What should a 40-year-old married woman do who wishes to maintain her prayers out of fear of death and torment, but suffers from repeatedly discontinuing them and feels a burden, anxiety, and worry when she abandons them?
Abandoning prayer out of laziness is one of the greatest sins and destructive acts, and it may even be considered disbelief by some scholars. The feeling of prayer being burdensome is a deception from Satan that requires great effort to transform into a delight and joy in worship. Sincere repentance is necessary, along with maintaining prayers at their appointed times, while remembering death and its terrors, and contemplating standing before Allah for His reckoning. Frequent remembrance of Allah, supplicating Him, and associating with righteous women are aids to obedience.
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