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Tips On How To Concentrate During Salat

1. Before standing up for Prayer, try to deal with all the minor urgent matters which demand your attention. If you are pressed by hunger, eat first; if you are pressed to attend to the call of nature, relieve yourself; if you are the parent of an infant, feed him or her, or keep him or her busy. 2. Perform your wudu’ (ablution) well, paying due care and attention. 3. Approach the Prayer with zest and passion as if it is the last prayer in your life before dying. Actually the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us that we could do nothing in this world that could ever surpass Prayer in merit and excellence. 4. Visualize that in your Prayer you are going to have a special audience with Allah, Lord of the worlds, and that you are enjoying a direct communion with Him—which, in fact, is true. 5. Think of the Prayer you are performing as if it were the last Prayer of your life. In fact, it could very well be the last one, since no one is given a guarantee that he w...

The Picnic

Three friends. Akpos, Rukewe, and Oghene decided to go for a picnic. Rukewe packs the picnic basket with drinks and sandwiches. Oghene carried the basket and they set out for the park 10km away. It take them 2 hours to get there. When they arrived, Oghene found out that Rukewe did not pack the bottle opener. They begged Akpos to make the 4 hours trip to go for the opener. " You 'll finish the sandwiches before I return", Akpos protested. "No we won't" assured Rukewe. After some cajoling from them, Akpos reluctantly sets out for the opener. After 5 hours, there was no sign of Akpos. They decided to wait for another 3 hours, still no sign of Akpos. After waiting for more than 8 hours they decided to take one sandwich each. As they were about to eat, Akpos pops out behind a rock screaming. "I KNEW IT! I'M NOT GOING AGAIN!!!

The Beard

A married man was visiting his girlfriend , when she requested that he shave his beard. "My wife loves this beard, I couldn't possibly do it, she would kill me!!" he replied "oh please?", the girlfriend asked again, in a sexy little voice but still he refused. She asked once more,  and he gives in. That night he crawls into bed with his wife, while she was sleeping. She is awakened feels his face and says "Oh Michael, you shouldn't be here, my husband will be home soon!"