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Importance Of Offering Salah on Time and Properly In Islam

Salah (namaz) is the daily worship of Muslims. We offer salah five times a day as our duty and daily worship. But just offering it is not enough. Salah needs to be offered properly and perfectly, perfect in the sense that we should offer salah with full attention so that we can avoid any mistakes or any thoughts that can divide our attention while offering salah.


Allah swt says in Holy Quran:
Taha: 13-1
“And I have chosen you, so listen to that which is inspired to you. Verily, I am Allah! There is none worthy of worship but I, so worship Me and offer prayer perfectly for My remembrance."

From the verse quoted above, we learn that offering namaz perfectly means that when we offer namaz we remember Allah swt. And to remember Him we have to be fully attentive. Just think of a person you love, when you miss that person you do not think of anything else because you develop a bond with that person.
Similarly, when we offer salah, we actually develop a bond between us and Allah swt. This bond can only be made if we do not think of anything else but Allah swt.

In Surah Mo’minun, verse no. 1-2, Allah swt says:
 “Successful indeed are the believers. Those who perform their Salah with all solemnity and full submissiveness.”

The successful believers are those who offer there salah by submitting themselves to Allah Almighty completely and those who perform their salah with total honesty. Those who do not do that for them, Allah swt has said:
In surah Ma’un, verse no. 4-5:

“So woe to the worshipers who are neglectful of their Prayer.”
Therefore, we have to take care of our salah to be offered in the proper way which Allah swt likes.
Timely offering of salah is another important thing to be noted and never forgotten because perfect salah is the one which is also performed in time.

Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, answering the one who asked him which deed is most beloved to Allah, “Prayer done on time.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 527; Muslim, 85.

It was narrated that Abu Dharr said: “The Messenger of Allaah said to me: ‘What would you do if you had leaders who delayed the prayer from its proper time or killed the prayer from its proper time?’ I said, ‘What do you command me to do?’ He said, ‘Pray the prayer at the proper time, then if you join them pray with them, and it will be a naafil prayer for you.’”

From the above mentioned ahadith, we can well see the importance of offering salah in time because it is the most beloved deed to Allah swt.

Allah swt says:
In Surah Nisa, verse no. 103:

“Verily Prayer is enjoined on the believers to be performed at FIXED HOURS.”

It is our duty as well as our expression of love for Allah swt to perform namaz in time, and properly if we want ourselves to be seen as true believers by Allah swt.
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