Hadhihi Hiya al-Salat
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Hadhihi Hiya al-Salat (Arabic: هذه هي الصلاة, "This is the Prayer") is an instructional religious booklet on the ritual prayer (salat) authored by the contemporary writer and preacher Azhari Ahmad Mahmoud.
Author and Context
Azhari Ahmad Mahmoud is a contemporary Islamic author and preacher based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia . He is noted for producing accessible, short educational and admonitory booklets aimed at widespread religious guidance and moral reform . Among his other published treatises in this format are Tariquka ila al-Du'a' al-Mustajab ("Your Path to Answered Supplication") , Risalah 'Ajilah ila al-Shabab al-Muslim ("An Urgent Message to Muslim Youth") , Tadhakkar Manzilaka Ba'd al-Mawt ("Remember Your Abode After Death") , Ihdhar Ittiba' al-Hawa ("Beware of Following Desires") , and al-Tawbah al-Tawbah Qabl al-Hasarat ("Repentance Before Regrets") .
Subject and Structure
The treatise is composed in a direct, didactic style characteristic of the author's educational pamphlets. It is dedicated to clarifying the essential nature, significance, and proper performance of the Islamic ritual prayer, offering practical counsel and exhortation supported by textual proofs from the Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah to encourage regular, attentive worship.
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