Thursday, October 26, 2006

Hadith of the Week 10/27

So I am sending a hadith of the week to my MSA so I have decided to post the hadith here as well. I am getting the ahadith from Zaad at-talibeen by Shaykh Ashiq ilaahi al Bulandshehri translated by Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf.

adduaa'u mukh-khul ibaadah (saheeh Bukhari)

"Supplication is the essence of worship"

Supplication has been called the essence of worship for two main reasons. First by supplicating to Allah, a person fulfills his obligation of calling on Allah, which is understood from the verse "And your Lord says, 'Call on Me, I will answer you (your prayer)" Quran 40:60. This is worship in its purest form. Second, by invoking Allah, one realizes that only He can fulfill one's needs. The servant who calls upon his Lord abandons hope in everything else and turns his full attention to Allah, humbling himself in front of Him. This is the essence of worship. Another desired result of worship is to attain reward from Allah. Because there is such great reward in suplication, it has been called the essence of worship. (mazaad al raagibeen 7)