In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
A wird is a regular act that one does to go closer to Allah. The most beloved of works to the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, were those which the person did regularly. (Bukhari)
How does one draw closer to Allah. It is mentioned in the famous hadith Qudsi in Bukhari:
...My servant draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than what I have made obligatory upon him,...
Allah has prescribed on us a general regular devotions (awrad) which is the obligatory worship. This is the first step to draw closer to Allah. You have the daily awrad--pray 5 times daily again and again, yearly awrad such as fast in Ramadhan every year, pay zakat every year, and hajj once in a lifetime. This is the minimum awrad that we must do.
Then Allah said,
and My servant continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works until I love him...
Somebody who wants to come close to Allah, i.e. somebody who wants to be among the Sabiqun as mentioned in Surah Waqi'ah, does not stop at the obligatory awrad.
He performs the recommended and voluntary acts, such as supererogatory prayers, sunnah fasting, sending blessings upon the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, istighfar, reciting the Qur'an, giving charity, acquiring of sacred knowledge, invocation (dhikr) or reflection (fikr), etc.
وَالسَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ ﴿١٠﴾ أُولَـٰئِكَ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ ﴿١١
And the forerunners, the forerunners - (10) Those are the ones brought near [to Allah] (11)
Qur'an Al-Waqi'ah 56:10-11
The wird is a means to draw closer to Allah. So we should be doing the wird.
Whoever has no wird is a qird (monkey). --Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf.
There is a reward in this life for doing the regular acts of worship. By doing the acts, there is change that happens. With the change, there is knowledge that descend the heart and this is very pleasant. But the real reward is in the next life which outshines everything in this life.
Allah asks us to worship Him and so we do that. This is what a real slave would do. We don't go to Allah to ask Him to give this and give that. Also, our awrad are more important than anything because if you miss this chance to do them, you miss it. You can only do these acts in this life and then it is over. But the fruits of these works will be for eternity and will come as a result of the works. So we should learn what is obligatory on us and do it; we learn what is forbidden on us and what is disliked and avoid it.
To do a good job in worshiping Allah requires planning. For example, if one plans to pray Tahajjud or Fajr, he should not leave it by chance that he will wake up and feel fresh if he wakes up. He should take a few steps before going to sleep, for example, set an alarm clock, take wudu' and pray 2 raka'a, maybe recite Surah Waqi'ah, make intention to wake up for the worship, go to sleep early, etc. This planning is done out of the spirit of slavehood, not out of greed of wanting something from Allah.
The proper manner is always to focus at what one has to do rather than what one expects to receive because the slave does not expect anything but just does his duty. Allah, the All-Generous Master has promised and He doesn't break His promise. He will fulfill His promise whenever He decides to do it. Our duty is to keep doing what we have to do, day in and day out.
May Allah give us tawfiq. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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