Whispering
During Prayer
Allah, all praise and glory is to Him,
has warned us against the way that Satan always adopts in inveigling the
creatures of Allah into committing sins. Allah, all glory is to Him, says (what
means):
“O you who have
believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to
other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of
Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.” (Al-Mâ’idah, 5: 90)
Hence, whomever follows the path of
drinking intoxicants, gambling, attempts of drawing closer to idols through
offering sacrifices, or using divining arrows or palmistry, playing-cards or
any art of charlatanism to know the Unseen is committing an abomination of
Satan’s handiwork which he beautifies in the eyes of mankind, so that he can
remove them away from worshipping Allah and entraps them into sin.
Allah, all praise and glory is to Him,
has warned us against this in the glorious Ayah saying (what means):
“And obey Allah
and obey the Messenger and beware.” (Al-Mâ’idah, 5:92)
Through this warning, Allah informs us that
the devil will never let us enter into the obedience of Allah and His Messenger
(may Allah bless him and grant him peace). He will always strive hard to
prevent us from doing so. If we barred all ways, he would come at the moment of
performing ablution and make us forget whether we washed our hands or not, or
whether we performed ablution as ought to be or not. Then, when the time of
offering prayers comes he makes us forget how many rakahs or prostrations we offered,
and this in fact does not constitute a bad sign, on the contrary, it is a sign
in our favor, for Satan never comes near ruins. If our prayer were not accepted,
he would have never approached it, but the fact that he tries to spoil it for
us, means that it is accepted, and that he craves to ruin it. Therefore, the moment
man starts offering the prayer he reminds him of things forgotten and keeps
whispering to him trying to spoil his prayer.
From satanic insinuations also is that
he entices us to disobey the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant
him peace), so he whispers secretly to us: “Such a command was not mentioned in
the Qur’an, so do not obey it.” Though Allah, all praise and glory is to Him,
clearly says (what means):
“Say: ‘Obey Allah
and obey the Messenger.’” (An-Nûr, 24: 54)
Besides, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is
He, has given the authority of legislating to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace) saying (what means):
“And whatever the
Messenger has given you – take; and what he has forbidden you – refrain from.
And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.” (Al-Hashr, 59: 7)
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless
him and grant him peace) said:
“Shortly, a man leaning on his couch speaks about one of my Hadiths, thus saying: ‘Between us and you is the Book of Allah, The Exalted and Ever-Majestic, whatever lawful we find in it, we will regard as lawful, and whatever unlawful we find in it, we will regard as unlawful,’ Beware! For verily what the Messenger of Allah has prohibited is like what Allah has prohibited.”
Satan’s evil whisper or insinuations
cast in the soul provoking thoughts that enrage it and such rage causes it to
act foolishly, in a way that neither agrees with reason or religion. When the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless
him and grant him peace) asked His Lord about how to guard oneself against
anger, The Truth, all praise and glory is to Him, said (what means):
“And if an evil
suggestion comes to you from Satan, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is
Hearing and Knowing.”
We are not here discussing this issue
as regards the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace),
even though some people may wonder if Satan can whisper to the Messenger of
Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace): the answer is that the Ayah
says “If” which introduces a condition that may or may not happen; thus the
matter itself is a doubtful condition.
But let us assume that it did happen,
so why should Allah deprive His Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him
peace) from the joy of confronting and defeating Satan. The Messenger of Allah
(may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:
“There is no one among you but a comrade from among the jinn is assigned to him.” They (the Companions present in that occasion) asked: “Even you, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Even me, but Allah granted me victory over him and I am safe from him, so he only enjoins me to do that which is good.”
The devil did appear to the Messenger
of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) while he was on his way to
the Masjid (mosque); for the Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him
peace) narrated, saying:
“A demon from the Jinn came to me yesterday suddenly, so as
to spoil my prayer, but Allah enabled me to overpower him, and so I caught him
and intended to tie him to one of the pillars of the Masjid so that all of you
might see him, but I remembered the invocation of my brother Solomon (as stated
in the Qur’an): 'And bestow upon me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any
other after me.' (Sad, 38:35) so I dismissed him humiliated."
Thus, the confrontation did happen, and
the defeat of Satan was fast. Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, asked His
Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) to seek refuge with Him,
and seeking refuge is to turn to Him for help. One can only ask help from
someone who is stronger than him, and indeed stronger than the one trying to
attack him.
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