Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Dealing with distracting thoughts during prayer

“Today's talk was very inspiring for me. Jazakallah. My question is that many times it happens that when I am doing my namaz, other thoughts come into my mind. This upsets me and makes me feel that I lack in spirit. So I end up repeating my namaz every time.”Asked by شکیل صاحب, احمد آباد

He answers at 50:04 in The Spirit of Namaz · 1 min 6 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:04
maulana agla sawal bheja hai shakeel sahib ne ahmedabad se, aur isi se mila jula sawal Dr. Naghma Siddiqui ka bhi hai. To hum Shakeel sahib ka sawal padhte hain. Unhone likha hai: "Maulana saheb, today talk was very inspiring for me. Jazak Allah. My question is that many a times it happens that when I am doing my namaz, other thoughts come into my mind. This upsets me and makes me feel that I lack in spirit. So I end up repeating my namaz every time. Maulana Sahib, please tell me if this is correct on my part.
50:56
سیکنڈلی، ٹھیک ہے، سیکنڈلی، how should I deal with these thoughts coming into my mind? Will God accept my namaz? i am always concerned. bas koshish karte rahiye aur dua karte rahiye. ji maulana agla sawal bheja hai maulana iqbal umri ne chennai se.
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