A R C H I V E S
Madinat al-Muslimeen Islamic Message Board
| Getting Salah, Imaan and Heart Back In Order |
|---|
| Anonymous |
| 07/20/05 at 15:19:18 |
| salaamoalaykum to all, i have deep feelings of regret in my heart. i have been straying away from Allah. i do not know why. i have been slacking off on salah,let alone pray on time. i find extreme difficulty waking up for fajr.even when i set the alarm, i turn it off and go back to sleep. even when i do pray, salah has lost all its essence for me. like there is no use of it, and praying it is like faking something. i don't like this. this is not who i am. how do i go back to Allah?what are some pointers? i can't take this regret anymore--its eating me up. is this normal?do muslims go thru this or is it just me? please help me.i need to set things straight because in my heart i know that a huge part of me is missing. |
| Re: Getting Salah, Imaan and Heart Back In Order |
|---|
| timbuktu |
| 07/21/05 at 13:23:52 |
| [slm] you are not alone, and this topic comes up very often. This happens to most, if not all, of us. The level of Imaan changes, up and down, high and low. Read the Quran, read the Seerah of the prophet [saw] and his Sahaba (ra), read the heart softeners, think of the Qiyamah and the life there, think of facing and answering Allah, memorise some verses of the Quran or some phrases of dhikr that move your heart. Recite them and think of their meanings, and try to [i]feel[/i] them. |
| Re: Getting Salah, Imaan and Heart Back In Order |
|---|
| peaceb2u |
| 07/27/05 at 10:13:48 |
| I definitely agree with the brother above. Sometimes in order for our hearts to be realigned with the harmony of our faith, we need to reflect on Death and on facing God. Sometimes when I'm really upset with the way I'm acting, I imagine myself wrapped in a white sheet; cold, without anyone around me--in a coffin. This is a bit of a shock method, but that's when at least I have been able to recognize that I need the warmth that only my Lord and my faith can provide me. I also think about the trials of the Prophet (S) and his early companions--who fought, and lived, and worked so that we today could have Islam as our deen today. When I reflect on all they sacrificed for us, I am often moved to make worthy their sacrifice. :-) |
Madinat al-Muslimeen Islamic Message Board |