Praying SALAH, Yet SINNING – Is It Fair? | Korean Lady to Dr. Zakir
Summary
TLDRThe discussion revolves around questions about Islamic practices and beliefs, particularly the importance of prayer (Salah), good deeds, and faith in God. The speaker explains that while doing good deeds is important, Islamic teachings emphasize the significance of believing in God and following religious practices like prayer. The conversation also addresses why some Muslims do not always embody Islamic principles despite identifying as Muslims. The speaker argues that praying and following religious obligations, even imperfectly, is more important than just performing good deeds without faith.
Takeaways
- 😀 Some people may be good and truthful but if they lack faith or do not thank God, they may not enter paradise.
- 🙏 The act of prayer in Islam, specifically the act of prostration, is meant to humble both the body and the mind.
- ❓ A student asks why it’s not enough to just do good deeds without following specific religious practices like prayer.
- 📖 The speaker emphasizes that no verse in the Quran teaches anything against humanity; the faults are with individual Muslims who do not follow Islamic teachings correctly.
- 🏫 The analogy of a school is used to explain how Islam, like a school, produces both good and bad students, but the school (Islam) cannot be blamed for bad behavior.
- 📜 The Quran outlines four key criteria for entering paradise: faith, righteous deeds, advising others to truth, and patience.
- 🙌 It’s stated that thanking the Creator is more important than merely helping others, as God is the ultimate giver of life and blessings.
- 🛐 The reason for praying in a specific way is explained: it’s a command from God, and God knows best how humans should pray.
- 🤲 Fasting is seen as a practice to teach self-restraint, piety, and unity, with the specific month of Ramadan prescribed for this.
- 🕌 Not offering Salah (prayer) is considered a major sin, and even if someone tells lies but prays, they are still seen as superior to someone who doesn't pray but tells the truth.
Q & A
Why is it not enough for a Muslim to do good deeds without offering Salah?
-While doing good deeds is important, Islam emphasizes the importance of thanking and worshiping God in the prescribed manner. Salah is a core pillar of Islam, and it is a way of expressing gratitude to the Creator. According to the speaker, merely doing good deeds without acknowledging and thanking God properly is insufficient for entering paradise.
Why do some Muslims do bad things even though they follow the teachings of Islam?
-The speaker explains that while Islam does not teach anything harmful to humanity, individuals may fail to follow those teachings. Just as some students may fail in school despite attending it, some Muslims may do bad things even though Islam encourages good behavior.
Why must prayers be performed in a specific way, such as Salah, instead of a personal form of worship?
-According to the speaker, the Creator has prescribed the way we should pray because He knows best how we should worship Him. Praying in the manner outlined in Islam, such as Salah, is a way of showing submission and humility to God. Performing Salah also benefits the individual by humbling the mind through physical actions like prostration.
What is the significance of prostration (Sujud) in Salah?
-Prostration in Salah is a physical act of submission, where the highest part of the body (the forehead) is placed on the lowest ground, symbolizing humility before God. The speaker notes that this act helps to humble both the body and the mind, aligning with psychological principles of controlling the mind through physical actions.
Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan, and why is fasting a collective act?
-Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and is prescribed as a means to develop self-restraint, God-consciousness, and humility. The speaker emphasizes that fasting collectively in the same month fosters unity among Muslims, and the prescribed duration ensures a consistent, shared spiritual experience.
What are the four criteria mentioned in Surah Al-Asr for entering paradise?
-The four criteria mentioned in Surah Al-Asr (Chapter 103, verses 1-3) are: having faith in God, performing righteous deeds, calling others to truth, and being patient in adversity. The speaker emphasizes that all four are necessary for a person to enter paradise.
Why is believing in and thanking the Creator considered more important than doing good deeds toward others?
-The speaker explains that while doing good deeds toward others is important, failing to thank the Creator, who has given life and everything, is a greater sin. Gratitude toward the Creator is considered the highest priority, as not thanking Him is seen as an even bigger wrong than harming fellow humans.
What is the difference between a person who offers Salah but commits sins and a person who does good deeds but does not offer Salah?
-The speaker clarifies that a person who offers Salah but commits minor sins (e.g., lying) is considered better than someone who does good deeds but does not offer Salah. This is because Salah is a fundamental pillar of Islam, and neglecting it is a major sin. A person who offers Salah is more likely to improve over time.
What role does Salah play in preventing bad behavior?
-Salah is seen as a means to restrain individuals from engaging in shameful or unjust actions. The Quran (Surah Ankabut 29:45) mentions that performing Salah helps a person refrain from wrong deeds, and the speaker reinforces this by saying that a person who performs Salah correctly will gradually avoid sinful behavior.
Why is following the Sunnah of the Prophet important in Islam, especially regarding practices like fasting?
-The Sunnah, or practices of the Prophet Muhammad, serves as a guide for Muslims on how to live their lives. The speaker emphasizes that following the Sunnah is important because the Prophet was the final messenger who provided practical examples of how to follow God's commandments, including fasting during Ramadan.
Outlines
🕌 Faith and Actions: A Balance of Good Deeds and Prayer
In this paragraph, a Muslim exchange student named Fus H. Kima asks why it isn't enough to just do good deeds without performing prayers (Salah). The speaker responds that Islam encourages both faith in God and righteous deeds, explaining that good behavior alone, without faith or gratitude to God, cannot lead to paradise. The speaker compares this to a school where some students excel and others fail, suggesting that while someone may do good things, if they don't acknowledge or thank God, they miss an essential part of Islam.
🙏 The Importance of Thanking God and the Prescribed Way of Prayer
The speaker explains why thanking God is essential and why Muslims should follow the prescribed way of praying. They assert that acknowledging the Creator is more important than merely helping others, comparing prayer to a student respecting a teacher by following their instructions. They emphasize that God, as the Creator, knows best how He should be worshiped and how these practices, such as placing the forehead on the ground during prayer, help humble the body and mind.
📜 The Role of Sunnah and Unity in Fasting and Prayer
In this paragraph, the speaker explains the significance of fasting and following the Sunnah, the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. They highlight how fasting teaches self-restraint, unity, and God-consciousness. The speaker also emphasizes that Muslims fast and pray in unity, which brings additional blessings and that these practices are not arbitrary but have been prescribed by God for the spiritual growth of individuals.
🤔 The Value of Questioning and Understanding Islam’s Teachings
Here, the student admits to having questioned her faith and certain practices, like fasting and prayer. She expresses confusion about the need for these practices despite believing in God and doing good deeds. The speaker reassures her by explaining that belief in one God and the Prophethood of Muhammad is fundamental, while other practices follow. They pray for her continued guidance and understanding, emphasizing the spiritual benefits of following all aspects of Islam.
🕋 The Significance of Salah and Prioritizing Faith Over Good Deeds
The student questions whether a person who does good deeds but doesn't pray is better than someone who prays but still makes mistakes. The speaker responds that Salah is one of the five pillars of Islam and is crucial for a believer. While a person who prays and makes minor mistakes is still better than one who does good deeds but neglects prayer, they stress that prayer is a form of gratitude to God and is of utmost importance in Islam, even more so than avoiding minor sins.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Salah
💡Iman
💡Good deeds
💡Paradise (Jannah)
💡Humility
💡Unity in worship
💡Fasting
💡Righteous deeds
💡Major sins
💡Thanking God
Highlights
The speaker emphasizes that some people are truthful, helpful, and good but lack faith in God, which prevents them from entering paradise.
The act of prayer, particularly the physical gesture of putting the forehead on the ground, is discussed as a means to humble both the body and the mind.
The speaker mentions the concept that humans can control their bodies but not directly their minds, which is why physical acts of worship are important.
The speaker distinguishes between those who pray and may commit minor sins and those who do not pray but are generally good, emphasizing the importance of prayer.
The concept of faith in God (Iman) being the first and most important requirement for entering paradise is highlighted, along with righteous deeds, spreading truth, and patience.
The speaker clarifies that Islam does not teach anything harmful or contrary to humanity, and any Muslim doing wrong is not following Islamic teachings properly.
The analogy of a school is used to explain why some Muslims may fail in their actions, but this should not be attributed to Islam itself.
Fasting is discussed as a pillar of Islam prescribed to teach self-restraint, God-consciousness, and unity, as all Muslims fast together in Ramadan.
The speaker explains that acts like fasting and praying are performed in specific ways as prescribed by God and should not be done based on personal preference.
Prayer (Salah) is identified as the second pillar of Islam and the first thing for which one will be questioned on the Day of Judgment.
The speaker stresses that not offering Salah is considered the fourth major sin in Islam, more significant than telling a lie, for instance.
The speaker explains that while doing good deeds is important, the act of thanking God through prayer takes precedence, as God is the Creator and deserves acknowledgment.
The Quran, specifically Surah Al-Asr (chapter 103), is cited to emphasize the four essential criteria for salvation: faith, righteous deeds, spreading truth, and perseverance.
The speaker discusses that even those who do not believe in God or thank Him will not enter paradise, even if they do good deeds and are truthful.
The idea that a person who prays but occasionally sins is better in God's eyes than someone who does not pray but acts righteously, because the former is at least fulfilling a core duty of faith.
The speaker points out that proper prayer (Salah) leads to moral behavior, as it restrains a person from unjust deeds, highlighting the connection between worship and ethics.
Transcripts
you may say there are some human being
are very good don't cheat don't Rob help
other people very truthful but they
don't have faith they don't thank God
even they will not enter Jenna even they
will not go to paradise but in our
prayer we do the S we put the highest
part of body the for it on the lowest
part of the ground and say glory be to
Allah who's the most high because today
psychology they tell us that our body is
under our control our mind is not
directly under control so to Humble the
mind you have to Humble the body so
would like to say
according to me you're a Muslim yeah I I
am a Muslim oh you are a Muslim yes I am
a Muslim actually is it okay if I if I
give my opinion on one thing sure so you
asking me a question basically a person
who offers Salah and does some bad
things is better or a person who does
good things and doesn't offer Salah
correct yeah but
yeah yes sister my name is Fus H Kima
and I'm an exchange student from kyong
University um actually I would like to
uh give you some questions and I'm sorry
if you find it really shallow because
I'm just I'm just like wondering my
first question is uh why do you think is
it not enough for a human being and for
a Muslim specifically to only do good
things in life and not harm others and
just being good to other creatures I
mean like I know a lot of people who
follow Al Quran and then they still do
bad things to other people and other
God's creatures and I think that is is
it better in my opinion it's better to
like for you to go to do good things for
other God's creatures but not really
like following or I don't know it's
something like that and why do you think
also is it not enough for us Muslims to
only believe in God and keep keep
himself in ourselves like we can praise
God and I grateful to God and why can't
we just pray in our praying in ourselves
like why does it need to be in form of
solad and also my last point is like
sister one question at a time if you're
asking four or five questions to answer
okay okay sister already asked two
questions okay the first question is
that why some Muslims do bad things why
can't you only do good things and not do
bad things is the first question and is
it required that when we pray should
pray in a particular form
why can't we just pray the way we like
is a question as far as first question
is concerned that why do many Muslims
who say they are Muslims and do bad
things sister the Quran does not tell a
single thing which is bad you point out
a single verse in the Quran to me which
is Against Humanity there is not a
single teaching of Islam single teaching
in the Quran or the say had which is
Against Humanity there may be some
Muslims who may not be following Quran
and may be doing wrong things for for
example Quran say don't cheat there may
be Muslims who may be
cheating the Quran say don't hurt your
neighbors help your neighbors they may
be hurting their neighbors so these
sisters are bad examples it's the same
answer I gave earlier that don't judge
Islam by looking at the followers for
example in a school a very famous School
some student get first class first some
get second class some get third class
some fail can you blame the school for
that no some students have to come out
first class first some have to fail so
this is part and parcel so those who
have failed will not get The Passing
certificate but they student of that
school right or wrong the same way those
people who call themselves Muslims and
they do wrong things and bad things they
will not get passing
certificate they are bad students of
their school but can you blame the
school for that no I cannot in every
school there are good student and bad
students every school now coming to a
second part of the question that why
don't we thank God the way we want to
thank why only thank in a particular way
like prayer or you may ask that only
being good is not sufficient the Quran
says in chapter number 103 verse 1 to3
there are four criteria for any human
being go to
J by the token of time man is well in a
state of loss except those who have
faith those who do righteous deeds those
who exalt people to truth and those who
exalt people to patience and
perseverance only having
Iman IM means the believing in God is
not sufficient you should also do
righteous Deeds should not Rob should
not cheat should help the others second
criteria first is Iman Faith second is
righteous Deeds third is exalting people
to tro calling people to the right path
and fourth is exalting people to
patience and perseverence if any one of
them is missing under normal
circumstances you shall not go to jenah
for example you may say there are some
human being are very good don't cheat
don't don't Rob help other people very
truthful but they don't have faith they
don't thank God or they're thanking
wrong God even they will not enter Jenna
even they will not go to paradise why
because number one thanking our creator
is more important than helping the human
beings the person who created you the
person who gave you life the person who
gave you all these benefits beond
thanking him and you're abusing him
that's a bigger sin than abusing the
human beings so number one is first
understanding and realizing who the
Creator is and thanking him the way he
should be thanked for example you said
why should we pray the way we
pray well now I'm asking you the
question the Creator created
us he is the best who can tell you how
should you pray to him today I will say
that I want to pray maybe standing on
one
leg that's how I want to
pray for example in a class the teacher
says that okay if you respect me then
you obey my
commandment the student said no no I
respect you but I don't want to obey
you I want to respect the way I want to
respect who's
right because the teacher says if you
obey me you'll be respecting me so
almighty God who the Creator he's
prescribed how you should
pray and when we pray we benefit because
in our prayer we do the S we put the
highest part of body the forehead on the
lowest part of the ground and say glory
be to Allah who's the most highest glory
be to Allah who's the most highest thce
because today psychology they tell us
that our body is under our control our
mind is not directly under control so to
Humble the mind you have to Humble the
body I've given the talk on Salah the
programming towards righteousness which
gives the detail why do we offer Salah
the way we offer I request you to see
that on the
YouTube thank you for your answer and I
have my last question can I can I so as
far as I know Islam is teaching us about
how to do good things in life and also
um for our afterlife but according to
your previous answers uh what I'm
wondering about is like um why is it
wrong if I do good things to people and
also I believe in God and also I I do
his command like helping others and also
like some other things that that mention
in Quran but um I I just don't
understand about the way we should pray
and uh you mentioned that before and
also like uh fasting thing and other
sunah sunna sunna things I just don't
really understand about that because I
know a little bit the history about why
we should fast but what I don't
understand is why why we need to to like
apply that in our lives
when we already know like we can like do
the do that once in a life or once in
lifetime but not in once in a year or
something like that I just don't
understand S as the question two
questions number one why is it wrong to
help others nowh does the Quran say it
is wrong to help other sister it is good
to help others if you don't help others
you'll be doing wrong Point number one
point number two why do we do certain
things like Sunnah Sunnah means it is
the actions and the Commandments of the
last and final messenger Prophet
Muhammad upon him for example why should
we fast and why should we fast in that
particular month the reason we fast is
because that is one of the pillars of
Islam and the Quran says in Surah Bak
chap 2 vers 183 that fasting has been
prescribed to you as it was prescribed
to people who came before you so that
you may learn self-restraint so that you
may learn tawa so that you may learn
pety so that you may attain God
Consciousness why do we fast together
because we believe in unity all fast in
that month of Ramadan because we believe
in unity when we pray also we pray
together
if you pray in unity then you get more
blessings as compared to praying alone
similarly fasting means we have to fast
for one month so one month has been
completely prescribed as the month of
Ramadan it is 29 to 30 days and we
follow the teachings of the Sunnah of
the Prophet because he's the last and
final messenger of almighty God what I
want to ask you sister do you believe
there's one God yes I believe in God do
you believe Prophet Muhammad is the
messenger of God yes I believe in that
too so that means you're a Muslim yeah I
know
okay thank you sister would you like to
say it in Arabic because the minimum two
things required for a person to become a
Muslim is to believe there is one God
yes and to believe Prophet Muhammad is a
messenger of God all the other things
come later on so if you believe in these
two things these are the minimum two
things required for any person to enter
into
Islam yes so would you like to say it in
Arabic um according to me you're a
Muslim yeah I I am a Muslim oh you are a
Muslim yes I am a Muslim I
my parents is are Muslim too and all my
family is Muslim too but I'm just lately
I've just been questioning myself
whether what is this and what is this
for and some things like that so now has
it been confirmed yes has it been
confirmed now um that all these
teachings are correct I think a little
bit good sister and I pray to Allah to
give you more guidance and more um
actually is it okay if I if I give my
opinion on one thing so uh you say that
it's the same thing
uh for people there are four
characteristics of people who go to
heaven right correct like believe in God
and also like I Good Deeds yes good
deeds good invite people to truth I
invite people to patience and
perseverance yeah so uh is it the same
in your opinion does it make any
differences for people who do good to
other people but uh they don't do Salat
and they they don't do prayer but they
believe in God and those who do salad
and also do good things to people but
they sometimes like discriminate other
people and also like say bad things
about other people even though they do
so lot and believe in God so what of so
you asking me a question basically a
person who offers Salah yeah and does
some bad things is better or a person
who does good things and doesn't offer
Salah correct yeah but yeah it's kind
amongst all the Deeds Done the first
deed almighty God will ask you is about
your Salah the first question God will
ask you on the day of judgment Salah is
the second pillar of Islam and not
offering Salah is the fourth major sin
in Islam the first major sin is shik
asso partners with God number two is
killing any innocent human being third
is black magic and fourth is not
offering Salah our beloved Prophet said
it is mentioned in s Muslim the
difference between Iman and kuf is not
offering Salah so between the two a
person who offers Salah and maybe doing
some bad thing like telling a lie
compared to a person who's truthful and
doesn't offer Salah a person who offers
Salah and tells a lie is doing a small
sin as compared to a person who does not
tell a lie and does not offer
Salah between the two the person
offering Salah and telling Allah is a
far better human being is a far better
Muslim than a person who speaks the
truth and does not offer Salah because
if you don't offer Salah you're not
thanking God that's a bigger requirement
thanking God is much more important not
offering Salah is the fourth major sin
telling a lie is a smaller sin so
between the two a person who offer Salah
and tells a lie is a far superior human
being and a far superior Muslim than a
person who tells a lie and does not
offer Salah but the best is offer Salah
and don't tell a lie Quran says in Surah
anab 29:45 it says that verily Salah
will restrain you from shameful and
unjust Deeds so if your Salah is correct
inshallah you'll not lie you'll do good
things and you'll be a better Muslim
hope that answer the question okay thank
you so much
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