Khushoo during the prayer
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy
on him) said, explaining the difference between the khushoo' of true
faith and the khushoo' of hypocrisy:"The khushoo' of true faith is
when the heart feels aware and humble before the greatness and glory of
Allaah, and is filled with awe, fear and shyness, so that the heart is
utterly humbled before Allaah and broken, as it were, with fear,
shyness, love and the recognition of the blessings of Allaah and its own
sins. So no doubt the khushoo' of the heart is followed by the khushoo'
of the body. As for the khushoo' of hypocrisy, it is something that is
put on with a great show, but there is no khushoo' in the heart. One of
the Sahaabah used to say, "I seek refuge with Allaah from the khushoo'
of hypocrisy." It was said to him, "What is the khushoo' of hypocrisy?"
He said, "When the body appears to have khushoo' but there is no
khushoo' in the heart."
Khushoo' in prayer happens when a
person empties his heart for it (prayer), and focuses on it to the
exlusion of all else, and prefers it to everything else. Only then does
he find comfort and joy in it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) said: "and my joy has been made in salaah."
(Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 5/456. The hadeeth is in Musnad Ahmad, 3/128 and Saheeh al-Jaami', 3124).
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Ibn 'Abbaas said: "You will gain nothing from your prayer except the parts where you were focused."
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