Khushoo: Humility & Devotion in Prayer

33 Ways of Developing Al-Khushoo’: Humility and Devotion in Prayer by Shaykh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid starts from a question most Muslims eventually ask themselves: I pray five times a day, so why does so much of it pass without my heart really being in it?

What the Book Covers

Al-Munajjid treats khushū’ — the humility and presence of heart the prayer is meant to produce — as something that can be deliberately built rather than left to chance, and sets out thirty-three concrete, practical ways to build it, drawn from the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the example of the Prophet’s ﷺ own prayer. Rather than treating khushū’ as a mood that either shows up or doesn’t, the book gives specific habits and adjustments — before, during and around the prayer — that a person can actually put into practice.

Who This Book Is For

Any Muslim whose Salah has become routine and wants it to mean something again — the book is short and direct enough to work through in a single sitting and revisit whenever khushū’ starts to slip.