Is there a benefit to Praying Salah? | Mufti Abu Layth

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[@urdominus]

It's the discipline aspect for me. Being able to just tune out the world and focus on Salah is 1 of, if the not the greatest gifts Ive had in life.

[@urdominus]

@@c5quared626 not even close lol I do plenty of things w/complete discipline nothing spiritually ranks w/Islamic prayer

[@Cassim125]

@@urdominus there are many other forms of feeling spiritual. Meditating with or without God, talking to God in your own way, experiencing nature, mountains, oceans talking to God through the ocean and mountains etc .

[@urdominus]

@@Cassim125 I never said there wasn't lol. But the epigenetics of a ritual prayer performed from the initiation of the religion, buried in the salt/bones of our ancestors, transcended genetically through progeny? Has a human element that cannot be matched by arranging chairs lol & that is of a different kind of consciousness than nature.

[@eljefe4300]

Its hard praying if your mother language isnt arabic. Its not nearly as meditative

[@Johneladjmi76]

Best islamic channel

[@Full2635]

I see salah as preventing one from being consumed by the dunya. They are daily reminders of what really matters

[@jenny-DD]

Mufti I took your advice and I've now started praying all 5 prayers And my life is so much better now structured. I am taking your advice and improving my life just a little bit at a time- instead of everything at once - which would be overwhelming and I'd probably have left Islam like 2 of my Revert friends have done (one was told by Mosque women and men if she didn't wear hijab the shaytan was gonna burn her in hell other one was told if she didn't pray every prayer with Sunnah prayer with perfe t wuddhu her prayers were worthless and won't make it to Allah)

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

Allah bless your journey 🙌🏻❤

[@SullyOrchestration]

SubhanAllah. Thank you for this reminder. This motivated me tmore than any other 'threatening' people

[@MohsinKhan-oo7et]

Mufti saab ur way of looking at salah in this video ..and previous videos too ..made my salah even more meaningful .. thank you sir !! Cant thnk enuf ..

[@mrfaisalkhan90]

This was absolutely phenomenal my mind is blown ! Jazakallahu Khair !

[@HerbertLye]

Masyaallah! Aqeedah 101 at it's purest & finest! Jazakallah Khairan brother Mufti Abu Layth. From Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

jzk Bert, May Allah always keep you smiling 🙌🏻❤

[@1rozi]

Shukran Alhamdulillah. Beautifully explained. 🙏🏾👏🏿❤🇯🇲

[@khanG-gq9hc]

This perspective was an eye opener 💯❤️

[@jenny-DD]

Subhanallah- I love the explanation Mufti Your the best 👌 👍

[@errolfebrianty7713]

Thank Mufti..its mean alot...

[@brianwill3238]

Thank you for this truly.

[@NAZMli]

Thanks for sharing very useful ideas. I’m very grateful Sir.

[@wqskhan]

Very well explained, Mufti sb. Allah bless you.

[@lovmovement8477]

Beautiful points

[@thekhanbrothersscotland3420]

Always a refreshing take on complex issues ..well done Mufti May Allah swt be pleased with you, Ameen.

[@bubbabubba6322]

I want to keep learning and growing with Mufti for a long time. Legend.❤

[@muazmahbub5251]

MashaAllah, may the Almighty give you reward for this video mufti saheb damat barakatuhu🤲

[@thehourglassfan3515]

Great explanation. Very coherent and well explained. I remember my life used to feel so empty without the prayers, like there was something missing in my life, I’d feel guilty for omitting it sometimes but now, I’m praying regularly, All Praise Be To God (AlHamdulillah). Our religion is one of submission to God, without the prayers, there is no submission to God. I’m not trying to sound harsh or anything but think about it, in order to be called a believer, one must perform what God asked him to do. That’s how God tests us and can tell who from those who claim to believe genuinely do. I mean it’s easy for someone to say that they believe, that’s why the real believers would pray and feel tranquility and peace while doing so. The prayer benefits the one who prays tremendously in this life, I can testify to that. If you feel happy, you can praise God and thank Him. If you feel sad, you can ask God to make your situation better. Trust me, it always works. Do yourself a favor, do not deprive yourself from that wonderful experience. 🙂 Enjoy it. Have a relationship with God.

[@thehourglassfan3515]

@foolscape I’m sorry but you got me a bit confused to be honest lol. 😂 What religion do you follow?

[@thehourglassfan3515]

@foolscape Amen. God is above all that exists, He’s the Lord of the Worlds and nothing happens save by His Will. Praying to him will grant success to whosoever asks Him for anything and it will make them fully happy as God said: “Verily, in the remembrance of Allah (God) do hearts find rest.” (Quran 13:28).

[@Cassim125]

Are you really trying to say that nobody is a good person or a believer unless they make salaah ? So just ignore all the huge amount of non mu z l ms who were moral yet didnt know what salah even is ? I know tons of ppl that obsess over salah yet their behaviour is like a hooligan so what have they achieved ?

[@thehourglassfan3515]

@@Cassim125 No, that’s not what I said. I think you misunderstood what I was saying. All I said was that as Muslims, performing the five daily prayers is a very serious pillar that we do hold very dearly to, if one forgets once or twice sometime, not regularly, then they should pray as soon as they remember. Being a Muslim implies to submit to the will of God, performing the daily prayers is one of the main foundations of our beliefs. I never spoke about Non Muslims. Yes, of course, there are really great people from among them. That wasn’t my point at all. I was speaking about what Muslims believe in and do.

[@thehourglassfan3515]

@foolscape May God guide us to the straight path. 🙏 Amen.

[@Nesinom]

Beautifully explained! Thank you for this ❤

[@ReedProCreed]

Carl Jung also spoke of rituals in the old native indian tribes and how powerful the psychology behind them was. Its incredible to read that as a people, who nowadays probably is percieved as primitive and of old time, had a tremendous understanding of how the mind works. And with that in mind, they used rituals to enable themselves emotionally, to handle the challenges of the life they were living

[@rolandboston48774]

This was so beautiful. I never knew one day I would see a core practice of Islam blend in with Petersonian thought.

[@drusman7121]

Loving your new look Mufti sb.♥️

[@fasalalbana4913]

Brilliant, well said mufthi. Nice new hairstyle and beard you have mashalah. الله يسلمك ،الله يعطيك العافية

[@twister6910]

Alhamdulillah, always wonderful to learn from you. BaarakAllahu feekum. My thoughts: if the believer only stop & think for a bit they'll realise that Salaah is to benefit themselves & overall that Allah azza wa Jal is DESERVING of worship, praise and gratitude. Allahu Akbar

[@zvids100]

A manifestation of salah -- I love that … thank you mufti Sab

[@HitherandYarn]

I aspire to get to the point of some of the commenters on this video. I've had some progress by meditating with zikr and I find it very fulfilling. As meditators say, when your mind wanders, it's okay, just bring it back and don't beat yourself up. My salah is getting easier also. But this is the best explanation of the result of salah on our lives and the idea of structure as you explained it is wonderful. I visualize it as a grid superimposed on my day. Thank you. Thank you.

[@truehikma]

Namaaz pooja prayer: Reading words 5 times per day back to Allah who gave them to us to be Guided by! Salat= Closely following what Allah has instructed us to do 27/7. A choice between the religion of men or the Deen Islam of Allah.

[@truehikma]

@@c5quared626 Zoroastrian pooja structure because they have distorted every concept in the Qur'an to man made religious ones to keep us under the pharaohs, capitalists and priests. Salat is always plural so cannot be done alone! Establish a ritual when we should be establishing a way of life which is based upon the Teachings of Allah in His best of hadiths, the Qur'an. Mufti is intelligent enough to know this but cannot say it or he will have more than his windows broken!

[@Kim_Jong_Un_.]

Spot on 💯 salat is Duty not prayer

[@donnerk180]

first saw this video last year and had an urge to start praying salah devotedly, but my passion died out shortly after. every so often I'd keep coming back to this video hoping itd encourage me but it got to the stage where i just got angry at myself for not praying namaz, and this kept happening until today. so, as per your once given advice, i stretched out my two hands infront of me and said the ta'awwuz, and to my surprise i began laughing and am now watching this video again. i have firm intention to continue praying as i began in ramadan. Allah bless u ♥️

[@samdriessen273]

Mufti thank you for your positive explanations salam from Holland 🇳🇱

[@gutts1405]

WAH WAH, Mufti looking handsome with that hairstyle 🤴🏽

[@thehourglassfan3515]

My thoughts exactly. 😂

[@sifatraihan3455]

I agree

[@epic7716]

Nice perspective…..psychological the very basis ….!!!!

[@ramyrasu7728]

There’s hikma in everything in Islam. Good video

[@SaadShahan]

MUFTI SAHIB! I see that you're rocking a cool new hairstyle! you doin' it!

[@peacelovers4867]

Excellent mufti. Good explanation.. salah is really a manifestation of good in this life of us from God. Nobody do evils by saying in the name of God.. so remembering God gives only good and manifests only good within us.. it is spiritual benefit. It cleanses hearts from evil insinuations and evil rusts. The greater remembrance of God in islam is salah truly. Experiencing salah is the matter. Words can't explain this.. thankfulness to God too increase without our recognization. Indeed it is manifestation of God..

[@PJMRRS]

Salah is a good deed and it benefits you.

[@yasfi5196]

..not to mention about physical benefits from almost every aspects of rukn in salah

[@mawoworld9782]

Assalamualaikum

[@dybal7409]

Nice haricut mufti

[@bubuurgulla-gurgullu3075]

u look good mufti! that new beard and hairstyle suits you well, your former spikes were too naughty and 20ish-like

[@mariaray7614]

Surah asar sums up everything. Everyone is at loss.. Salah does benefit us and that's why only it's been prescribed.

[@diyahabuhadba4889]

What about “فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ ۝ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ ۝ الَّذِينَ هُمْ يُرَاؤُونَ ۝ وَيَمْنَعُونَ الْمَاعُونَ ۝ “

[@10Ammar]

The ‘main’ purpose of prayer is to humble oneself. For example in sajda it is the only time the heart is above the head. Worship is NOT just prayer. It is part of our gratitude for being given the opportunity to experience this life and make the most of it, to learn and remember. Mufti continuing to ruffle feathers haha. The other confusion is the fact this all makes the prayer seem somewhat more oriental, almost Dharmic and we can’t be having that can we? We are from the Abrahamic lineage right? Hah, all of the above are forms of divine light but altered and perverted, one day we will see this. Let’s hope it’s soon InshaAllah.

[@GhulamRasool-mt2bc]

Al-Ma'un 107:4 فَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُصَلِّينَ So woe to those who pray Al-Ma'un 107:5 ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَن صَلَاتِهِمْ سَاهُونَ [But] who are heedless of their prayer -

[@AlfataAlfaet]

This aya refers to people who DO pray but their actions are contradictory to their prayer meaning they are all about appearances of worship but lacking in morals and helping their fellow humans

[@rosanaj3569]

We needed someone like Mufti Abu Layth, he provides a new way of presenting Islamic thuought, combined with an understanding of science and human psychology.

[@oskadavid2964]

great intellectual reasoning, DONT PRAY AND GET OCD INSTEAD

[@solsak836]

Wa Yuqeemun as salaata, wa mimma razaqna hum yunfiqoon.... The believers are those that Establish the prayer.. maintain it , in an upright manner.. Not haphazardly.. you are right, the mindset should be realising that God is worthy of worship, not wasting time in clubs partying etc....or spending inordinate spans of life with ingrates

[@Unknowndeformity2227]

People think Salah makes god take sides with you when we do it ,but when my bro- in law said i do Salah for myself not for god ,heavan or hell it gives me inner peace (just like yoga ,or any form of calmness ritual you take ).....it's like aizen sosuke in muken as chair Sama ...it's a dopamine factor

[@yousufkothawala270]

If allah COMMANDS to perform salah and give zakat 73:20 in the quran, doesnt that mean that if we disobey his command then we are disobeying him? And therefore there is punishment for not obeying him!!!Or is this not the case, is the quran just a story book and telling us stories ? Allah tells us how the previous nations got destroyed because they did not obey!!! So who are we to say that we are protected from punishment? It is true that allah is not in need of our actions but we are in need of his pleasure and jannah is not cheap so saying praying is not important us ridiculous. May allah guide all of us to the straight path ameen.

[@BASiTBiiGG]

This is amazing wow

[@DarioHaruni]

Isn't it ironic how the secular westerners are adopting Yoga, which literally means "union" and originally it's a form of worship; while Muslims who have their own Yoga, aren't seeing the benefits in it?

[@17iesa]

I’m not trying to start an argument here, but from someone who also struggles with salah, for me the issue is: with yoga there’s no threat of eternal damnation and burning if you decide to stop or skip a day or two

[@user-k229]

AQEEMU-SALAT..... Establish The Just Social Governing System of Life that enables every human being to attain their full potential and receive the protection and nourishnent from the Government, in times of hardship. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@neo_7864]

namaz is like yoga. if you do it properly, with correct posture, breathing and focus. it will benefit your body.

[@10Ammar]

Good way to put it.

[@neo_7864]

@@10Ammar is the right way to put it.

[@givemeyourberries]

Finally, a more human explanation rather than dogma.

[@mrjav9848]

It's FARD so if a fard is missed isn't this disobedience and therfore sinful = punishment

[@user-kf3cs5bx2o]

Salaah is a Divine Order of Allah not ritual namaz.

[@fahadalam4648]

Very handsome mufti!! If jay z is the black Brad Pitt .. surely you're the brown bradd Pitt !!!

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

😂😂

[@jenny-DD]

Lol. I like the Tan Of Mufti over Brad Pitt no tan

[@shontu01]

@Mufti The Quran actually mentions "takwa" that pleases Allah swt. Are you translating "takwa" as devotion? Also, does Salah really mean ritual prayer? Does Musalli really mean "one who prays"? Mufti you know Arabic well. Please, delve into the the 3 letter root and etymology of the word "salah". Could it mean "to follow closely"? Did "salah" actually ever mean ritual prayer prior to Islam? Or did some semi-Zoroastrian Imams insert this meaning into the word some 200 years after the Prophet pbuh? Do delve a little bit into how Zoroastrians prayed for over a thousand years before Islam? How many times a day and what times do they pray? Do they do something like ablution? I await your kind response.

[@errolfebrianty7713]

You always have another view...a great one..hah..hah..hahhah..mmm

[@Muhammad-bv4uu]

Mufti sahab, I dont know how to feel about this, but last year there was a muslimah i knew who was watching you and feeling confused about the deen and Allah, now she has left the deen since several months, and I feel guilty for some reason.

[@Muhammad-bv4uu]

@@kingjames2156 i feel that I was unable to answer the questions she had, and also responsible somewhat for moral decay or lack of moral improvement, I stooped down in my moral principles sometimes in their company while I imagine if I had maintained the integrity and righteous behavior that may have been the proof of character they needed to not feel that muslims are brainwashed, violent and etc , all these western european allegations on islam since last 100 yrs.

[@jenny-DD]

Well I think you lost connection with her- you probably had intimacy and deep intercourse with her before she accepted Islam. When the Intimacy was lacking the Islam wasn't strong enough to hold u both together So she left you and Islam ☪️ Put Islam 1st and you will be safer as most women become clouded in the mind and can't think straight when we are being made love too deeply- but when Islam is first even when there is a lul in the sex - or a dip in finances or a dip of any kind Islam will be there to hold your relationship up

[@Muhammad-bv4uu]

@@jenny-DD I didn't perform zina with her or with anyone else for that matter. She was a born muslim. Thus your assumptions are a bit offensive.

[@yugeno]

@@jenny-DD why are you making such weird assumptions

[@ImranAtSawchar-fe9ko]

Whatever Islam commands ,....Is ONLY for the Benefit of Person. Mindless peoples would be happy to go to Gym to stay fit,... Salah is the Best Exercise Go to clubs dressed in their BEST to socialise with Friends,..Salah is to Encourage Socialising Pay for Shisha /Marijuana to feel Spiritual peace,..... Salah gives Spiritual Happiness. Pay to listen to Motivational Speakers to help bring Discipline into one life. Salah 5 Times a Day turns you into a SAS Taliban Rambo Salah GIVES the person all that + Heaven as a Reward for Praying.

[@le_med]

Have you ever talked about Quranyoon Muslims? I m curious because I don t follow hadith as they make no sense that God would see that they created more issues and problems than solving them. For this reason God seeing the future would have put the content prescribed in hadith in Quran hence I can discard all hadith as being non trustworthy and dismiss them.

[@Schmoobs]

What💀 like I said shut up🤣🤣

[@le_med]

@@Schmoobs You mad?

[@FarhatKCh]

He did a KZbin podcast with a Quranist professor. It’ll come up when you search for it. The mufti’s own position was that he is not a Quranist but neither is he fanatical about hadith.

[@le_med]

I am not sure exactly what benefit anybody can get to have to wake up twice during the night to pray when they are breaking their sleep cycle which is not natural and which is bad for your brain. Praying when awake is fine...being forced by peer pressure, family etc to wake up in the middle of the night is bad. You should not have to pray at certain times as it is pure OC Behavior reinforcement. People should pray when they want and when it makes the most sense and helps them the most. That s what I do and if God can not accept and understand that then he does not deserve my worship.

[@alexojideagu]

Although I'm agnostic i agree 100%. I say this myself about religion and prayer.

[@trendafile6356]

I think its easier to pray at night/ dawn in ramadan bcus your whole routine changes. But i agree that disturbing the sleep pattern can lead to anxiety.. i dont think God wants us to have a panic attack, so praying fajr later might be better..btw im not scholar but i found what works for me.

[@imanf3882]

That’s so arrogant to think that god does not deserve your worship, imagine telling the literal Creator of everything they don’t deserve something because you struggle with it. Nobody’s perfect, we just try to take steps to improve ourselves

[@onlyabdelix]

Thats pretty arrogant to assume that God is not worthy of your worship to him. Theres literally a hadith of a man who could not wake up for salat and the prophet pbbuh simply said pray whenever you can. So you waking up at an ungodly hour to pray is absurd remember God did not burden a soul more than he can bear. With hardship comes ease 😁.

[@le_med]

@@onlyabdelix That s great because I don t care about hadith as they can not be trusted so anybody quoting hadith to me is like a fart in the wind

[@qrx4057]

If you don't like to pray, your faith may not be complete. Prayer comes naturally to someone with faith. Not praying fajr in time I can understand. Not praying at all?

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

you remained trapped in the realm of the ego. your focus should be on yourself not on judging others. May Allah shower us all with love and compassion 🙌🏻❤

[@qrx4057]

@@MuftiAbuLayth Ameen

[@jenny-DD]

@@MuftiAbuLayth I reverted because of Mufti more Scholars should learn from Mufti Abu Layth

[@oscarsierra1234]

Yes so we need to do allof those things to not be damnated

[@alexojideagu]

I respect you guys with dedication but I could never pray 5 times a day or ritual prayer rules and having to go to a mosque to pray. I'd say this is why the west will never become Islamic. It's incompatible lifestyle wise.

[@imanf3882]

Not really, plenty of people manage to do it, it takes line 10 minutes lmao. And you’re not obligated to go the mosque for every single Salah. There’s lots of leeway for Salah tbh

[@malenedietl3369]

7:54 Lost him here.....he talks about establishing salah, and then he ruins all by saying like" whatever...if you don't allways get it done, no big deal"...That's not establishing salah, that's random prayer. I was really positively surprised for some minutes, thinking:" Ah, mufti is not all that bad..." Until 7:55 and his awful message to people that it's not a big deal if you are a random prayer. He will maybe say that, that is misinterpreting him. We should allways have the strong niyah to "establish" salah the right way. He gives people a reason to be lazy around that. ☹👎

[@asifhanif1045]

I think his message is, if you miss random prayers don’t dwell on the negative implications so much and continue to try to pray going forward. It’s not about being ok with laziness.

[@donnerk180]

you misunderstood mufti.. he's trying to emphasise that, for someone trying to build the habit, it's really difficult, masha'Allah it may not be so for you, but we're all different. He's saying that for someone trying, as long as devotion is improving, if he does mess up, missing a prayer, he shouldn't shame himself ao much.

[@CA-kc3zr]

Salam Guys...Im trying to contact mufti abu layth and Nouman ali...Its a pretty interesting and important subject...pls If you have an email address or way contact him pls let me know....thanku

[@MuftiAbuLayth]

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[@mrjav9848]

@@MuftiAbuLayth but isn't missing fard disobedience to Allah and isn't this then punishable as we've sinned ?