Assalamualaykum Friend,

We hope you are doing well in both eeman and health.

Many of us find it difficult to concentrate on Salah these days. Our minds are accustomed to being so busy and we are always on the move to the next thing, such that achieving khushoo (concentration) in Salah becomes difficult.

Khushoo is a very important condition of Salah. When you are concentrated on your Salah, you show devotion and respect to Allah (ta’ala) and your heart is fully focused on the prayer that you are performing.

With Khushoo, a person is submissive and focused on their heart, such that their limbs reflect that submission when they are observing Salah.

In a Hadith, the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: “Anyone performs ablution and performs the ablution perfectly and then offers two rak’ahs of prayers concentrating on them with his heart and face but paradise will necessarily fall to his lot.” (Sunan Abi Dawud)

But what do you do when you find yourself unable to concentrate in Salah? When your mind wanders everywhere and sometimes you can't even remember what rakah you are on?

There are simple changes that we can make in our lives that will insha’Allah improve our khushoo in Salah.