A man woke up early in
order to pray the Fajr prayer in the masjid. He got dressed, made his ablution
and was on his way to the masjid.On his way to the masjid, the man fell and his
clothes got dirty. He got up, brushed himself off, and headed home. At home, he
changed his clothes, made his ablution, and was, again, on his way to the
masjid.On his way to the masjid, he fell again and at the same spot! He,again,
got up, brushed himself off and headed home. At home he, once again, changed
his clothes, made his ablution and was on his way to the masjid.On his way to
the masjid, he met a man holding a lamp. He asked the man of his identity and
the man replied 'I saw you fall twice on your way to the masjid, so I brought a
lamp so I can light your way.' The first man thanked him profusely and the two
where on their way to the masjid.Once at the masjid, the first man asked the
man with the lamp to come in and pray Fajr with him. The second man refused.
The first man asked him a couple more times and, again, the answer was the
same. The first man asked him why he did not wish to come in and pray. The man
replied'I am Satan.'The man was shocked at this reply. Satan went on to
explain, 'I saw you on your way to the masjid and it was I who made you
fall.When you went home, cleaned yourself and went back on your way to the
masjid, Allah forgave all of your sins. I made you fall a second time,and even
that did not encourage you to stay home, but rather, you went back on your way
to the masjid.Because of that, Allah forgave all the sins of the people of your
household . I was afraid if i made you fall one more time, then Allah will
forgive the sins of the people of your village, so i made sure that you reached
the masjid safely.
'So do not let Satan benefit
from his actions. Do not put off a good that you intended to do as you never
know how much reward you might receive from the hardships you encounter
while trying to achieve that good.
Importance of 'Fajr' prayer according to our beloved Prophet (s.a.w):
(Sahih Bukhari)
Volume 1, Book 11, Number 626 :
Narrated by Abu Huraira:
The
Prophet said, "No prayer is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr and
the 'Isha' prayers and if they knew the reward for these prayers at their
respective times, they would certainly present themselves (in the mosques) even
if they had to crawl." The Prophet added, "Certainly I decided to order
the Mu'adh-dhin (call-maker) to pronounce Iqama and order a man to lead the
prayer and then take a fire flame to burn all those who had not left their
houses so far for the prayer along with their houses."
(Sahih Bukhari)
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 548
Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi Musa:
My father said, "Allah's Apostle
said, 'Whoever prays the two cool prayers ('Asr and Fajr) will go to Paradise.'
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