Finding Peace In Our Heart.

[Abu Habiba]

As-Salaam alaikum,

From whatever perspective you look at it, we can only find peace in our heart(s) in the love of Allah Ta'ala and the reflection of that is in Sallah... the Sallah we offer 5 times daily as Muslims who believe in Allah and the Last Day.

Nowadays some focus on offering Sallah like some physical exercise to get reward in paradise; they are unaware of its spiritual reality. Sallah is in fact, the presence of heart and soul before Allah.... when a person gets annihilated in Allah completely, only then would his Sallah become Mi'eraj. Allah created us of His Ishq and for His Ishq.... we are sent to planet earth to prove our love to Him, Tabaraka Wa Ta'ala.

If any of our acts are without the love of Allah, then it is useless because He does not need such prayers. Afterall, He has lots of angels for this purpose. Actually, when a Muslim bows before Allah Ta'ala, it means he has given up everything... he is like a slave before Him and considers Allah the One and Only Entity (the Best) and himself as the worst.

In his 'Risala al-Ghausia' Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, may Allah be pleased with him, says:  I said, 'O Lord, which Sallah is closet to you?'  It was replied: ''The Sallah in which there is no one except Me, even the person offering the Sallah is esoterically absent from it."