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Among the aesthetic beauties of the Prophetic biography (Seerah)

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Is the use of parables to bring concepts closer to understanding

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Like a flowing, surging river

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That refreshes the soul and cleanses the body

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Bestowing clarity and happiness

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Prayer exerts its effect upon the one who desires it with humility

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And thus the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, described it

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In a superior pedagogical style to his Companions

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By way of a parable

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To illustrate for them the virtue of prayer and its excellent outcome

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On the authority of Jabir, who is the son of ‘Abdullah

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He said

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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said

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The likeness of the five daily prayers

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Is like a deep, flowing river

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At the door of one of you

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In which he bathes five times every day

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He said

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Al-Hasan said

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Does that leave any dirt behind?

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Narrated by Muslim in his Sahih

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This is a magnificent representation of the status of prayer

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And that it is an expiation for sins

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And a purification from misdeeds

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A thorough cleansing of both the outward and the inward

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It is a compelling method

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To encourage prayer and care for it

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By standing for it

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Like one bathing in a bountiful river

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Which cleanses him of every ailment

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Expands his chest and invigorates his body

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And just as his body is cleansed by the action of water

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His soul is cleansed by the action of the virtuous, adorned prayer

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Which blossoms with the lights of the Sunnah

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Is imbued with sincerity

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And is elevated above violations and deviations

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Through the excellence of its ablution and its performance

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And Allah is the Grantor of success