The Messenger of God (صلى الله عليه و سلم) said: "Tell me, if one of you had a river at the door of his house in which he washed five times daily, would any filth remain?" When he received the reply that none would remain, he said, "that is like the five times of prayer, by which God effaces sins" (البخاري و مسلم)

This hadith has followed me all week, and after one صلاوة I got the distinct impression that no matter how I'd arrived, I had left as a friend. Feeling in line with all creation, feeling alive and in tune with الله سبحان تعالى is truly a remarkable experience, and a feeling that I never want to be far away from. One of those experiences that reminds me how I am the one who drifts, not God.

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