Asalamu Alaykum Shaykh, I have a very hard time sometimes to pray salah. below are the following scenarios that happen to me.
- I have very low vitamin B 12 deficiency and I sleep through my salahs unintentionally- am I sinned for this?
- I read salah, but very late :/
- VERY RARELY, like yesterday, I don’t feel like praying :(
I am so ashamed to say this. So, I will not pray isha. Without an excuse. Please help me and guide me on how I can fix this horrific behavior of mine. This just happened once or twice, but I don’t want it to repeat again so I need HELP Jazakh Allah Khairun. –
All praise be to Allah and may His blessings and peace be on His last messenger,
Allah said,
“لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا”
“Allah burdens not a person beyond his capacity.” [2/286]
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“رفع القلم عن ثلاثة عن الصبي حتى يبلغ وعن النائم حتى يستيقظ وعن المعتوه حتى يبرأ.”
“Three (individuals) shall not be held accountable, the child until they reach puberty, the one asleep until they wake up, and the insane until they recover.” [Abu Dawood from Aly.]
Based on the above, there is no sin in being overtaken by sleep. Your wudu is not nullified as long as you are standing or sitting, which makes the possibility of passing wind very unlikely.
If you defer the salat until the time passes, that is a sin of the enormities. Allah said,
“إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا”
“Verily, As-Salat (the prayer) is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours.” [An-Nisa’ 4:103]
To not feel like praying is a sign of weakness of iman. This is an emergency, and it means that you should pay attention to your iman and try to gain more certainty. A heart attack could mean at most death, which we will all go through. However, the loss of iman means the loss of the hereafter, which is the ultimate loss. I advise you to surround yourself with good company, frequent the houses of Allah (masjids), make dhikr (remembrance) often, get involved in acts of kindness and charity, visit the graves and remember death and the hereafter.
Allah knows best.