The Benefits of Solah

In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful

ARTICLE ANALYSIS

Article Tittle: Solah Menggugurkan Dosa-Dosa

     Prayer (Solah) is defined as the form of worship and glorification of Allah by specific words and actions commencing with (الله اكبر )  and ending with (السلام عليكم) with the presence of intention (نية). Solah is the second pillar of Islam. Solah is obligatory as mentioned in Surah Ibrahim, verse 31,”Speak to my servants who have believed, that may establish regular Prayers……..”. Pertaining to the obligatory of Solah , there had been stated in the Holy Al-Quran for more than seventy times repeating the word Prayers (الصلاة) .On the other hand Solah must be performed regularly five times a day in its time; Subh , Zuhr, Asr ,Maghrib and Isya’. Solah brings many immeasurable benefits for us. One of the benefits of Solah is that it teaches us simple rules of cleanliness and spiritual purification. In a more specific term, Solah plays an important role in helping us to purify our sins as elucidated  in the article that I had  analyzed.

    By referring to the article that I had read entitled “Solah Menggugurkan Dosa-Dosa”, it is clearly stated that Solah which is sincerely performed because of Allah to attain His pleasure will be one of the cleaning agents of all of our sins without  leaving any part of the sin left. The Messenger had said, ”When a Muslim is performing Solah for the love of Allah, his sins fall like ironically this leaves from the tree,”(narrated by Imam Ahmad).This Hadith was narrated due to the incident when one day the Messenger went out during the autumn with Hazrat Abu Zar R.A, he then hold a branch of a tree that caused the leaves from the tree to fall down. Of course we as a human beings that is created weak do have an uncountable sins that we have done  in our lifetime similar to the enormous number of leaves that fall during the autumn. Pertaining to that Hadith, it claimed that we could easily purify our sins by performing Solah sincerely. This statement can be well supported by the Hadith narrated by Muslim, “From Abi Hurairah R.A, verily  the Prophet (PBUH) said: The five daily prayers and also Friday prayer until the next Friday is considered as the expiation for the interval prayers in  avoiding great sins.”

     Besides that, Solah can prevent us from the wrong doings. In addition to that, Solah will be the stonewall for  us whenever we are about to do or whenever we are close to the evil deeds. As mentioned in Al-Ankabut, verse 45,”…..,and establish regular Prayer: for Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds; and remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds) that you do.” Remembrance in the verse is referred to the Solah. This is due to the Solah that is needed to be performed in its time. When man gets up in the morning, the prayer reminds him of this event before he starts his day. When he is busy in his work during the day, it again reminds him of this fact three times. When he is about to go to sleep, he is reminded once again. As the remembrance is always been reminded to human, it is quite difficult for them to do bad deeds in their daily life. Allah had promised us in the verse regarding the prevention from doing the bad deeds to whomever that obey His command in performing Solah. The promise will surely be fulfilled as there is nothing that can prevent Allah to do anything whenever He wishes to.

     In conclusion, Solah itself brings useful impacts on oneself that are the purification of one’s sins and also in the same time it can avoid us from doing something that is bad which  will bring the wrath of Allah. So, perform your Solah sincerely in order to expiate and to abstain yourself from the wrong doings. Last but not least, perform your daily Solah as it is the pole of  our religion (Islam) and whomever perform it, he had built and strengthen his religion but whomever left and abandoned it, he had destroyed and ruined  his own religion. 

                    What is good is from Allah and what is bad is from me and Satan…..