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Before You Pray
Authored by:  Captain Anas bin Abdul Hameed Al-Gawz.
Original language:  Arabic.
Translted to english by:  Mr. Abdul Karim Shah.
Publishing & Distributing by:  DARUSSALAM.
Publishing date:  11/1417H.
ISBN:  9960-740-35-8.


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Walking To The Mosque

            That were the great rewards for you even as you did not yet leave your home for the Mosque. So what if you walk out? Imagine the great rewards that await you then!!

            Read the following Ahadith and think over Allah's Munificence and Compassion to you and His slaves!! Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said:“ Whoever said when he walks out of his home. In the Name of Allah, I trust in Allah there is neither might nor any power except with Allah. He is told, You are led to the right way, safeguarded and protected, and Satan leaves him”. Abu Dawud adds:“ Satan says to another Satan, "How can you grapple with a man who is led to the right way, safeguarded and protected?”.

            Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said:“ Announce good news to those walking to the Mosques in darkness (for the morning and the night prayers) that they will have radiant light on the Day of Judgment” (Abu Dawud).

            Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said:“ Whoever went towards the Mosque in the morning or evening, Allah prepares for him a reward in the Paradise each time he walks to the Mosque” (Al-Bukhari, Muslim).

            The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:“ Whoever purified (made Wudu) himself in his house, and then walked to one of the Houses of Allah (Masjid) to perform an obligatory Salat, his footsteps act as one lowering a sin and the other raising a reward” (Muslim).

            So my Muslim brother, you may think over the tremendous gains that you enjoy for attending a congregational Salat:

What more than that would you wish for?