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We have so much to be thankful and grateful for. Allah gives to every creature no matter if they humble themselves in front of him and prays to Him or not. He even gives to people whom aren`t muslims. And He gives a lot.
When we talk about the fact that the salat is one of the five pillars of Islam, one understands the it is the foundation of our iman. If we don`t fulfill the foundations of our iman there will be something wrong with our iman, it won`t be like it should be. Some scholars say that a muslim whom doesn`t pray for more than 3 days become a kafir if he doesn`t start praying within those 3 days. But why do we pray? Why is it one of the foundations of Islam? Is it because when we pray we are giving back to Allah for everything He has blessed us with? But He even gives to non-muslims that does`t pray? Our prayers are not a business transaction between us and our Lord. That only if we pray, He will grant us. He gives in abundance no matter what. Just look at the non-muslims. They have achieved a lot even if they aren`t muslims. Though it all will go to waste on judgemnt day, when they will be the biggest Losers. Without Iman (believing in Allah and being a muslim) all their good deeds will become to dust. I was listening to a lecture from brother Yasir Qadhi and he said something very important to understand and know. We pray because Allah is worthy of praying to. SubhanAllah! Wonderful said. He is the only ilah (God) which is worthy of and can respond to our salats, supplications and prayers. Even if we don`t pray to Allah, He is still Magnificent and nothing in His Glory would become any lesser if we don`t follow our Islam. Brother Yasir Qadhi quoted that when the world will come to an end, and every creature of Allah will die, even the angels lives will come to an end. While dyeing the angels will say; SubhanAllah we have not been praying to you Allah like you are worthy of being prayed to. SubhanAllah! And the angels has prayed to Allah all day and night since they were made. Not a single moment do they do anything else than what Allah has said them to do or do they stop praying to Allah Subhanatalah! Magnificent! Allah is the Greatest! Allah does listen to our supplications and prayers. Even that is in the prayer/salat, after we do the ruku we say “sami uliman hamida, Rabbana lakalhamd”. Meaning the one whom Glorifies Allah and Praises Him, Allah has heard him and responds, and all praises is for our Lord Allah.
One thing is for sure. If we follow the guidelines that Allah has ordained for us we will surely prosper, not only in this world, bur surely in the Hereafter, which is our final home. I hope that we muslims will try our best to not be negligent and that we fulfil every duty that Allah has given us. May we one day experience the delights of Jannah and be saved from the torment of fire in jahannum. Ameen summa ameen. Remember the whole Ummah in your prayers and supplications.
Before I went more frequently to the Mosque than what I do nowadays. There are a few reasons for that. For the first I think that it`s the Masjid`s people responsibility to take care of the new people who come and encourage them to come on different days they celebrate. Though what I`ve experiences is that some people treat you really bad when you are there and tries to tumko neecha dikhana. I went to a program at the sunni mosque and there all the people were talking so loudly that I couldn`t hear the program. There was no respect to the people having a program. Instead of the Masjid being a place where one comes closer to ones spirituality people use it for different things. Some rishtey are made through those places, don`t want to talk how, but I`ve heard about som aunties that work for it and the people who are there talk more about their private things instead of listening to the speech of the Maulvi or the naat-reader. So I`m quite fed up and don`t have enough encouragement to go back on another program. What can I do to change this? I`m voicing my opinion so the people at least are aware over the circumstances.
Why do we go to the Mosque/Masjid? To come closer to Allah and his Prophet (pbuh) I hope and not for other selfish reasons. What I`ve experience make me not want to go back. I remember when I was on Umrah in Saudi Arabia. Now that was a different experience. I felt I come so much closer to Allah. The salat were recited so slowly that one could think of the interpretion that one knew while they were reciting it. Simply wonderful. Nowadays because of the pressure from the other muslims the namaz or especially the taraweeh is read so fast that one has difficulties following it. I felt that the people who came to Makkah sharif or Madeena sharif they came to pray not talk. I saw people praying all over the place and it really increased my imaan. Listening to the azan and praying with all the other, I felt unity and that we all are alike in front of our Lord. Even the higher class and the middle class and the poor were on the same row. I remember there was a woman there that hadn`t that clean clothes though when she prayed prayer after the salat she was so close to Allah that I got really amazed. Though no-one was giving her their seat to sit, she found a place in-between me and the ones beside me, and I could feel like she is like a person who is more closer to Allah than a lot of people at that place. A very nice experience. I would love more of these experiences in the mosques`in Oslo Norway. Just a request 
It is very common these days that people doesn`t pray the salat. Even though it is farz on every Muslim/Muslimah. It is so important that we pray to our Allah and tell Him how thankful we are for everything He has blessed us with. Because it is a lot. We wouldn`t be able to see, breathe, walk, talk, eat if it wouldn`t be for that Allah has given us this pleasure. Not to talk about the fact that we are blessed with a family and work and loved ones who sincerely care so much for us. If it wouldn`t have been Allah`s will He wouldn`t have given that to us. So we have every reason to pray as much as possible for every treasure we receive. Our Prophet (pbuh) used to pray so much at night that his feet used to swollen. When someone asked him why he prayed so much, he would say “shouldn`t I say thanks to Allah for everything Allah has blessed me with?”. Where do we stand in all this? Do we take out time to pray throughout the day on time? The One sahabi has narrated that he asked which thing would bring him closer to Paradise, so The Prophet (pbuh) said “honouring your parents and salat on time”. Can you see how much sawabh the salat has. Dr. Zakir Naik said something really important the other day, that when we have an appointment at work or with some business person or with a celebrity or an important person we try our best to be on time and come one hour or half an hour before just so that we don`t get late. And so he said; the salat is our appointment with our Lord, who can be more important than the One who has blessed us with the gift of life and everything else. Why do we always postpone it or come late to it? Shouldn`t we show him our gratitude? Praying five times on time will bring you closer to your Creator and give you a satisfaction you never can get by buying things.
Sometimes I see people whom only pray when they are in trouble or have a very difficult time, just so that the Lord will relive him/her. One shouldn`t do that, one should pray always and try our out most to never miss a prayer. The Prophet has said: “A person that misses a prayer on purpose is not a muslim anymore”. How many prayers have we missed throughout our lives? Can we call ourselves a Muslim/Muslimah? This is a reminder to all of us that we never can be enough thankful for what we are blessed with, ever.
