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The great companion of the Prophet ﷺ, Muadh bin Jabal said, "whoever, in their prayer, deliberately focuses on who is standing to their right and to their left, there is no prayer for them."⁠

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This stern reminder is warning us of the consequences of heedless hearts in prayer. Something that is a pillar of faith - a primary connection to Allah - should be given our best effort.⁠

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Thirty & Up: imagine having such quality of prayer that you were able to focus out the small noises and distractions that chip away at your attention.⁠

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Imam al Ghazali gives some amazing stories regarding the people of piety and their ability to focus on their prayer - one of them even continuing to pray as a part of the building he was in crumbled, no realizing that anything had happened until he completed his prayer.⁠

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Can you imagine?⁠

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The goal of reading this text together is to explore how to attain these amazing secrets of better prayer together.

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Thirty & Up: tonight's reading of Ghazali's Book on The Secrets of Prayer will focus on the the virtue of sajdah - the different blessings that accompany the person who puts the most honored piece of their body - their face - on the floor in a position of submission to Allah.⁠

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Imam al Ghazali provides narrations that illustrate the blessings that come to someone who regularly engages in the act of sajdah as part of their prayer, bringing life to the prayer of the person performing it.⁠

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Tonight's hadith, number 41, is a another narration that is short-yet-powerful. The Prophet ﷺ gives us a means of checking our status of belief when he ﷺ begins a narration with "none of you [truly] believe until..." followed by a way for one to know the health of their Iman.⁠

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In this particular narration, the attached condition is that a person's true belief is verified by the alignment of what Islam teaches with what the heart of the person desires - easier said than done, but a goal that each of us should have nonetheless.⁠

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How can we get to the point where we desire that which is beneficial for us?

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Tonight's narration for Thirty & Up is a well-known statement of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, "be in this world like a traveler..."

The lessons in this hadith are far-reaching, despite the brevity of the words themselves, the teaching allows much room for reflection.

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