Prayers - Sembahyang - Solat

There are 5 tenets of Islam that a Muslim must uphold and one of them is prayers. It is a must for Muslim to pray 5 times a day.

They are the:

Subuh - dawn
Zuhur - afternoon
Asar - late afternoon
Maghrib - evening
Isyak - night

There are various reasons as to why a muslim must pray but what has ever been preached to me by my mom and various religious teacher is that prayers will keep you guarded be it in your faith, your behaviour etc.

My mom has this thinking -

when you pray, you are submitting to Allah, and when you submit to Allah, there is nothing that you ask for will He deny you - He will grant you anything you want if it is good for you.

intelligence, health, wealth - all will be given.

Of course when i was still a young teen, i find it a bit perplexing to understand and only now i realise what she meant.

I have lots of relatives and lots of old people around me - some are good muslims, some are on the fence and some just simply dont bother.

Let's take Grandma and hmmmm shall we name her Aunty A?

Grandma is close to 80 and Aunty A is about 60 i think.

Now it is a common knowledge to my family that if you pray, Allah will ensure you are complete in appearance, health etc till the day you depart.

My grandma, a devout muslim and at 80 still has all her teeth intact - for someone who has a sweet tooth..no cavities..etc..

however, i cant say the same for my Aunty A.

But of course you cant assume for those every single one. This judgement must be based if you konw the person well, have too much troubles in life and need some direction. tell them, that prayers is important.

It can ensure your health and wealth, not just for yourself but up to a few generations as well.

therefore to my siblings - who get yelled early this morning on prayers issue, you can lie about it but you cant hide it from Allah - please be honest and lead a honourable life.