Hazrat Moulana Inaamul Hasan Kaandhelwi (rahimahullah) once mentioned the following:<\/p>\n
Just as collective Deeni efforts are important and have to be carried out, similarly each person should also be concerned about his individual \u2018ibaadaat and ma\u2019moolaat \u2013 especially taking out time daily to make zikr and du\u2018aa. To the extent that we follow the laws of Allah Ta\u2018ala and the mubaarak sunnah of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) \u2013 to that extent will Allah Ta\u2018ala bestow us with barakah (special blessings) and His divine assistance.<\/p>\n
It is through us being punctual upon our individual \u2018ibaadaat and ma\u2019moolaat that barakah will come into our Deeni efforts. Barakah is in the sole control of Allah Ta\u2018ala, but it is through carrying out good deeds that one will acquire barakah in everything. During the day, one should strive in carrying out collective Deeni efforts, and during the night, one should engage in his individual \u2018ibaadaat and ma\u2019moolaat, together with begging Allah Ta\u2018ala in du\u2018aa.<\/p>\n
The more one strives in Deeni efforts, the more one will find progress in his individual \u2018ibaadaat and ma\u2019moolaat, and similarly the more importance that one shows to his individual \u2018ibaadaat and ma\u2019moolaat, the more barakah one will acquire in his Deeni efforts which he carries out in the Ummah. If a person neglects and falls short in his individual \u2018ibaadaat and ma\u2019moolaat, then he will find that his Deeni efforts will not have any life.<\/p>\n
Remember that it is through one striving in carrying out Deeni efforts in the Ummah that one will gain progress in one\u2019s individual \u2018ibaadaat, and it is through engaging in one\u2019s individual \u2018ibaadaat and ma\u2019moolaat that one will find life coming into one\u2019s Deeni efforts which he carries out in the Ummah.<\/p>\n