{"id":6556,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/importance-of-salah\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:20:58","slug":"importance-of-salah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/importance-of-salah\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance Of Salah"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I  cannot pray five times a day. However, I feel pain for orphans, the  poor and the needy. I think for their betterment and do what is in my  capacity. I think I am doing better than those who pray five times a day  but neglect these people. They engage in corruption while they earn  etc. Now would you please guide me whether my approach is acceptable?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>Thank  you for writing to us. We believe that it is of course an act of great  virtue to feel for the downtrodden and the unfortunate. They have a  right upon us which must be fulfilled. The right of God upon us however  is even greater. Let us try to understand this with the help of an  example. <\/p>\n<div>Suppose  I have old parents who need my help and support. I send them money and  provide for all their material needs. However, I do not visit them and  do not talk to them and remain engaged in my other philanthropic  activities. I do not listen to them and go against any wish or command  issuing from them. I hope you would not approve of my practice. <\/div>\n<div>Similarly,  I believe, it is wrong to pray regularly but neglect other duties. If a  person, regular in his prayers, does not feel for the poor and is  engaged in illegal and unethical acts his prayers are not rightly  directed. They are deficient. However, his bad behavior does not mean  that those who feel for the poor but neglect their duties to God are  better. They commit another kind of sin, disobedience to God. God  Almighty has commanded us to offer five daily prayers. If someone fails  to abide by this duty accidently and turns to God when reminded that is  acceptable. But if one starts feeling that he is doing a better course  by helping out the poor and the needy and that he does not need to pray  and fulfill duties owed to God then he needs to correct his  understanding. The rights of God are to be preferred. They must be  fulfilled.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-17<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6556\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I  cannot pray five times a day. However, I feel pain for orphans, the  poor and the needy. I think for their betterment and do what is in my  capacity. 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