{"id":16706,"date":"2020-11-24T16:41:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=16706"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:10:37","slug":"the-orchards-of-love-part-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=16706","title":{"rendered":"The Key to Jannah – The Orchards of Love \u2013 Part Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Salaah \u2013 The Key to Jannah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Islam is the only path that leads to the love of Allah Ta\u2018ala and leads to Jannah. Through practicing on Islam, one will earn the pleasure of Allah Ta\u2018ala and acquire eternal success. From all the obligations of Islam, the obligation of salaah ranks the highest. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cSalaah is the key to Jannah.\u201d (Sunan Tirmizi #4)<\/em> In another Hadith, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cSalaah is a noor (divine light).\u201d (Saheeh Bukhaari #223)<\/em> Hence, if one wishes to illuminate his life, then he should illuminate his life with salaah.<\/p>\n

Currently, many countries around the globe are experiencing an economic recession. In the face of such global crisis, various schemes and systems are being adopted to raise the economy. However, in the Quraan and Hadith, Allah Ta\u2018ala and His Rasul (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) have linked the blessings of sustenance and livelihood to Salaah.<\/p>\n

When a person would embrace Islam, then among the first things that Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) would teach him was salaah. (Musnadul Bazzaar #<\/em>2765) Rasulullah\u2019s (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) entire life was dedicated to establishing salaah in the ummah. When he came to Quba and Madinah Munawwarah, his first and foremost priority was to establish the musjid and unite people upon salaah. Apart from this, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) commanded that a musjid be built in every locality to unite people upon salaah. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cSalaah is the center pillar of deen.\u201d In other words, through safeguarding this center pillar, one\u2019s entire deen will remain protected, and through destroying this center pillar, the entire structure of one\u2019s deen will collapse.<\/p>\n

Hazrat Aaishah (radhiyallahu \u2018anha) explained the conduct of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and the importance he showed to performing salaah in the musjid. She reports, \u201cWithin the home, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) would always assist with the chores of the home. But as soon as he would hear the azaan, he would leave the home, proceeding to the musjid.\u201d (Saheeh Bukhaari #5363)<\/em><\/p>\n

On one occasion, the delegation of Thaqeef came to Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) with the intention of accepting Islam. However, they requested to be excused from coming out in jihaad and from paying ushr (giving ten percent of crop) to the zakaat collector and from performing salaah. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) acceded to their first two requests and refused to grant them concession to leave out performing salaah. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said, \u201cThere is no goodness in a religion wherein there is no salaah.\u201d (Sunan Abi Dawood #3026)<\/em><\/p>\n

The importance and significance of salaah was so deeply entrenched in the hearts of the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhum) that even when they were on their deathbed, they ensured that they upheld the pillar of salaah.<\/p>\n

On the morning that Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) was stabbed, Hazrat Miswar bin Makhramah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) entered his presence. On entering, he found Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) unconscious. Hazrat Miswar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) asked those present as to whether Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) had performed his salaah. They replied that he had not yet regained consciousness, and hence had not performed salaah.<\/p>\n

Hazrat Miswar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) knew Hazrat Umar\u2019s (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) devotion to salaah throughout his entire life. Hazrat Miswar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) advised them to wake him up by mentioning to him that it is the time of salaah. Thus, they called out, \u201cO Ameer-ul-Mu\u2019mineen, your salaah!\u201d As soon as Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) heard the word salaah, he awoke and exclaimed, \u201cYes! By Allah! There is no share in Islam for the one who neglects his salaah!\u201d Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) thereafter performed his salaah. (Majma\u2018uz Zawaaid #1659)<\/em> Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) also asked, \u201cDid the people perform their fajr salaah?\u201d He was told that after he was stabbed, Hazrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Awf (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) led them in salaah. It was only then that Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) felt satisfied.<\/p>\n

May Allah Ta\u2018ala keep us steadfast on salaah and grant us the ability to emulate every sunnah of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) in every facet of our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Salaah \u2013 The Key to Jannah Islam is the only path that leads to the love of Allah Ta\u2018ala and leads to Jannah. Through practicing on Islam, one will earn the pleasure of Allah Ta\u2018ala and acquire eternal success. From all the obligations of Islam, the obligation of salaah ranks the highest. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,782],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-articles","category-orchards-of-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19813,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16706\/revisions\/19813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}