{"id":31330,"date":"2018-11-21T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T10:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/does-allah-need-our-salah\/"},"modified":"2018-11-21T10:20:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T10:20:46","slug":"does-allah-need-our-salah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/does-allah-need-our-salah\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Allah Need Our Salah?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Does Allah Need Our Salah?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">When you say you can&#8217;t pray, but Allah says yes, you can. So what?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Why must I pray if Allah does not need my prayer? Why such a burden and obligation? What for?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">With that loaded schedule and hectic pace of life you (think) you don\u2019t have the time to pray five times a day. Do you really believe that? Do we really have excuses to not pray?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Also, does Allah really care if I pray or not? Put it differently, does Allah need my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/why-we-pray\/how-to-taste-the-sweetness-of-prayer\/\">prayer<\/a>? Why I\u2019m obliged to pray to Allah? What would it add to Him (Exalted is He) or to His kingdom?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">But while we might raise all these questions we know that\u2019s not the case- it\u2019s not about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/islamic-creed\/almighty-allah\/god-truth-delusion\/\">God<\/a>; it\u2019s about us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Then the question should be altered to: Why do we, humans, need to pray?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">If you don\u2019t feel that it\u2019s a need in your life that you can\u2019t manage without, then there\u2019s a problem with you faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The fact is illustrated here by Nouman Ali khan answering a questioner, tackling all such striking inquiries\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hHdWIKFaS-M\" width=\"620\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">____________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><i>Source: the deenshow<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m overloaded that I cannot pray five times a day. So what? 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