Have you ever found it difficult to concentrate when praying? Yes sometimes we are in that situation and don’t realize what disturbs our solemnity when praying.
Khushu is one of the most important parts of prayer as Allah says in the Qur’an,
“Surely successful are those who believe, namely those who are devout in their prayers.” (Surat al-Mu’minun: 1-2)
Khusyu’ in Arabic refers to humility, namely submission, submission, or humility. Khusyu ‘is calm and submission to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala in carrying out worship, especially prayer.
Prayer without being solemn is like fire without warmth. Therefore, as a Muslim, it is obligatory to be special in prayer. Below are 7 common things that often interfere with solemnity when praying.
5 Common Things That Make Prayers Insane
1. Not Clearing the Mind
Every day our brain processes information from work, tasks, problems, and many things that make our minds burdened. That’s when the devil disturbs our concentration by whispering things that burden our brains at the time when we eat, sleep or most importantly when we do worship, especially prayer.
To avoid this as much as possible, you should rest between your daily time to think and calm yourself so that when it is time for prayer, these negative thoughts do not interfere with your concentration.
2. Remembering urgent matters
During prayer Satan also tends to remind us of urgent things that we forget to do. For example, when you go to the mosque and then when the time for prayer arrives and start reading the prayer, you suddenly think whether you have locked the door of the house.
Another example, for example, when praying suddenly you think whether you have done task A and the like.
What you need to realize is that all of this is a trick of the devil to destroy the solemnity and concentration of prayer.
3. Worried about the validity of ablution
This is a big problem that causes people to leave prayer because they are not sure whether they are pure or not. As stated by Abbad ibn Tamim from his uncle who complained to the Messenger of Allah about a man who thought that he had canceled his prayers because he had a bowel movement.
Then the Messenger of Allah said,
“He should not turn away or leave the prayer unless he hears a sound or smells something.” (Al Bukhari 1: Chapter 4, Hadith 137)
4. Worried About Mistakes
Has it ever crossed your mind when you said the intention or prayer was correct or not? Then you repeat it again. Or you think it looks like you are exchanging the prayer of bowing with the prayer of prostration etc. While reciting the prayer just think about what you are doing right now.
5. Uncomfortable place
When you pray in the mosque or somewhere else, sometimes we pray with conditions that make it difficult to concentrate, for example, there is no air conditioner or the fan is off. Then you feel the heat and finally it’s hard to concentrate.
You need to remember that there are still many people out there who pray during war or during operations. Therefore, don’t because trivial things make your prayer not special.
Those are 5 common things that often make prayer less special’. If the article above is useful, please share it to help spread good things to many people.
