{"id":6753,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/persuading-relations-to-offer-the-salah\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:25","slug":"persuading-relations-to-offer-the-salah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/persuading-relations-to-offer-the-salah\/","title":{"rendered":"Persuading Relations To Offer The Salah"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Hope you are doing fine. I am writing to you so that I may get some guidance in helping my colleagues come to <em>salah<\/em>. Considering the age group of university students, what do you think would be a good strategy to bring this into action?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>Well  actually there is no rule of thumb in this regard and depends on the  nature and circumstances of your friends. Start with those who agree  that praying is essential but they are being lazy. Tell them to offer  any one prayer with <em>jama&#8217;at <\/em>with you. Similarly, you can ask them  to study the meaning of the prayer. Tell them also that it is an  expression of gratitude to God&#8217;s innumerable favors we receive without  asking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Dr. Shehzad Saleem<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-03<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6753\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope you are doing fine. I am writing to you so that I may get some guidance in helping my colleagues come to <em>salah<\/em>. 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