Silent Screams

I feel terrible when I miss Fajr (the morning prayer) The whole day tends to turn out badly. There’s a weight on me, I feel extremely grumpy and don’t have much enthusiasm for anything. I’m not imagining this – it’s true! Sometimes I forget the fact that I missed fajr and at the end of the day I think to myself, now what did I do to deserve such a bad day? Then it hits me.

Allah is my Creator. He is in no need of my prayers. Rather, I’m the one in need of them. He has done so much for me, so much that I haven’t even come to realise. Surely it is impossible to count the blessings He has showered on me. Yet, I am such an ungrateful servant. After all that He has done for me, how can I not even wake up to pray two rakahs (units of prayer) to Him??

This reminds me of a beautiful nasheed (Islamic song) by Hamza Robertson. The lyrics are simple and beautiful.

There is a reason why to Allah we pray
In the morning on every day
It’s a meeting and we must not be late
If we want to have peace we must obey and pray

CHORUS:
There is no better feeling
Than when we pray on time
And we know the rest of our days
Will work out just fine
So we must work hard and wake up before sunrise
So we can leave our homes with the blessings of Allah

Idha hafadhta ‘alal salah
Hayatuka tumla’ baraka
Idha hafadhta ‘alal salah
Tanal ridhaa’ Allah
If you maintained your prayers
Your life will be filled with blessings
If you prayed on time
Allah will be pleased with you

No excuses of why you cannot pray
Coz we need him on everyday
So don’t tell me just why you turned up late
If we want to have peace we must obey and pray

CHORUS

Idha hafadhta ‘alal salah
Hayatuka tumla’ baraka
Idha hafadhta ‘alal salah
Tanal ridhaa’ Allah
If you maintained your prayers
Your life will be filled with blessings
If you prayed on time
Allah will be pleased with you

Listen brother and sister it’s all been said before
You’re too tired now so you sleep some more
But when you wake up there’s an emptiness inside
If we want to have peace we must swallow our pride

Bridge:
I know my friend it’s not easy
But we must try believe me
And we will feel a difference
In our lives and Allah will give us strength

CHORUS

You can listen to the song here.

I have to be more mindful of my prayers Insha Allah.

I’ll sign off for today leaving you with this article I came across. Praying Fajr