Shalat Membangun Karakter
Prayer is the second obligation of a muslim as evidence of the statement and declaration of the creed as well as concrete evidence that differentiates between muslim and non-muslim. Therefore, prayer is an obligation that must be carried out continuously and consistently by every muslim who has reached the age of mukallaf, namely puberty and reasoning until the end of his life. The prayers that are performed must of course be in accordance with the guidance of Allah and His messenger with the main objective of forming positive characters in a muslim, both in interacting with Allah (vertical relationship) and interactions with fellow beings, namely other people and natural surroundings (horizontal relationship). More precisely, the values of prayer must be actualized in life and engraved in reflecting a muslim figure. But in reality, not all muslims praying are formed in their character. Thi is the background of this article, the outher will try to explain the essence of prayer, wisdom and purpose of prayer in the hope that it can contribute to improving the quality of prayer so hat what is the goal of prayer cen be realized in the formation of the character of true muslims