Delightful Prayer Live July 11th.
Last time we talked about the 3 meanings of salah- connection, invocation and rahma(mercy) and we talked about 4 of the conditions for prayer-to be Muslim, to be sane, to be of age and to pray on time. Now we are going to talk about forbidden times to pray.
There are 5 times it is forbidden to pray.
1) after fajr until sunrise. It is forbidden to pray anything at this time but it is a light prohibition.
2) In the time of actual sunrise which is about 15 minutes it is STRICTLY prohibited to pray.
3)when the sun at right at the top of the sky and there is no shadow it is STRICTLY forbidden to pray.
4)from after asr until just a little before maghrib(maybe 2 minutes) it os lightly forbidden to pray.
5) When the sun is actually setting- actually going below the horizon- it is STRICTLY forbidden to pray.
When it is the times of lightly prohibited there are certain situations when you are allowed to pray. The prayer for entering the masjid, if there is an eclipse, salatil jannazah(prayer for the dead) and Istighara if you have to make an decision urgently and it cant wait.
يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
O children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess. (31)
Al Araf 31
Condition 5. Clothing. when we pray we are meeting with our Lord and so we should dress properly. The whole of the body should be covered excpet face and hands. FEET must be covered!!. The clothing must be lose and not be tight or transparent and must not show the shape of our shoulders.
Condition 6. Purification. Before doing wudu or ghusl you need to do the intention. What are the things that nullify wudu? Deep sleep, answering the call of nature, passing wind, touching the private parts with the hand without a barrier(clothes), becoming unconscious and eating Camel meat.(camel milk is ok)
Touching or kissing your husband does NOT nullify wudu, neither does touching another person or cleaning your children.
Salah is not accepted if your wudu is not done.
How to do wudu.
a)make the intention in your heart or out loud.
b) say Bismillah
c) wash your hands at least 3 times, right hand first, and water must go between the fingers.
d)wash your mouth out 3 times.
e) take water up one nostril and blow down other 3 times(up right)
f)wash face 3 times
g)wash your arms up to the elbow 3 times starting on the right and making sure they are clean.
h)with a small amount of water wipe over your head from front to back and then forward to your face. Only done once.
i)wipe inside your ears wiith your fingers and behind the ears with the thumb.
j) wash your feet, right first, up to the ankles and between the toes, 3 times.
k) say the shahada.
It is good to be in a state of wudu as ofetn as we can. On the Day of Judgement the Prophet(saw) will recognise us because we will be shining white from all the times we have doen wudu. Allah(swt) loves those who are always purifying themselves. When you are clean remember that all your sins have been washed away with the water and those who are clean on the outside iot will show on the inside.
Saying..Ash-hadu ‘an laa ilaaha’illallaahu...when we finish gives us an extra bonus. The 8th gate of heaven will open for us! All the gates open for different deeds and the 8th will be for cleanliness.
Ghusl. When is ghusl done? It must be done after you finish your menses, after sexual intercourse, after post-natal bleeding has stopped, whenever sperm leaves the body even in sleep, when a woman has wetness associated with desire whether she was awake or asleep.
Ghusl begins with making the intention. You then say bismillah and wash your hands once. Next you wash your private parts 3 times and then you make wudu as usual EXCEPT you dont wash your feet and you wash your hair so that the water reaches the scalp 3 times.You then wash your body, starting on the right side, 3 times making sure it is all wet and rubbed clean, then the left side. You then face wash the feet.
Condition 7. Face the Qibla.
now a ther are many ways of finding out what direction the Qibla is, even mobile phones can tell you. It doesnt need to be an exact spot just in the right direction.
If you are outside praying and someone tells you you are praying in the wrong direction do not stop praying-dont break the prayer- just turn.
If you are unsure of the direction and after finishing the prayer you are told it was in the wrong direction do not repeat the prayer.
There are certain cases when it is not obligatory to face the Qibla. These are:-
in an airplane,
if your are afraid that harm may come to you from behind if you face the Qibla,
a sick person who cant move,
someone who is chained in prison,
a blind person and
if you are travelling on horseback or by camel and you want to offer voluntary prayer.
There is nothing that says sitting or lying with your feet facing the Qibla is forbidden.
Khushooh.(total submersion in prayer)
In order for the prayer to be acceptable and enjoyable it has to have essential parts.
The body has flesh, skeleton and soul and prayer should have the same. The movements that are done during prayer=skeleton. the outward appearance. The movements should be done according to the sunnah. But this is not enough, the prayer needs soul. This is the main difference between enjoying the prayer and not.
وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَـٰشِعِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾
And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah] (45) Al Baqara.
We pray 5 times a day. If you find you are rushing through them you need to work on your khushoor. It is your Lord, your King that you are praying to and you need to have full focus on Him.
The consequence of making good prayer is that it will help you to refine your manner and make you abetter person. Prayer stops you from eveything evil..all ibada should have a good impact on you.
If your prayer is done well then your sins between one prayer and the next are frogiven.
Imagine if you are invited somewhere very important, to visit a ruler or King. You would take so much time preparing yourself. Clothes, speech, behaviour. It is the same if you are meeting Allah(swt). When you are praying you are before your Malik, your King, so you should prepare yourself and dress for each prayer as if you were meeting him face to face. When you standing in prayer you are standing before Allah(swt) and he places his face before you!
If any of his slaves turn away from him, he will turn away from them. You may turn your heart away from Allah(swt) but He always knows what is in your heart. This is a personal jihad. Sometimes in prayer we are thinking about anything except the prayer...what to cook for dinner....wonder how they are, havent seen them for a while...what shall i waer today. This is shaitan pulling us away from prayer. We can concentrate for 2 hours on a film but cant spend 30 minutes a day in fard prayer just for Allah(swt).
khushooh is when we use our minds to follow the rukes of prayer so we get all the benefits, soon we will hear about the 'magic key' to khushooh.
Last time we talked about the 3 meanings of salah- connection, invocation and rahma(mercy) and we talked about 4 of the conditions for prayer-to be Muslim, to be sane, to be of age and to pray on time. Now we are going to talk about forbidden times to pray.
There are 5 times it is forbidden to pray.
1) after fajr until sunrise. It is forbidden to pray anything at this time but it is a light prohibition.
2) In the time of actual sunrise which is about 15 minutes it is STRICTLY prohibited to pray.
3)when the sun at right at the top of the sky and there is no shadow it is STRICTLY forbidden to pray.
4)from after asr until just a little before maghrib(maybe 2 minutes) it os lightly forbidden to pray.
5) When the sun is actually setting- actually going below the horizon- it is STRICTLY forbidden to pray.
When it is the times of lightly prohibited there are certain situations when you are allowed to pray. The prayer for entering the masjid, if there is an eclipse, salatil jannazah(prayer for the dead) and Istighara if you have to make an decision urgently and it cant wait.
يَـٰبَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ خُذُوا۟ زِينَتَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍۢ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ وَلَا تُسْرِفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
O children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid, and eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess. (31)
Al Araf 31
Condition 5. Clothing. when we pray we are meeting with our Lord and so we should dress properly. The whole of the body should be covered excpet face and hands. FEET must be covered!!. The clothing must be lose and not be tight or transparent and must not show the shape of our shoulders.
Condition 6. Purification. Before doing wudu or ghusl you need to do the intention. What are the things that nullify wudu? Deep sleep, answering the call of nature, passing wind, touching the private parts with the hand without a barrier(clothes), becoming unconscious and eating Camel meat.(camel milk is ok)
Touching or kissing your husband does NOT nullify wudu, neither does touching another person or cleaning your children.
Salah is not accepted if your wudu is not done.
How to do wudu.
a)make the intention in your heart or out loud.
b) say Bismillah
c) wash your hands at least 3 times, right hand first, and water must go between the fingers.
d)wash your mouth out 3 times.
e) take water up one nostril and blow down other 3 times(up right)
f)wash face 3 times
g)wash your arms up to the elbow 3 times starting on the right and making sure they are clean.
h)with a small amount of water wipe over your head from front to back and then forward to your face. Only done once.
i)wipe inside your ears wiith your fingers and behind the ears with the thumb.
j) wash your feet, right first, up to the ankles and between the toes, 3 times.
k) say the shahada.
It is good to be in a state of wudu as ofetn as we can. On the Day of Judgement the Prophet(saw) will recognise us because we will be shining white from all the times we have doen wudu. Allah(swt) loves those who are always purifying themselves. When you are clean remember that all your sins have been washed away with the water and those who are clean on the outside iot will show on the inside.
Saying..Ash-hadu ‘an laa ilaaha’illallaahu...when we finish gives us an extra bonus. The 8th gate of heaven will open for us! All the gates open for different deeds and the 8th will be for cleanliness.
Ghusl. When is ghusl done? It must be done after you finish your menses, after sexual intercourse, after post-natal bleeding has stopped, whenever sperm leaves the body even in sleep, when a woman has wetness associated with desire whether she was awake or asleep.
Ghusl begins with making the intention. You then say bismillah and wash your hands once. Next you wash your private parts 3 times and then you make wudu as usual EXCEPT you dont wash your feet and you wash your hair so that the water reaches the scalp 3 times.You then wash your body, starting on the right side, 3 times making sure it is all wet and rubbed clean, then the left side. You then face wash the feet.
Condition 7. Face the Qibla.
now a ther are many ways of finding out what direction the Qibla is, even mobile phones can tell you. It doesnt need to be an exact spot just in the right direction.
If you are outside praying and someone tells you you are praying in the wrong direction do not stop praying-dont break the prayer- just turn.
If you are unsure of the direction and after finishing the prayer you are told it was in the wrong direction do not repeat the prayer.
There are certain cases when it is not obligatory to face the Qibla. These are:-
in an airplane,
if your are afraid that harm may come to you from behind if you face the Qibla,
a sick person who cant move,
someone who is chained in prison,
a blind person and
if you are travelling on horseback or by camel and you want to offer voluntary prayer.
There is nothing that says sitting or lying with your feet facing the Qibla is forbidden.
Khushooh.(total submersion in prayer)
In order for the prayer to be acceptable and enjoyable it has to have essential parts.
The body has flesh, skeleton and soul and prayer should have the same. The movements that are done during prayer=skeleton. the outward appearance. The movements should be done according to the sunnah. But this is not enough, the prayer needs soul. This is the main difference between enjoying the prayer and not.
وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَـٰشِعِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾
And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah] (45) Al Baqara.
We pray 5 times a day. If you find you are rushing through them you need to work on your khushoor. It is your Lord, your King that you are praying to and you need to have full focus on Him.
The consequence of making good prayer is that it will help you to refine your manner and make you abetter person. Prayer stops you from eveything evil..all ibada should have a good impact on you.
If your prayer is done well then your sins between one prayer and the next are frogiven.
Imagine if you are invited somewhere very important, to visit a ruler or King. You would take so much time preparing yourself. Clothes, speech, behaviour. It is the same if you are meeting Allah(swt). When you are praying you are before your Malik, your King, so you should prepare yourself and dress for each prayer as if you were meeting him face to face. When you standing in prayer you are standing before Allah(swt) and he places his face before you!
If any of his slaves turn away from him, he will turn away from them. You may turn your heart away from Allah(swt) but He always knows what is in your heart. This is a personal jihad. Sometimes in prayer we are thinking about anything except the prayer...what to cook for dinner....wonder how they are, havent seen them for a while...what shall i waer today. This is shaitan pulling us away from prayer. We can concentrate for 2 hours on a film but cant spend 30 minutes a day in fard prayer just for Allah(swt).
khushooh is when we use our minds to follow the rukes of prayer so we get all the benefits, soon we will hear about the 'magic key' to khushooh.
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