Prayers and Salat

Choudhry Sahib was extremely dedicated and committed to supplication. Prayers and worship were an essential part of his being. He used to make a very diligent effort for offering Salat. He was very watchful to ensure that he offered his Salat on the exact and prescribed times.

Whenever he visited London from Holland, he would enquire about Salat times without fail. He prayed diligently, virtuously, attentively and always at its earliest designated time.

During the prayers, he liked the recitation by a person who demonstrated a clear understanding of the subject matter and paused appropriately. After arriving in the Mosque, he spent his time in praising and remembrance of Allah the Exalted.

He used to listen carefully and register, in his memory, the names and needs of those who requested for his prayers, and there were surely hundreds of them.

Once he told me that he had prepared, in his mind, a list of such people in a particular order and grouped them together according to their needs. In this way he remembered all the names and supplicated for each one of them regularly.

Sometimes that led to amusing incidents. Chaudhry Sahib stated one example himself. A young man once requested him to pray for his marriage. His name got registered in Chaudhry Sahib’s “computer” (memory) and he continued to pray for him.

After about three years, the young man met Chaudhry Sahib, who asked him if he had then got married. The man replied with a smile, “Yes Chaudhry Sahib! I got married and have got two kids.” Chaudhry Sahib said, “You should have told me. I am still praying for your marriage!”