i heard it is important for a muzlim to pray 5 times in a day so wot if u guys r busy how can u do that i meannhow can u pray 5 times in a day\nim just curious about muzlim
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Prayers as currently used in muslim context to refer to 2 types, one is the 5 times prayer(Salaat)  and second is the prayer to God during other times.\n\nRegarding salaat prayer, there is a basic method of doing it. It involves standing, bowing, prostrating, sitting in a particular order. During standing Quran sura fathiha(mentioned above by abushible) has to be recited and optionally also any other sura. During other positions, God is praised in various wordings. In the final sitting before prayer end, there is a prayer for prophet,for us  and all the good devotees of God. There is also a special prayer to bless prophet mohammed and his people like God blessed prophet Abraham and his people. \n\nMuslims use there own wording for other prayers or use prayers mentioned in Quran or prophets sayings. One most prayed prayer from Quran is \n"Our Lord! grant us good in this world and good in the hereafter, and save us from the chastisement of the fire." Quran 2:201.\n\nMuslims are to pray to God alone for whatever they need to pray.
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I think prayer should be a part of everyones daily routine. I pray everyday!! Your question is a good one. I think maybe it is just a day to bring people together and think about who they are praying to(GOD) and what they are praying for. Some look at it as everyone uniting!
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I think the key is in Serving God, and what that means.  What does it mean to serve God?  I think it means to make the world a better place for all beings.  So for example, this is why part of the Islamic laws require that charity be given.  Hospitality is a value, and brotherhood, and so on.  So there is meaning in all that entails this service to God.  If God is served, then the world will be better for future generations, and all can aspire to their greatest potentialities, and they can reach their maximum abilities.  \n\nIn the service of God in Islam, one prays 5 times a day.  This fixes the mind upon God so that the goal is never lost sight of.  And in doing so, one constantly reminds themselves of what they ought to be doing throughout their days.  They should not be wasting time on frivolous things, but doing things to raise the level of good in the world.
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if you mean praying yes we do it 5 times a day .. if you mean to think in focus and in a calm in the world, life and in every aspect around us, we do it too .. God asked us to think in every thing around us to discover the wonderful universe we live in and in his creation ..
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Yes it's practical, u wouldn't find the things u mentioned that hard if u feel and believe how many gifts you are gifted by god , and you are not thanking him at all for them , \nwe do fast from dawn to sun set , hot or cold the weather is , it doesn't matter , and u cant imagine how much i enjoy it as persons , it's a real nice spiritual process to be done , to feel that u overcomes your need " in food and sex , as Muslim is not allowed to have sex during fasting " ... \nreally you feel like you are free. \nPrayer is a short one , u pray only for 5 minutes , 5 times aday , u find it's very very very hard to pray for 25 minutes for ur god who created u in a day in the time that there's 1440 minutes in a day ?! how thankful are u !!\n\nPilgrimage was hard in the past but now it's not that hard , and many facilities are provided for the good of the muslims , and when my parents did it , and came they said that have never practiced a better thing than pilgrimage in their whole life ....
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Assalam-o-Alaikum\n\nPrayers are prescribed five times a day as a duty towards Allah. They strengthen and enliven the belief in Allah and inspire man to a higher morality. They purify the heart and control the temptation towards wrong doing and evil. It should be stressed that while Allah does not need our prayers we cannot survive without His blessings and guidance. “0 you who believe! Seek help with patient perseverance and prayer, for Allah is with those who patiently persevere.” (Holy Qur'an 2:153) \n\nIt is good that you are trying to learn Namaz, which is one of important pillars of Islam. For this I would suggest that you should contact Imam of nearest Masjid in your locality. \n\nI've found a good website on 'how to offer Namaz' in Urdu language. Visit if you understand Urdu:\nhttp://www.noor-e-hadis.com/namaz_ka_tareqa.htm\n\nGood Luck!
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I live in a medium sized city populated by 300000 ppl with a fraction of them Muslim. they have two major mosques around the corner from each other and a lot of the inhabitants around there are Muslims. you can hear the calls however they are not as loud as what you would hear in Islamic countries. i think there are some who don't like it but its about accepting to live with it in order to stay peaceful. I think there is also compromise between the communities. i haven't lived there for years now but i think they don't call for early morning prayers just the evening ones. \n\nIn a place like Jerusalem, Islam is joint major religion in the area so the calls will be made as other Islamic countries do. where you are a minority on one country you must accept their ways to a large extent. like the Muslim population here in the UK or America have to accept their hosts laws and culture and have to compromise on their own culture, likewise for westerners living in Islamic countries.\n\nJust out of curiosity, you seem to be a Hindu. Are you visiting or recently moved there, or have you been there for a while? I've never heard of Hindu's living there apart from passing through the country.
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I'm a Muslim.\nYou will see me perform the five prayers:\n-The Dawn prayer\n-The Noon prayer\n-The Afternoon prayer\n-The Sunset prayer\n-The Night prayer\n\nAnd you'll be hearing me saying "La Ilaha Ella Allah" (There's no god but Allah) outside prayers at least once throughout the day.
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People get affended by Muslim Greetings, I remember when I wrote Ramadan Mubarak on my small whiteboard on the outside of my dorm door, some girls had come by and erased it. I wrote the greetings a few more times, but each time they erased it. Ha, I was mad but now it is funny to me.
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salam\nhere is a link to help u\n\nhttp://www.islamiccenters.com/
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I think it's a very noble cause that you are wanting to undertake. Pray, my friend, and God will help you. I am not a Muslim but I respect Islam and I know it must hard for you being an American Muslim. I am so sorry for the way Muslims are treated in our country. It is not the American way. I think if you keep your faith strong and pray often that God or Allah will make it happen for you. God speed, friend. Tina, Houston, Texas
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Pray! Prayer is very powerful. It may help to read "Power of a Praying Woman" by Stormie Omartian. It helped me big time.\nThe Lord can do the impossible. \n\nJames 4:8\nDraw near to God and He will draw near to you.\n\nPhil 4:6-7\n\n6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. (NLT)\n\nGod Bless!
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its impossible to teach is islam in a few hours. im muslim i know. iv been gonin to an islamic academy since second grade and my parents r muslim my whole school is muslim most of my friends r muslim. have her ask u one q at a time to get specific answers please email me n tell me if u need anything i will gladly ask my parents teacher search it or even ask an imam please just click on crystalthen on contact crystal\n\nthis site is very basic about islam
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One very important thing that Islam teaches is that the Almighty GOD if full of Mercy. He forgives again and again, and He loves sincere repentance.\n\nOffer two units of optional prayer then make a supplication, as sincerely as you possibly can, asking for His forgiveness for all your previous sins and for His Mercy now and on the Day of Judgment (and also for your family and all the Muslims).\n\nI can almost guarantee that doing so will make you feel better.
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Dear SellCar,\n\ni really hope you got a good reason behind those questions, anyways ill answer your question.\n\ni read some strange answer above ;(, so i hope i can make it clear \n\n\nOfcourse every woman hates polygamy, God created woman to hate anyone that shares her love, but in Holy Quran it says and made it clear for men that they should not take more than one wife unless they have their reasons, like for example some wives dont have the ability to be pregnant, its no body's fault of course but as a man everyone likes to be a father, therefore he can marry another wife.\n\nanother reason for men might be that some men need more than one woman and he is not getting enough, therefore he could make sin with other woman which is bad for Islam teachings and social life and reputation, or he can marry another woman that will give him more pleasure and in the same time he is not making any sin.\n\nMoreover, if you now make a study you will find that number of men is much more less than number of women in the world, years ago in Germany they where surprised to find that 1 man is being borned for every 4 women!!\n\nfor a reason that no one knows except God he knew that this will be the case, therefore he authorised to have more than wife, or else we will have more than half of the woman not married for the rest of their lives.(speaking about Islam societies only, western countires men and woman stays with no marriage usually for the rest of their lives)\n\nGod authorised polygamy for more better reasons ofcourse, but i only know these.\n\nand of course there is no polygamy for men in Islam ;), because at that stage we cant know who is son or daughter of whom.\n\nand for a man being with a legal woman is ofcourse much better than being with a new woman everyday or month ;(\n\nIslam makes a great social life by its teachings.\n\n============\n\ni really dont know the exact age of Muhammad(PBUH) when he married Aisha, but i think in 40's.\n\nGod didnt authorise for muslims to marry more than four wives and in a certain conditions, but for messenger of God (Muhmmad PBUH) he authorised for him to marry more, i do know one reason now for this is that Mohammad(PBUH) wanted to make links with the arab tribes across arabia to spread Islam, and as a messenger of God marrying one of the women in a tribe it was a very good impression to make for those tribes, which later he made friendship with them and they followed Islam teachings, therefore marrying more than one wife helped the spread of Islam at that time, and it made for Islam a good base in Arabia.
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In the name of Allah most gracious most merciful, I'll try my best to help you if u r really interested in Islam.\nFirst of all I'm Muslim because Islam has provided me the internal peace I'm searching for, In Islam I've found the unity of all Muslims in alot of occasions for example the times of prayers when u see alot these Muslims (not all of them due to lack of their faith) doing the same moves and asking the only God, renweing their faith five times a day through the whole day, especially Al-Fajr prayers when u wake up from your bed and go to make wodoo2 by washing your limbs and head with water then going in your path towards the mosque (if it was accessible or close to you) or towards the place where u do ur prayers and in the silence of the surroundings making the dialogue with your only God.\nI've found their unity in yearl pilgrimage (called hajj) to Makka from different spots of the earth having one target which is pleasing the true king of everything.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while i found it's talking to your mind and soul and guiding you to how to live peacefully with others and how to deal with all your problems.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while it has solved many of my daily problems and even fllowing it's commands made me a better person by the testaments of other people knowing me.\n\nI've beleived in islam while it dealt with other religions peacefully and has granted them free will to deal with their religions whether it was.\n\nI've beleived in Islam while it has been based on what humans can do not miracles, miracles have never been introduced in islam except when it was so necessary and in situations which will not face a normal(not a prophet) person ever.\n\nI beleived in islam while it treats my mother and father nicely and gave rights to women as far as they demand and more.\n\nI beleived in islam while u r in direct contact with God and not needing anyone or anything in between you.\n\nI beleived in Islam while I've found it's prophet telling about things which was far futuristic than his era and have been fullfilled as he said and will be fullfilled as he said.\n\nI beleived in Islam while when I read Quran I feel it's like a heavenly words coming through my spirit.\n\nI beleived in islam while it makes me manage my life easier than I could do.\n\nI beleived in islam while it made me respect myself as a human and gave me the right way to establish a successfull person.\n\nI beleived in it while I've talked to many christians and Buddhists, infidels and read about judaism but they never gave me the answer which can make me have peace with myself.\n\nThe greeting of islam is Peace be upon You so how come it calls for war and terrorism.\n\nIslam makes me clean, tidy, relaxed, thoughfull, considerate and trustfull.\n\nIslam means (maybe I'm not so good in English) providing yourself to your God.\n\nI've a special Doaa(asking God) which whenever I use it never fails.\n\nIslam deals with me by discussion of matters not by faith without reasons, there're ofcorse things which have to be beleived but it has reasons why should u beleive in.\n\nIslam has dealt with me as a normal human not burdening me without care.\n\nI hope i can talk more but I'm not a scholar anyway, u coudl email me on my add.: ahmedeldeeb@yahoo.com and I'll send you some links, books and even will try to get you to some place where u can learn about Islam if u really want it and will Inshaa Allah(God willing) try to provide you with the nearest place that could help you.