Prayers to Avoid Laziness in Praying During Ramadan, and Things That Muslims Need to Do

Dream – Ramadan is a special opportunity for Muslims. All worship and good deeds will be multiplied in rewards by Allah SWT. No wonder this month becomes a time to increase worship and get closer to Him.

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However, among us, there may still be many who feel lazy to increase worship in the month of Ramadan. Even though Ramadan is a very good opportunity to worship and seek forgiveness from Allah.

Driving away laziness in worship, especially in prayers, is not an easy task for some people. Sometimes we are defeated by laziness, so we postpone worship and ultimately miss the meaning of this holy month.

Therefore, as much as possible, we should drive away laziness for worship, including performing prayers. We must be enthusiastic so that this Ramadan can be passed with meaning and rewards for the hereafter. To always be given strength so that we are diligent in performing prayers, it is recommended to recite the prayer to avoid laziness during Ramadan as follows.

Things That Need to Be Done to Avoid Laziness in Praying

Here are the things that Sahabat Dream needs to do to avoid being lazy in praying, especially during the month of Ramadan:

1. Understand the Benefits of Praying

Praying not only serves as worship and getting closer to Allah SWT. Praying also has incredible benefits, both in terms of physical and mental health of a person.

While some of us may still not understand the extraordinary benefits of praying, so we become lazy to perform prayers.

Understanding the benefits of praying is one way to avoid laziness in performing it. Because, from a health perspective, every movement in prayer can make the body healthier. Meanwhile, from a psychological perspective, praying is beneficial in making the heart more peaceful and free from negative thoughts.

2. Pray on Time

One way to avoid being lazy in praying is by performing prayers on time. Usually, delaying prayers will only lead to prolonged laziness.

When you are about to go out and hear the call to prayer, it is better to perform prayers first before continuing your activities. Also, arrange meetings or work schedules so that they do not clash with prayer times.

3. Sincerely Intend

Sincere and sincere intentions are important before performing prayers. Most people who are lazy to pray are those who are insincere in their intentions. Some people pray not for the sake of Allah, but to be loved by their in-laws, or to appear pious in the eyes of others.

However, intentions like that actually undermine the essence of prayer itself. Wrong intentions will make a person show off in their worship. Therefore, get used to intending to pray sincerely and sincerely without wanting to be praised or having other intentions. Intend your prayers only for Allah SWT.

4. Befriend Those Who are Diligent in Praying

Whether we realize it or not, our circle of friends greatly influences our personality and worship habits. As the saying goes, bad habits are easier to spread. Therefore, it is better for us to choose a healthy environment and friends who are diligent in worship sincerely.

This is one way to avoid being lazy in praying. If you befriend righteous and diligent people in praying, at least there are people who remind us to perform prayers. It would be even better if there are people who invite us to perform congregational prayers.

5. Believe in the Day of Reckoning

The story of the torment of hell is not just a bedtime story. The torment of hell is a message from Allah SWT to mankind to pay attention to every action they take.

If you do bad deeds, then you will be rewarded on the Day of Reckoning with severe punishment. Violating Allah's provisions and not fulfilling obligations, including abandoning obligatory prayers, is threatened with punishment on the Day of Reckoning.

If you are preoccupied with the world, then remember that the world is just a deception. Do not let us be deceived by it and regret it after we are no longer in this world. As Muslims, believing in the torment of hell is an effort to make us reconsider leaving prayers.

Prayers to Avoid Laziness in Praying During Ramadan

After knowing the ways to be diligent in praying, it is also important to practice the prayer to avoid laziness in praying during Ramadan so that we always have the spirit to perform worship. Do not let Ramadan pass by without any meaning.

The Prophet Muhammad SAW taught his daughter, Sayyidah Fatimah az-Zahrah, about many prayers, one of which is the prayer to avoid laziness in praying. This prayer is suitable to be practiced when the month of Ramadan arrives. 

The prayer to avoid laziness in praying is found in the Shahifah Fathimiyyah about prayers that are recited on certain days, namely Monday. This prayer is narrated in the Sahih Bukhari and Muslim. The content of this prayer is not contradictory to Islamic teachings, so Sahabat Dream can recite it as a prayer to avoid laziness in praying during Ramadan as follows:

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْأَلُكَ قُوَّةً فِيْ عِبَادَتِكَ، وَتَبَشُّرًا فِيْ كِتَابِكَ، وَفَهْمًا فِيْ حُكْمِكَ، اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَلاَ تَجْعَلِ الْقُرْآنَ بِنَا مَحِيْلاً، وَشِرَطًا زَائِلاً، وَمُحَمَّدًا صَلَّ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ عَنَّا مَوَلِّيًا.

Meaning: "O Allah, I ask You for strength in worshiping You. O Allah, convey blessings to Prophet Muhammad SAW and his family and do not let us slip on the bridge and do not let Prophet Muhammad SAW turn away from us."

That is the explanation of the prayer to avoid laziness in praying during Ramadan, complete with ways to be diligent in fulfilling this obligation.

Source: Bincang Syariah