Understanding the vocabulary of salah

SALAH- Prayer (worship)

TI- MY
Most definitely my worship, my prayer
WA –and

NUSOOK- Plural of the word NASEEKA

In classical Arabic refers to the tools which are used to purify gold and silver. What ever the tools the person uses is called nasseeka, It literally means TOOLS USED TO CLARIFY in the ISLAMIC context it refers to SACRIFICES, the difficulties we endure,

Most definitively my prayer and my sacrifices
WA -and
MAHYAA- its comes from the root word HAYAAT(meaning life) . Whenever you have this form, it’s the “-ING” version of a word. This means MY LIVING

Hayaat is interesting word in classical Arabic.

HAYAA- modesty (because in modesty is the quality of life!!)

Istihyaa- to shy away from something , to back away from something, to become embarrassed or shy. You are trying to protect your dignity

HAYWAAN- a living creature, that has life.
HAYA ALASALAH- from adthaan, normally means come to salah- NO it doesn’t!

HAYA in Arabic language form the root word meaning LIFE, hayya means LIVE (structure you life)

ALAA- on top of (based on)

SALAH- salah

STRUCTURE YOUR LIFE BASED ON SALAH

There is a very important lesson in that for us!. Our attitude in terms of salah is that we make salah a burden, something we “add on” or “Squeeze” into ourschedule. We need to WORK AROUND OUR LIFE based on salah. Work, school, family, friends. Everything else is priority but not salah.

In the HOME, at home, at wok, YOU SHOULD HAVE A FIXED TIME for salah. That’s called dedication for salah.
YA-my
FIX the time of salah

THAT’S HOW YOU TEACH YOUR KIDS HOW TO PRAY,

By showing them the importance!!!

Its how you bring them up!

Its how you raise them!!

YOU need to SHOW THEM it’s a priority FOR YOU

Prophet forbade person to pray when distracted by human needs

WE ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT SALAH!

HAYATUN- means snake. The word for snake in Arabic comes form the root word meaning LIFE

1. 
   The arabs sometimes having the habit of giving the name of opposite. So since snakes takes lives they gave it hayatun
   
2. 
   Snakes shed, so when ancient arabs saw shedding they thought it was giving life to itself.
   
3. 
   When ancient arabs saw snake for the first time, since it sits in a coil, they associated it with how you can tell how old tree is by looking at its rings.So snake tells you how long its been alive by showing you its coils