HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU PERFORM SALAT?

nsws1988

I pray five times..but I don't recite attahiyat because it includes the name of the prophet muhammed(PBUH)

Same here. I only worship God handshake

TAJ

THE SUNNAH SPECIFY SALAT TO BE FIVE TIMES DAILY(OBLIGATORY)
HOWEVER SALAT CAN BE OBLIGATORY AND SUPERIGATORY
SO WHAT DO YOU REALY MEAN

You must have lost your way and found yourself here by accident! Oh and the caps! nope

YAYA

This isn't about sunnah. Even Abraham prayed. Did he follow the 'sunnah' of the prophet Mohammed?

DO YOU PERFORM THE SALAT OF IBRAHIM OR THE ONE THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD WENT TO COLLECT WHEN HE ASCENDING TO THE HEAVENS WHERE THE PROPHET MET OTHER PROPHETS AS HE ASCENDED THROUGH EACH OF THE SEVEN HEAVENS (MI'RAJ JOURNEY) hmm

nsws1988

DO YOU PERFORM THE SALAT OF IBRAHIM OR THE ONE THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD WENT TO COLLECT WHEN HE ASCENDING TO THE HEAVENS WHERE THE PROPHET MET OTHER PROPHETS AS HE ASCENDED THROUGH EACH OF THE SEVEN HEAVENS (MI'RAJ JOURNEY) hmm

You mean that story with the flying unicorn and the fairies and the leprechaun?
Yeah I read about that in some book. Wasn't the Quran though

MUNZIR_ALI

You mean that story with the flying unicorn and the fairies and the leprechaun?
Yeah I read about that in some book. Wasn't the Quran though

hey!, that story was in my 7th grade islamic studies textbook...I studied about it, though it's in hadhis! angel

jsumbu

I have been grappling with this issue since I reverted three months ago- Pray three? Pray five? Pray two?

Personally, I think it?s about your intention.

I perform three ritual prayers-before sunrise, mid-afternoon, and at night.

11114 And you shall hold the communion at the two edges of the day, during the near parts of the night. The good deeds take away the bad. This is a reminder to those who remember.

I believe that Contact-Prayer is more than prayers but rather a way of life, and the actual ritual I carry with me throughout the day as a tool to acknowledge that I couldn't be doing/seeing/hearing or anything if it weren't by God's Grace. He should be honoured and remembered constantly for that. It?s impossible to do, but it?s worth a shot.

And this is why I pray three times--I know this verse is referring to three private times but for me living in a town where there is no mosque-prayer is a private because I am alone.

2458 O you who believe, let those who are committed to you by oath, and those who have not yet attained puberty, request your permission regarding three times before the dawn communion, and when you put off your attire from the noon time, and after the evening communion. These are three private times for you. Other than these times, it is not wrong for you or them to intermingle with one another. God thus clarifies the revelations for you. And God is Knowledgeable, Wise.

I've come to accept that submission is to trust and seek guidance from the One who Knows. My opinion is when divisions/modifications pollute a spiritual system, the contact-prayers are lost. Jews and Christians don't really have them-at least in their original form. The development of the hadiths and sects, I think first took its tool on the Salaat and infected other aspects of the system (eg. Hijab, Dogs being Haraam etc). It?s great that we?re all trying to learn.

Jeanne

nsws1988

Peace

Welcome to Free Minds Jeanne!

I understand what you mean. It is difficult finding a place to pray in the daytime and when you do find a corner you can never fully concentrate and take your time. It isn't about rushing an empty ritual. It is a personal connection with God that has to come from your heart and soul and 2458 tells us when our private times are.
Do you pray traditionally?

God bless

Alen

JUST ASKING..

Peace,
Respectfully.

I believe there are two mentioned in The Quran - dawn and sunset, so i pray those but if there is time and occassion, i pray more. I pray shorter now that i don't have a permanent location but when i get one, then longer, God willing.
Needless to say, we should pray more and more.

Peace.

jsumbu

Peace

Welcome to Free Minds Jeanne!

I understand what you mean. It is difficult finding a place to pray in the daytime and when you do find a corner you can never fully concentrate and take your time. It isn't about rushing an empty ritual. It is a personal connection with God that has to come from your heart and soul and 2458 tells us when our private times are.
Do you pray traditionally?

God bless

Not exactly. I'm trying different things in order to figure out what is "correct." I perform the positions in the order they were prescribed and recite the few things I've committed to memory--Chapter 1, some of Abraham's prayers, the tashahund (not the one with Muhammed). Once in the sitting position between sujuds, I meditate on the letters at the beginning of the chapters(usually Alif, Lam, Mim). Then I read aloud a few verses at a time from the Quran. I spend just over ten minutes. I have no idea how many 'rakas' I do now.

Bigmo

Peace

Welcome to Free Minds Jeanne!

I understand what you mean. It is difficult finding a place to pray in the daytime and when you do find a corner you can never fully concentrate and take your time. It isn't about rushing an empty ritual. It is a personal connection with God that has to come from your heart and soul and 2458 tells us when our private times are.
Do you pray traditionally?

God bless

Good point.