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HARUN YAHYA

to sleep." (Sahih Muslim, Book 004, Number 1401)
“When you see that a person is attached to the mosque
and looks after it (devotedly), give the testimony of faith
for him.” (al-Tirmidhi and ibn Majah)
“A time will come when the conversation of the people in
the mosques will center around their worldly affairs. You
must not sit with such people. Allah has nothing to do
with them.” (al-Bayhaqi)
After every fard prayer, Allah’s Messenger (saas) used to say:
“There is no god but Allah. He is One and without a part-
ner. Unto Him belongs Sovereignty and unto Him belongs
all praise. In His Hand is all good and He has power over all
things. O Allah! No one can withhold what You bestow, and
no one can bestow what You decide to withhold, and the
prosperity of no prosperous one can make him independent
of You i.e., even the wealthiest and most powerful person is
a beggar at the door of Your mercy.” (Sahih al-Bukhari and
Sahih Muslim)
“If anyone extols Allah (recites Subhan Allah) after every
prayer thirty-three times, and praises Allah (recites Al-
hamdu lillaah) thirty-three times, and declares His
Greatness (recites Allah-u-Akbar) thirty-three times, nine-
ty-nine times in all, and says to complete a hundred: ‘La
ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharikah lahu, lahu al-mulk wa
lahu al-hamd, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay'in qadir’ (There is
no god but Allah, having no partner with Him, to Him
belongs sovereignty and to Him is praise due, and He is
Potent over everything), his sins will be forgiven even if
these are as abundant as the foam of the sea.” (Sahih
Muslim, Book 004, Number 1243)
The most important element in performing the prayer is

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