How do you pray?

unknownuser

masha'allah. peace

exactly!

Alen

The Qur'aanic night starts after sunset, so after sunset = during night.

You are separating "after sunset" and "during night", whereas they are the same thing.

Peace,
Respectfully.

If the Quranic night starts with sunset, does that mean thet Quranic day starts with sunrise?
Provide some evidence from The Quran, please.

Peace.

rsw

i prostrate, confess my sins and beg for forgiveness and for God to be patient with me. Then I read the Scriptures. I do this whenever I wake up, before I sleep, and sometimes inbetween.

Mr_Deen

3 x Al-Fatiha, sitting or standing. + regular hygienic activities.

mmkhan

Salaamun Alaikum,

I pray Fajr and Eshaan as mentioned in 2458

Only stands while praying and ends with Sajda as mentioned in 4102

I don't read/recite AlQuraan in Salaat but I do recite only those aayaats that praise Allah and I do remember Allah as mentioned in 2014

Regards,
mmKhan

anthonywallace

I wash up or bath before I salat.
If im not alone and i call someone else to salat with me, I would have them sit down and give them a small speech/teaching, and then I tell them " call upon God or call upon the merciful, whatever u call upon then the best names are for Him." Then position them were thay should stand, ect...
I face the focal point and say " all praises to God who did not take a son, nor does He have a partner in soverinty, nor does He have ally out of weakness," at least thrice normally.
Then I get on my kneez and pray to God.
Then I go into prostration and glorify God further.
Then I get back on my kneez and supplicate further.
Then I stand to read/recite a chapter or two or a few verces from quran. Before I read quran I ask the Lord to admit me an entrance of truth and let me exit a exit of truth ,ect... then I seek refuge with God from Satan the outcast, then I open the quran and read.
I usually end the reading with praises to God and sometimes a short prayer to end the connection,ectt....If salating with someone, I may see if they want to contribute anything to the community chest...then I also focus on giving a charity as soon as possible. ( i might read before the prayer sometimes.)

and thats about it... peace

anthonywallace

I had to think again about the question. How do I pray? I pray like this

I say " Our Lord, we believe, so forgive us our sins and spare us the retribution of the fire. My Lord, forgive and have mercy; and You are the Most Merciful. My Lord, forgive me and my parents, and the believeing men and women; and do not increase the wicked except in destruction..." pr

peace

God_Within

Peace be upon you,

I pray(dua) anyway I want to...God is closer than the jugular vein and hears the call of Its devoted servants.

However, if the real question is how do I perform salaat (not prayer/dua), then the answer is that at dawn and dusk, I get myself into the meditative state , which is the state between awake and sleep where the subconcious(nafs) is MOST receptive, and I use my God given faculties of thought and imagination to see my person ignoring my wrong habits and doing what is right, over and over and over again until it becomes habit.

For God has said about the subconcious(nafs)...."He who purifies it succeeds and he who corrupts it fails"

The subconciuos is like a garden, it will bring forth weeds if you dont plant and tend to your own seeds. That is why God says "woe to those who salaat, but are HEEDLESS of thier salaat".

This means that wether you take control of the process or not, you are being programmed by SOMEONE...perhaps your enemy who knows the turth about human behavior and how to effect it. >

SwedenMajidah

Peace,

I will admitt that lately I haven't done salaat, but I have remembered God (dhikr) and read some Quran.

When I do salaat I use to standing reciting Al-Fatiha and then finish sit down and thank God and also some do'as made of myself.

Maria

anna

salam,,,,,,, im new here and im reading these posts, im understanding that there is no specifec way of praying every one prayes as they see fit for them or how does that work. i personally do pray five times.

Wakas

peace anna,

Welcome to the forum.

To answer your question... you perform "salat" according to your understanding of The Quran. As your understanding increases, modify accordingly. Simple.

progod

Peace,

Good answer Wakas. I can't disagree with that. That is the truth of it all.

But Anna be prepared to feel like this forum is for the wretched and full of kuffar who call themselves believers, and that if this is the face of progressive islam that there is no hope for the Muslims, after some of your encounters here. Be prepared for those who don't agree with the way you see it on this forum to be ready for a smack down if you don't understand the way they do it and challenge them for answers. I don't think this smack-down method is very healthy for conversation but it is the free-minds way. So be ready for some long (many times pointless) debates from those who may not see your point (or want to see it) or from those who will unapologetically assume all they can about you (sometimes being right and sometimes dead wrong) but still want to argue with you about it. I realize I could end up being one of those people in theory, but i do my best not to be that way when I engage others on this forum (of course others may have differing opinions I can only tell you from my persepctive). And in the end it will all come down to you and those freinds and family who you happen to come accross that can agree with you on the key issues that you find important. This is computer talk and will most likely stay just that. I know that might be somewhat of a negative introduction, but I'm just keeping it real. I still do wish you the best here on your journey for truth.

Godbless,
Anwar

www.quranists.com

anna

Peace,

Good answer Wakas. I can't disagree with that. That is the truth of it all.

But Anna be prepared to feel like this forum is for the wretched and full of kuffar who call themselves believers, and that if this is the face of progressive islam that there is no hope for the Muslims, after some of your encounters here. Be prepared for those who don't agree with the way you see it on this forum to be ready for a smack down if you don't understand the way they do it and challenge them for answers. I don't think this smack-down method is very healthy for conversation but it is the free-minds way. So be ready for some long (many times pointless) debates from those who may not see your point (or want to see it) or from those who will unapologetically assume all they can about you (sometimes being right and sometimes dead wrong) but still want to argue with you about it. I realize I could end up being one of those people in theory, but i do my best not to be that way when I engage others on this forum (of course others may have differing opinions I can only tell you from my persepctive). And in the end it will all come down to you and those freinds and family who you happen to come accross that can agree with you on the key issues that you find important. This is computer talk and will most likely stay just that. I know that might be somewhat of a negative introduction, but I'm just keeping it real. I still do wish you the best here on your journey for truth.

Godbless,
Anwar

www.quranists.com

well thank you , wonderful introduction, straight forward thats how i like it.

TAJ

Peace Anwar,

Peace,

Good answer Wakas. I can't disagree with that. That is the truth of it all.

But Anna be prepared to feel like this forum is for the wretched and full of kuffar who call themselves believers, and that if this is the face of progressive islam that there is no hope for the Muslims, after some of your encounters here. Be prepared for those who don't agree with the way you see it on this forum to be ready for a smack down if you don't understand the way they do it and challenge them for answers. I don't think this smack-down method is very healthy for conversation but it is the free-minds way. So be ready for some long (many times pointless) debates from those who may not see your point (or want to see it) or from those who will unapologetically assume all they can about you (sometimes being right and sometimes dead wrong) but still want to argue with you about it. I realize I could end up being one of those people in theory, but i do my best not to be that way when I engage others on this forum (of course others may have differing opinions I can only tell you from my persepctive). And in the end it will all come down to you and those freinds and family who you happen to come accross that can agree with you on the key issues that you find important. This is computer talk and will most likely stay just that. I know that might be somewhat of a negative introduction, but I'm just keeping it real. I still do wish you the best here on your journey for truth.

Godbless,
Anwar

www.quranists.com

Beautiful!

peace
Taj

Hope

I think this salat issue is one of the challanges for the quran only followers, and the most used by sunni to debate with...God says thet everything is fully detailed in his book ...so every thing is fully detailed including salat...i have read many articles concerning salat in this forum and in another arabic forum and try to pick up what convince my mind...God order us to listen to the saying and to follow the best...i have tried many form for salat...but this is the one i do right now...not saying it is the right way but it is as far as i understand for now.

I pray three times a day
just before sun rise (which unfortuntey i sometimes missed -[)
just before sunset
and at night.

I do ablution as in vesre 56

i stand facing any spot

i read verses from the quran

then i prostrate saying "Praise be to our Lord. Truly, the promise of our Lord was fulfilled.?

and "Praise be to God who has not taken a son, nor does He have a partner in sovereignty, nor does He have an ally out of weakness.?

then i stand up again read more verses and prostrate.
then i stand glorify God and and says Dooas espcially that written in the book. and end praising him looking forward to hear ur comments. sun

Peace

anna

I think this salat issue is one of the challanges for the quran only followers, and the most used by sunni to debate with...God says thet everything is fully detailed in his book ...so every thing is fully detailed including salat...i have read many articles concerning salat in this forum and in another arabic forum and try to pick up what convince my mind...God order us to listen to the saying and to follow the best...i have tried many form for salat...but this is the one i do right now...not saying it is the right way but it is as far as i understand for now.

I pray three times a day
just before sun rise (which unfortuntey i sometimes missed -[)
just before sunset
and at night.

I do ablution as in vesre 56

i stand facing any spot

i read verses from the quran

then i prostrate saying "Praise be to our Lord. Truly, the promise of our Lord was fulfilled.?

and "Praise be to God who has not taken a son, nor does He have a partner in sovereignty, nor does He have an ally out of weakness.?

then i stand up again read more verses and prostrate.
then i stand glorify God and and says Dooas espcially that written in the book. and end praising him looking forward to hear ur comments. sun

Peace

inna l2a3mal bil niyat, however you pray i beleive god will see

The_Khan

Greetings, my dear brothers and sisters,

This is how I pray, in detail

No of contact prayers = 7 = 3 compulsory prayers + 4 additional ones (7 is my lucky number). No of rakats = 19.

Timings,

Tahajud, before Fajr = 1 rakat.

Fajr = 2 rakats.

After Fajr = 1 rakat.

Wusl = 4 rakats.

After Wusl = 4 rakats.

Isha = 3 Rakats.

After Isha = 4 rakats.

I don't always follow this pattern, I miss out the additional prayers at times, such as Tahajjud and the one after Isha.

My physical movements are currently a combination of Sunni/Shi'a methods, minus associating the prophet with Allah (swt). I also do not add the Egyptian pagan God's name (Amun/Amen/Ameen) after al-Fatihah or my duas.

Peace.

SwedenMajidah

Greetings, my dear brothers and sisters,

This is how I pray, in detail

No of contact prayers = 7 = 3 compulsory prayers + 4 additional ones (7 is my lucky number). No of rakats = 19.

Timings,

Tahajud, before Fajr = 1 rakat.

Fajr = 2 rakats.

After Fajr = 1 rakat.

Wusl = 4 rakats.

After Wusl = 4 rakats.

Isha = 3 Rakats.

After Isha = 4 rakats.

I don't always follow this pattern, I miss out the additional prayers at times, such as Tahajjud and the one after Isha.

My physical movements are currently a combination of Sunni/Shi'a methods, minus associating the prophet with Allah (swt). I also do not add the Egyptian pagan God's name (Amun/Amen/Ameen) after al-Fatihah or my duas.

Peace.

Peace,

wow it sound much....
Have you time for other activities?

Maria

thesilverlining

Peace all,
It's wonderful to see everyone being proactive with their choice/methods of prayer. It shows ones awareness of their current understanding of their relationship towards God. However, based on 'The Reading', I understand that the prophet did lead the prayer in a congregation made up of several rows. Surely, they must've all prayed similarly otherwise the prophet could not have led the prayer if all his followers prayed differently. Is there a simple explanation to this that I may have missed or should we all eventually agree upon the method of prayer at some point in the near future (Insya'Allah)!?

The_Khan

Peace,

wow it sound much....
Have you time for other activities?

Maria

Not really, it's not too long for me compared to how Hanafi Sunnis pray -

Tahajjud - minimum 2 rakats.

Fajr - 2 rakats sunnat + 2 rakats fardh

Ishtar - 2 rakats

Doha - 2 rakats

Dhuhr - 4 rakats Sunnat + 4 Rakats Fardh + 2 rakats Sunnat

Asr - 4 rakats Fardh

Maghrid - 3 rakats Fardh + 2 Rakats Sunnat

Isha - 4 rakats Sunnat + 4 rakats Fardh + 2 Rakats Sunnat

Witr - 3 rakats.

Total - 42-ish, depending on whether Ishtar, Doha, and Tahajjud are performed or not.

Not to mention the 20+ rakats Tarawi during Ramadhan >>

Peace.