📝 Word of the day (13):

أَوْلَوِيَّةٌ | .pl أَوْلَوِيَّاتٌ priority Example sentence: أَعِدِ التَّفْكِيرَ فِي أَوْلَوِيَّاتِك! Rethink/re-evaluate your priorities. _______________ The Prophet ﷺ said: ((ركعتا الفجر خير من الدنيا وما فيها)) “The 2 voluntary units of Fajr are better than the Dunya and everything inside it.” [Muslim] Upon reading this hadith you would be on the assumption that these two rak‘ahs are long and tiresome. On the contrary, Ā'ishah may Allāh be pleased with her says: يُصَلِّي رَكعتَي الفَجْرِ، إِذَا سمِعَ الأَذَانَ فَيُخَفِّفُهمَا حَتَّى أَقُولَ: هَل قرَأَ فِيهما بِأُمِّ القُرْآنِ؟ “He (ﷺ) would offer the 2 voluntary units of Fajr after hearing the adhān, and he would shorten them so much that I would ask myself: did he even recite Fātiha?” [Bukhāri & Muslim] If this is the virtue & excellence of these 2 short voluntary prayers, what then of standing for long periods in order to offer the night prayers? The Prophet ﷺ said: ((أفضل الصلاة بعد الفريضة صلاة الليل)) “The best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the night prayer.” [Muslim] This basically means that the night prayer, 1 rak'ah being the minimum, is better than the 2 voluntary units of Fajr. This hadith also means that the obligatory prayers are better than the 2 voluntary units of Fajr as well as the night prayers. The point I'm trying to get to is, many people have their priorities muddled up. It's so messed up that a man will pray Isha at home but make sure to be in the front row for taraaweeh. Also, some prioritise tahajjud -especially during the last 10- over Fajr congregation, to the extent that they feel so tired and lazy after tahajjud that they sleep past Fajr. Be mindful of this and: رَتِّبْ أَوْلَوِيَّاتِك! Sort out your priorities!