In my last topic, I mentioned 'Salah' (Praying) which is the second of the five pillars of Islam. But,
What does Salah mean? In Arabic it means connection. Connection? between whom?
It is Connection between you & ALLAH, to talk to Him, ask from Him, tell Him your problems with deep sincerity and recognizing that you're in front of ALLAH now; and ALLAH will respond by giving you what you asked and be satisfied with you.
Salah is a wonderful worship, imagine yourself asking ALLAH all what you want and ALLAH is giving you in a return. Imagine yourself having a tough trouble, having a fatal disease or having a problem in your work or with your family or fighting death or under a control of a tough ruler and misfortune is coming inevitably and no people are there to help you because it's not in their hands, and once you do Salah and ask ALLAH to help you because everything is in His hand only; He solves ALL your problems and makes everything easy for you. Isn't He worthy to be worshiped? ALLAH Almighty said to his soldiers in the Qor'an: " Call on me, I'll respond to you" And He Almighty also said to Prophet Mohammad [PBUH]: "And when my soldiers ask you about me, I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.". I want you to recognize how merciful, and generous ALLAH is.
Although salah is a gift from ALLAH to us, it is as important as it is the first thing that ALLAH will ask his soldiers about.
In fact, Salah is the most important pillar in Islam after bearing witness that ALLAH is one God and Mohammad is His messenger.
Prophet Mohammad[PBUH] said: "The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad". So, you can recognize now how merciful ALLAH is, as he made that enjoyable and comfortable deed a worship that is taken into account.
On whom is Salah imposed?
Salah is imposed on every Muslim, adult, sane, whether male or female. It is not imposed on children and women during their menstruation. Well, how to pray?
Well, first thing you should do is, Wudu' ( Ablution). Then,
How to perform Wudu' (Ablution)?
1-Say Bism ALLAH ( In the name of ALLAH)
2- wash your hands until your wrists with water (three times).
3-Rinse your mouth with water (three times).
4-put some water in your right hand, inhale (or "throw") water into your nose. After which you will blow the water out (three times).
5-Wash your face completely by spreading your hands from your right ear to the left, and from the edge of the hair to the chin (three times).
6-Wipe your head using your wet hands, just gently wipe your head from front to back and back to front just (one time).
7-Wipe your ears inside and out by putting finger in all crevices of ear and thumb behind it, wiping down (one time).
8-Wash each of your feet. Do so up to the ankles (3 times)and be sure water goes between the toes.
9-Recite the following:
"Ash-hadu allaa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahuu laa shariikalah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhuu wa rasuuluh"
Means: "I bear witness that there is no God but Allah alone, without any partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is his slave and messenger."
Here is a video to show you how it's all done:
Now how to pray?
You can have an idea about how to pray through next videos:
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First, to start a prayer, you should say : 'ALLAHO Akbar' then read the following Sourah after saying "Bism ALLAH Alrahman AL-raheem"_In the name of ALLAH, most gracious, most merciful_:
Sourat AL-Fatiha:
And it is the most important Sourah in Salah as Salah is invalid without reciting it.
Transliteration:
"Alhamdulillahi rab Al'alameen, Arrahman Arraheem, Maliki yawm Eddeen, iyyaka na'bodo w iyyaka nasta'een, ihdina asseratal mostaqeem, Seratillathina an'amta alayhim ghayr elmaghdobi alayhim waladdaaleeen, Amin"
Translation:
"Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
the Gracious, the Merciful;
Master of the Day of Judgment
Verily, You do we worship, and Your help do we seek.
Guide us along the straight path,
the path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your grace,
with whom You are not angry, nor who go astray."
After that you can recite any other Sourah, but you can recite the following Sourahs until you get used on them. Don't forget to say 'Bism ALLAH Al-rahman Al-raheem' before each Sourah.
Sourat Al-Kawthar:
Transliteration:
" Inna A'taynaka Al-Kawthar. Fasally lirabbika wanhar. Inna shani'ika howa Al-Abitar"
Translation:
1-Cleanness by Wudu'.
2- Facing Qibla.
3-Intention.
4-Covering Awrah. And Awrah of a man is from his belly button until his knees, and Awrah of woman is all her body except the face, and palms. So,
What is the Qiblah and how can I recognize it?
Qibla is the direction to Ka'ba in Mecca In Saudi Arabia. To locate Qibla:
1- Go to that site: http://www.qiblalocator.com/
2-Select 'Satellite' to see the actual places.
3-Write your address or the place you are existing in.
4-You'll find '+' sign. Put your place in the middle of the sign.
5-You'll see a red line starts from the sign '+' and ends on Ka'ba.
6-The direction of that line is the direction of Qibla.
Now, You can pray and be sure that your prayer will be valid_By God's permission_.
Have a problem or in trouble? Want to complain and talk to someone but there's no one to hear you? ALLAH is watching & hearing you, and waiting you to ask Him to give you everything you want. Just go and perform Wudu', and pray two rak'as with the intention that ALLAH can solve everything. And remember Prophet Mohammad [PBUH]'s talk: "If anyone performs ablution well then stands and prays two rak’as without negligence, all his previous sins will be forgiven".
What does Salah mean? In Arabic it means connection. Connection? between whom?
It is Connection between you & ALLAH, to talk to Him, ask from Him, tell Him your problems with deep sincerity and recognizing that you're in front of ALLAH now; and ALLAH will respond by giving you what you asked and be satisfied with you.
Salah is a wonderful worship, imagine yourself asking ALLAH all what you want and ALLAH is giving you in a return. Imagine yourself having a tough trouble, having a fatal disease or having a problem in your work or with your family or fighting death or under a control of a tough ruler and misfortune is coming inevitably and no people are there to help you because it's not in their hands, and once you do Salah and ask ALLAH to help you because everything is in His hand only; He solves ALL your problems and makes everything easy for you. Isn't He worthy to be worshiped? ALLAH Almighty said to his soldiers in the Qor'an: " Call on me, I'll respond to you" And He Almighty also said to Prophet Mohammad [PBUH]: "And when my soldiers ask you about me, I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.". I want you to recognize how merciful, and generous ALLAH is.
Although salah is a gift from ALLAH to us, it is as important as it is the first thing that ALLAH will ask his soldiers about.
In fact, Salah is the most important pillar in Islam after bearing witness that ALLAH is one God and Mohammad is His messenger.
Prophet Mohammad[PBUH] said: "The first matter that the slave will be brought to account for on the Day of Judgment is the prayer. If it is sound, then the rest of his deeds will be sound. And if it is bad, then the rest of his deeds will be bad". So, you can recognize now how merciful ALLAH is, as he made that enjoyable and comfortable deed a worship that is taken into account.
On whom is Salah imposed?
Salah is imposed on every Muslim, adult, sane, whether male or female. It is not imposed on children and women during their menstruation. Well, how to pray?
Well, first thing you should do is, Wudu' ( Ablution). Then,
How to perform Wudu' (Ablution)?
1-Say Bism ALLAH ( In the name of ALLAH)
2- wash your hands until your wrists with water (three times).
3-Rinse your mouth with water (three times).
4-put some water in your right hand, inhale (or "throw") water into your nose. After which you will blow the water out (three times).
5-Wash your face completely by spreading your hands from your right ear to the left, and from the edge of the hair to the chin (three times).
6-Wipe your head using your wet hands, just gently wipe your head from front to back and back to front just (one time).
7-Wipe your ears inside and out by putting finger in all crevices of ear and thumb behind it, wiping down (one time).
8-Wash each of your feet. Do so up to the ankles (3 times)and be sure water goes between the toes.
9-Recite the following:
"Ash-hadu allaa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahuu laa shariikalah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhuu wa rasuuluh"
Means: "I bear witness that there is no God but Allah alone, without any partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is his slave and messenger."
Here is a video to show you how it's all done:
Now how to pray?
You can have an idea about how to pray through next videos:
First, to start a prayer, you should say : 'ALLAHO Akbar' then read the following Sourah after saying "Bism ALLAH Alrahman AL-raheem"_In the name of ALLAH, most gracious, most merciful_:
Sourat AL-Fatiha:
And it is the most important Sourah in Salah as Salah is invalid without reciting it.
Transliteration:
"Alhamdulillahi rab Al'alameen, Arrahman Arraheem, Maliki yawm Eddeen, iyyaka na'bodo w iyyaka nasta'een, ihdina asseratal mostaqeem, Seratillathina an'amta alayhim ghayr elmaghdobi alayhim waladdaaleeen, Amin"
Translation:
"Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
the Gracious, the Merciful;
Master of the Day of Judgment
Verily, You do we worship, and Your help do we seek.
Guide us along the straight path,
the path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your grace,
with whom You are not angry, nor who go astray."
After that you can recite any other Sourah, but you can recite the following Sourahs until you get used on them. Don't forget to say 'Bism ALLAH Al-rahman Al-raheem' before each Sourah.
Sourat Al-Kawthar:
Transliteration:
" Inna A'taynaka Al-Kawthar. Fasally lirabbika wanhar. Inna shani'ika howa Al-Abitar"
Translation:
"Verily, We have granted you Al-Kawthar. Therefore turn in prayer to your Lord and sacrifice. For he who hates you, he will be cut off."
Sourat Al-Ikhlas:
Transliteration:
"Qol howa ALLAHO ahad. ALLAHO Al-Samad. Lam yalid. Walam yoolad. Walam yakollaho kofowan ahad"
Translation:
"Qol howa ALLAHO ahad. ALLAHO Al-Samad. Lam yalid. Walam yoolad. Walam yakollaho kofowan ahad"
Translation:
"Say He is ALLAH, One.
Allah who is needed by all.
Allah He begets not, nor was He begotten.
And there is non comparable to Him.''
Next, to do ruku', you should say: " Sobhana Rabbeya Al'atheem" _Glory to my Great Lord_three times.
Then, to perform Sujud, you should say: "Sobhana Rabbeya Al-A'la"_Glory to my Topmost Lord_three times.
When you get up frpm Sujud, you should sau: " Rabb Eghferly, Rabb Erhamny"_God, Forgive me, God Show mercy upon me_three times.
And when you are about to finish Salah, you should say tashahhud.
Transliteration:
"Attaheyyato lellah wassalawato wattayebat, assalamo alayka ayyoha annabey w rahmatullahy wabaraktoh, assalamo alayna w ala ebad ALLAH assaleheen, Ash-hadu alla ilaha illa ALLAH wahdaho la shareeka lah, w ash-hado anna mohammadan abdoho warasoloh. ALLAHOM sally ala Mohammad wa ala aali Mohammad, kama sallayta ala Ibrahim w ala aali Ibrahim. Wa barik ala Mohammad w ala aali Mohammad, kama barakta ala Ibrahim w ala aali Ibrahim. Fy Al'alameen. Innaka Hamidon Majeed"
Translation:
Transliteration:
"Attaheyyato lellah wassalawato wattayebat, assalamo alayka ayyoha annabey w rahmatullahy wabaraktoh, assalamo alayna w ala ebad ALLAH assaleheen, Ash-hadu alla ilaha illa ALLAH wahdaho la shareeka lah, w ash-hado anna mohammadan abdoho warasoloh. ALLAHOM sally ala Mohammad wa ala aali Mohammad, kama sallayta ala Ibrahim w ala aali Ibrahim. Wa barik ala Mohammad w ala aali Mohammad, kama barakta ala Ibrahim w ala aali Ibrahim. Fy Al'alameen. Innaka Hamidon Majeed"
Translation:
"Salutations to ALLAH and prayers and blessed deeds. Peace of ALLAH be upon you, O Prophet, and His mercy and blessings, peace be upon us and upon the righteous soldiers of ALLAH, I bear witness that there's no God but ALLAH alone has no partner, and I bear witness that Mohammad is his slave and messenger. O ALLAH, send prayer upon Mohammad and family of Mohammad as well as you've sent prayer upon Ibrahim and family of Ibrahim. And show blessings upon Mohammad and family of Mohammad as well as you've showed blessings upon Ibrahim and family of Ibrahim. In the worlds, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory" So,
What are the five daily prayers?
1- Fajr, it's near dawn. And it's two rak'as, and in the second Rak'ah you should recite the full Tashahhud. ( Rak'a is a single complete part of the prayer, as when you finish sujud and start standing up again that will be a new rak'ah)
2-Dhuhr, and it's the noon time. four rak'as. You should recite half part of the tashahhud after sujud after two rak'as, then stand up again to complete the other two rak'as, and at the end you should recite the full tashahhud.
3-Asr, in the afternoon. Four rak'as, same as Dhuhr.
4-Maghrib, Just after sunset. Three rak'as. Same as Dhur and Asr but here you'll pray only one rak'a after reciting the half part of tashahhud after two rak'as.
5-'Isha', around night fall. Four rak'as. Same as Dhuhr and Asr.
P.S:
1-The half part of tashahhud is until "..and I bear witness that Mohammad is His slave and His messenger" in transliteration is as following:
"Attaheyyato lellah wassalawato wattayebat, assalamo alayka ayyoha annabey w rahmatullahy wabaraktoh, assalamo alayna w ala ebad ALLAH assaleheen, Ash-hadu alla ilaha illa ALLAH wahdaho la shareeka lah, w ash-hado anna mohammadan abdoho warasoloh"
2-In every prayer that has more than two rak'as, you should read Sourat AL-Fatiha only in the next rak'as after the first two rak'as.
You can recognize the times of the prayers through the next site. Just select 'Prayer Times' on the top, then choose your country, and get introduced to your city's prayer times.
Here it is: http://www.islamicfinder.org/world.php
Now, You've got sort of a good idea about how to pray. Then, let's get introduced to the:
Terms of validity of prayer:1-Cleanness by Wudu'.
2- Facing Qibla.
3-Intention.
4-Covering Awrah. And Awrah of a man is from his belly button until his knees, and Awrah of woman is all her body except the face, and palms. So,
What is the Qiblah and how can I recognize it?
Qibla is the direction to Ka'ba in Mecca In Saudi Arabia. To locate Qibla:
1- Go to that site: http://www.qiblalocator.com/
2-Select 'Satellite' to see the actual places.
3-Write your address or the place you are existing in.
4-You'll find '+' sign. Put your place in the middle of the sign.
5-You'll see a red line starts from the sign '+' and ends on Ka'ba.
6-The direction of that line is the direction of Qibla.
Now, You can pray and be sure that your prayer will be valid_By God's permission_.
Have a problem or in trouble? Want to complain and talk to someone but there's no one to hear you? ALLAH is watching & hearing you, and waiting you to ask Him to give you everything you want. Just go and perform Wudu', and pray two rak'as with the intention that ALLAH can solve everything. And remember Prophet Mohammad [PBUH]'s talk: "If anyone performs ablution well then stands and prays two rak’as without negligence, all his previous sins will be forgiven".
