How many times did you perform salat yesterday?

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Jay K wrote:
Jazakh Allah Khair again for the advice Noor but I have way to many prayers to make up......like for most of my life so I'm hoping if there is a quicker way to make up the prayer (sorry I'm not that patient, guess I should be)

yes there is a quicker way. iA i will type it later.

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Also I was wondering if anyone could help understand how to read prayers. Basically I know fajr can be said aloud but what is aloud? I know it doesn't mean at the top of my voice but does that mean read it like I would anything normally or a whisper?

loud enough for you to hear... i think or the person next to you.

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Does a silent prayer actually get read silently? meaning do I read it in my heart and say the words in my head or do I actually say them? I only ask cos I want to pray now properly inshaallah and would like to do it right (I'm never satisfied with my prayers as I always believe I have done something wrong and therefore Allah swt won't accept my prayer, but knowing this would help me become less paranoid about one thing).

you must recite, i.e. move your lips/tongue, say the words. you should do it so that someone next to you would have a hard time hearing.

if you follow the hanafi madhab, you don't recite surah fatihah and the surah after anyway.

Noor wrote:

yes there is a quicker way. iA i will type it later.

*waits patiently*

 

Ya'qub wrote:
What about group du'aa/dhikr after the end of prayer?

I heard some (classical, orthodox) scholars said it was absolutely terrible to do such a thing, yet in many mosques the imam leads a group du'aa and/or dhikr.

Abdullah ibn Abbas narrated that, in the lifetime of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam (Peace and Blessings be upon him) it was the custom to celebrate Allah’s praises aloud after the compulsory congregational prayers. Ibn Abbas further said, “When I heard the Dhikr, I would learn that the compulsory prayer had ended” (Sahih al Bukhari)

in jamat the imams recitation is sufficient.

Stop thinking of it as a ritual.

With "rights of Allah(swt)", Allah (swt) is the most merciful, so if you cannot complete it for whatever reason, ask for mercy.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Jay K wrote:
Oh right, yeah thanks for that. I'm gonna sound proepr lazy now but is there a prayer I can do just once that makes up for me missing my past prayers? Thing is I haven't prayed most of my life and don't think I'll ever be able to make up for all the prayers I've missed, I know Noor you suggested a prayer but I could do that prayer for the rest of my life and not make up for the prayers I've missed.

Jazak Allah Khair again on any help that can be offered Smile

If you get up for fajr and then after praying (I think it has to be in the mosque but not sure) stay sitting; making du'aa or dhikr or reading qur'an, all the way until the sun rises, then AFTER it rises you get up and pray two rak'at, you get the same reward as if you performed Hajj.

What is the reward for performing Hajj? Forgiveness of all sins.

That is from authentic ahadith.

Don't just do something! Stand there.

Salaam

@Jay K, if you cannot be perfect, be good and if you cannot be good do your best. Try to make up one missed prayer, when you've done that, try to make up another. Try not to think, that there are too many, instead think of the current one and give that your attention. Also feel sorry about your missed prayers, and feel hopeful and happy about God's Mercy.

@ You, what do you mean "don't think of it as a ritual"?

Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.

Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes

well, it is a ritual, but thinking of it like "I gotta bang my head on the floor x time to make up for the past Y number of years" is probably not the best way. or it might be and i may just be lazy.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

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well, it is a ritual, but thinking of it like "I gotta bang my head on the floor x time to make up for the past Y number of years" is probably not the best way. or it might be and i may just be lazy.

I think that the answer is sometimes this and sometimes that. If you feel lazy in your prayer, then the answer is to "bang your head X times" and if you feel dead in your prayer then the answer is that "its not a ritual".

Its always the other one, never the one you've got hold of. Unless you're in a state of love, then it is this one. Smile

Gentleness and kindness were never a part of anything except that it made it beautiful, and harshness was never a part of anything except that it made it ugly.

Through cheating, stealing, and lying, one may get required results but finally one becomes

I think before u start reading u qadhaa u should perfect ur habit of reading the 5 daily prayers. Then u can slowly start reading qadhaa after ur fardh salaah too and do it one at a time so its not too much. If u carry on doing that, it will also become a habit and won't just feel like a ritual but something u have to do, it will become normal.

I think if u were to die today (Inshallah u wont Lol Allah (swt) would take into account the fact u were so serious about trying to make up ur salaahs and ud get brownie points for that cuz intention matters a lot!

Remember where theres a will, theres a way. so carry on trying and control ur body and mind into thinking it really isnt "hard work" (i dont think u said that, im just saying) and wont take so much time and ull be on your way to ur five a day! Smile (yeah im not sure where im getting this rubbish from either :D)

O yeah, patience is very important too Smile

"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi

Raaa are u sure you're only 15?

Mature.

Don't just do something! Stand there.

Ya'qub wrote:
Jay K wrote:
Oh right, yeah thanks for that. I'm gonna sound proepr lazy now but is there a prayer I can do just once that makes up for me missing my past prayers? Thing is I haven't prayed most of my life and don't think I'll ever be able to make up for all the prayers I've missed, I know Noor you suggested a prayer but I could do that prayer for the rest of my life and not make up for the prayers I've missed.

Jazak Allah Khair again on any help that can be offered Smile

If you get up for fajr and then after praying (I think it has to be in the mosque but not sure) stay sitting; making du'aa or dhikr or reading qur'an, all the way until the sun rises, then AFTER it rises you get up and pray two rak'at, you get the same reward as if you performed Hajj.

What is the reward for performing Hajj? Forgiveness of all sins.

That is from authentic ahadith.

doesn't cancel out all your qadha salah.

@Jay K. stop stressing out, it really isn't that much! there is no easy way out, you must make up all the missed prayers. you don't have to make them up right now, in one day. as long as you have the intention and start making them up, all is good. if you die before making them all up, Allah (swt) knows you had the intention to make them up. always ask Allah (swt) for forgiveness for the prayers you missed and ask Allah (swt) to give you the tawfeeq to make them up while you can. Allah (swt) is Ar Rahman, Ar Rahim, Al Ghaffar, don't forget that.

Ya'qub wrote:
Raaa are u sure you're only 15?

Mature.

Not only 15...15 AND a couple of months. xD

(tnx)

"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi

Noor wrote:
Ya'qub wrote:
Jay K wrote:
Oh right, yeah thanks for that. I'm gonna sound proepr lazy now but is there a prayer I can do just once that makes up for me missing my past prayers? Thing is I haven't prayed most of my life and don't think I'll ever be able to make up for all the prayers I've missed, I know Noor you suggested a prayer but I could do that prayer for the rest of my life and not make up for the prayers I've missed.

Jazak Allah Khair again on any help that can be offered Smile

If you get up for fajr and then after praying (I think it has to be in the mosque but not sure) stay sitting; making du'aa or dhikr or reading qur'an, all the way until the sun rises, then AFTER it rises you get up and pray two rak'at, you get the same reward as if you performed Hajj.

What is the reward for performing Hajj? Forgiveness of all sins.

That is from authentic ahadith.

doesn't cancel out all your qadha salah.

erm... the hadith is clear when it say that the reward is EXACTLY that of performing hajj (although it doesn't take away the obligation to perform hajj in your lifetime). The reward of hajj is forgiveness of ALL sins. Absolute clean slate. Like a newborn baby. That's a big part of the point of it.

But it is of course dependent on if Allah (swt) accepts the prayer (or hajj for that matter) from you or not.

Don't just do something! Stand there.

^doesn't cancel out the missed salah though. yes you are forgiven but that doesn't mean you don't make up your qadha salah/fasts.

@Jay K: re quicker way, i can't find my notes and i can't remember off the top of my head. tbh, it isn't really that short and it gets confusing.

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