Page 11 - ARIFIN - Buku Peaceful Short Speech Pdf

Brothers and sisters in Islam,

There is no doubt that as-Shaitan (Satan) is the most bitter
enemy of man, he always tries to disturb the believers prayer. As soon

as a person begins his prayer, he finds his mind suddenly engulfed
with memories, problems, worries, work, study and his family. He

may become so engrossed in his thoughts that he has no idea where

he is and what he is doing. His prayer becomes a series of automatic
actions, and he will often find himself wondering whether he has

prayed three Rakaa or four. This is how Shaitan steals the prayer. The
Prophet (pbuh) once said that only a tiny portion of the prayer, may

be as little as a tenth or an eighth, is accepted by Allah. The rest is
lost because of the whisperings of Shaitan.

Brothers and sisters in islam,

Allahs Messenger (pbuh) was once sitting in the mosque at Al-
Madinah when a bedouin entered and began to pray. He prayed so

quickly, that when he had finished, the Prophet (pbuh) asked him to
repeat the prayer. His second attempt was just as hurried, so the

Prophet (pbuh) asked him to repeat it again. After a third hurried

prayer, the bedouin said:"O Messenger of Allah. I cannot pray better
than this." The Prophet (pbuh) then showed the man how to pray. He

instructed him to recite Surah Al-Fatiha while in the standing
position, then to say Tasbih in the Ruku position, to stand upright

saying Rabbana lakal hamd, to go down with Sajdah and recite

Tasbih, and to sit between the two Sajdah and recite a Dua. The
Prophet (pbuh) advised the bedouin to do this in each Raka’a.

At last, one of the conditions that make our prayer acceptable is
performing the prayer slowly and properly, understanding every word