THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF JAMAAT SALAAT
THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF JAMAAT SALAAT
In the kitaab, As-Sunnatul Jaliyyah fil Chishtiyyatil Uliyah, it is narrated: There was a Waa-iz (one who gives bayaans) whose bayaans were extremely effective. However, after he returned from Hajj, his bayaans were devoid of the former athr (effect). When people asked him for an explanation, he said: “Allah, the Knower of the Ghaib is well aware that from the time I had left (on the Hajj journey), I had not committed any sin, except for one fault. When I had committed that error I immediately feared that the wonderful Ni’mat (namely the effect of the bayaans) would be snatched away from me.
It had happened precisely as I had understood.That error was that along the journey I had missed one Salaat with Jamaat despite the Imaam being with me. This insipidness of my bayaans is the misfortune of this error.” Upon narrating this episode, Hadhrat Khwaajah was overwhelmed with emotion and shed tears profusely. Those present also cried much. He said: “This misfortune was the consequence of having missed just one Jamaat Salaat although the Salaat was performed in its time.
What must be the condition of those people who do not perform Salaat with Jamaat and even allow their Salaat to become Qadha? Indeed, they are deprived of innumerable benefits and blessings.”
