكَّى وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى (الأعلى : )
“He is successful who growth. And remembered the name of his Lord, so prayed.”
(Al A’laa: 14-15).
This prayer, the way to clean our self, moreover, we found the verse which explain that the prayer to go against a low deed and sinful. If people do, the prayer will quiet their heart and good moral, they would good deed and use their activity in society everywhere the life for people goodness.
Humility (husyu’) in the prayer is necessity, it means with knowing by heart and perfect remembrance and truly attention either reading or movement, this case, as Allah said in Al Qur’an:
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ (المؤمنون ۱-۲)
“Successful indeed are the believers. Who are bumble in their prayers.”
(Al Mukminun: 1-2).
If a man does the prayer without humility (husu’), so, rather influencing to his moral, even, it does not effect for whatever.
Those all my speech, May advantages for us, I apologize for my mistakes if any finally,
وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
