The Salaada Diary

[Cumar-Labasuul]

I know there is no excuse for Salah but i don't mean no offense when i say that observing Salah in a city like london is ten times harder when your observing it in a muslim country, when i was in either hargeisa or uae i hardly missed one salah because the enviroment and the atmosphere was just islam, i wouldn't hesitate to make hijra from london.

1000% agree and also i guess, inad naka ajir badan tiheen. cause strugle, better results inshallah.

I disagree hyper, when I went to somalia subxaanalaah I used to miss most prayers xita masaajidku laba talaabo ayuu ii jiray. however here I pray all prayers not always on time but as much as i can and there are two masjids next to my house. I used to pray there every salah there when I was working like on off days but now i'm getting lazy.

[Hyperactive]

left, rabi yaqaweek. ameen.

cumar, i just say, maybe when you struggle on something you get more satisfaction. it depends, getting use to it too. at least in my case isnt all about being strong in iman. i get times, many times, i struggle and feel iman decreasing but still not a question to miss a salat. cause i hear athan from my bed and also iqaama too. so it's easy to not get lazy.

also your all classes are before or after salat and even exam you can excuse to pray jama'ah.

[Leftist]

^^ aamin, dhamaanteena.

Day 6, Khamiis, 12-13-12

Fajr: Done, on time.
Duhur: Combined
Asar: Combined
Maghrib: Combined
Isha: Combined

Today was one those day when you just have to combine salawaat-ka. Was working from 7 to 7 non-stop. Could I have sneaked out and made my salahs? Yes, but it would've been hurried and iga-tuur camal. So I decided to wait till I got home to pray all 4 calaa raaxaati. I wonder what the fiqh ruling is on this. I've heard one (seemingly) authentic account that says Nabiga once combined Maghrib & Isha without a compelling reason. Shaykh Hyper? Others? Any input on this issue?

[Leftist]

Day 7, Jimco, 12-14-12

Fajr: Completely exhausted so forgot to set alarm clock, ended up waking at 10am. Prayed then.
Duhur: Combined
Asar: Combined
Maghrib: Combined
Isha: Combined

Yup, another one of those combined days. I maybe could've sneaked in salaada, but it would have been a jumbled mess. Don't like making salah under those circumstances. Hope the combining is A-OK according to the sharc.

[Leftist]

Day 8, Sabti, 12-15-12

Fajr: Done, on time
Duhur: Combined
Asar:Combined
Maghrib: Combined
Isha: Combined

[CilmiDoone]

Good luck bro, at least your trying

[Enlightened~Sista]

Day 7, Jimco, 12-14-12

Fajr: Completely exhausted so forgot to set alarm clock, ended up waking at 10am. Prayed then.
Duhur: Combined
Asar: Combined
Maghrib: Combined
Isha: Combined

Yup, another one of those combined days. I maybe could've sneaked in salaada, but it would have been a jumbled mess. Don't like making salah under those circumstances. Hope the combining is A-OK according to the sharc.

That is what I plan to do; it is much better than missing them. I've seen ahadith where the Prophet {p.b.u.h} combined the prayers even though he wasn't travelling.

[Cumar-Labasuul]

Leftist, just some brotherly advice, do not take the salah lightly subxanallah nabigeena (SCW) wuxu nagu yidhi: salaada waa in saacadeeda la tukado waliba salaatul fajr iyo maqribka waayo labadaa salaadood waxay ku xidhanyihiin sunrise iyo sunset marka si dhakhso badan bay u tagaan. Me myself I find salaatul cisha hardest to pray on time.
Can you imagine if you had a meeting with your manager/teacher at a fixed time, I can guarantee you wouldn't be late, me also, and during the meeting you would be attentive. Now, think of the prayers like a meeting with our creator/sustainer Allaah (cazza wa jal) the Lord of All creations and yet we are late for the meeting even missing it all together sometimes and during the meeting we are not attentive. Subxaanallaah, may Allaah guide us onto the straight path and strengthen our iimaan.

[DisplacedDiraac]

dadba saladooda wajika loka so tora. Subhallah. Allahuma najina.

What does this mean?

I still remember the day I started praying all my salaats.. I was at an Islamic conference and the Sheikh said something along the lines of.. Iblees was outcasted for not bowing down to Prophet Adam *who's a human* he didn't refuse to bow down to Allah.. But if we don't pray or miss prayers we are refusing to bow down to Allah.. When he said this.. I had this strange fear deep in my soul.. Never felt anything like it..

Anyway, OP May Allah make the salaat and the deen easy for you and us.. Ameen!

[Leftist]

^^ Aamiin. I think Shaykh Hyper is referring to some people's salah not being accepted by Ilaahay because of how hastily they perform their prayers.

Cumar & Cilmi, Thanks broskis. We often neglect salahs not just out of laziness but out of, well, neglect. Marka waa muhiim in la isxasuusiyo ahamiyada salaada ey leedahay.

That said, say you have two choices:

1-Pray salah on time but with no kushooc, zero presence of mind, and with a million thoughts going thru your head "Tamn, I'm missing a crucial finals review, better hurry my salah up" or " What if someone peeks in this room and freaks out" or

2- Wait till you get home, sometimes hours later, markaas tartiibtaa uu tuko.

Which choice is better? Before you answer, take a look at this:

It may be possible to find evidence for the Ḥanbalī scholars (who are the most lenient of the maḍ’habs in regards the joining of prayers) in the ḥadīṭh of Imām Muslim and others, on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbās (raḍhiyallāhu ‘anhu), who said:

The Messenger of Allah (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam) joined the Ḍhuhr and ‘Asr prayers together, and the Maghrib and ‘Ishā prayer together in Madīnah without reason of fear or rain. Ibn ‘Abbās was asked, “Why did he do this?” He responded. “He wished not to place hardship on his Ummah.”[10

Imām Muslim[20] narrated that one day Ibn ‘Abbās gave a sermon after ‘Asr until the sun set and the stars started to appear. People started to exclaim, “The prayer! The prayer!” (meaning the Maghrib prayer). A man from the tribe of Banū Tamīm, unwavering and undeterred exclaimed, “The prayer! The prayer!” Ibn ‘Abbās said, “Are you teaching me the Sunnah?! May you not have a mother! I saw the Messenger of Allah (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam) combine the Ḍhuhr and ‘Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and ‘Ishā prayers together [respectively]” He (the narrator) said, “This troubled me, so I went to Abū Hurairah and asked him, and he reaffirmed this.”

http://islamicstudies.islammessage.com/ ... px?aid=111

Without a question, it's better to perform salah on time, but when circumstances(non-muslim countries, no masjid nearby, at work/school, etc) intrude, do you "force hardship on yourself" and insist on praying regardless of any other factor, or do you have a legitimate reason to wait till you get home to pray in peace?

[Leftist]

Day 9, Axad, 12-16-12

Fajr: Woke up on the first alarm ring, should've taken the second step: get out bed. Didn't. Stayed there summoning up the willpower to get up. Didn't. Went back to sleep Woke up at 9 am, prayed then.

Duhur: Combined
Asar: Combined
Maghrib: Combined
Isha: Combined

[DisplacedDiraac]

This might sound like a really silly question.. But why do some of you 'combine' your salaats?

Don't you have time/space to pray @ work/school?..

[Colonel]

^^ Aamiin. I think Shaykh Hyper is referring to some people's salah not being accepted by Ilaahay because of how hastily they perform their prayers.

Cumar & Cilmi, Thanks broskis. We often neglect salahs not just out of laziness but out of, well, neglect. Marka waa muhiim in la isxasuusiyo ahamiyada salaada ey leedahay.

That said, say you have two choices:

1-Pray salah on time but with no kushooc, zero presence of mind, and with a million thoughts going thru your head "Tamn, I'm missing a crucial finals review, better hurry my salah up" or " What if someone peeks in this room and freaks out" or

2- Wait till you get home, sometimes hours later, markaas tartiibtaa uu tuko.

Which choice is better? Before you answer, take a look at this:

It may be possible to find evidence for the Ḥanbalī scholars (who are the most lenient of the maḍ’habs in regards the joining of prayers) in the ḥadīṭh of Imām Muslim and others, on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbās (raḍhiyallāhu ‘anhu), who said:

The Messenger of Allah (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam) joined the Ḍhuhr and ‘Asr prayers together, and the Maghrib and ‘Ishā prayer together in Madīnah without reason of fear or rain. Ibn ‘Abbās was asked, “Why did he do this?” He responded. “He wished not to place hardship on his Ummah.”[10

Imām Muslim[20] narrated that one day Ibn ‘Abbās gave a sermon after ‘Asr until the sun set and the stars started to appear. People started to exclaim, “The prayer! The prayer!” (meaning the Maghrib prayer). A man from the tribe of Banū Tamīm, unwavering and undeterred exclaimed, “The prayer! The prayer!” Ibn ‘Abbās said, “Are you teaching me the Sunnah?! May you not have a mother! I saw the Messenger of Allah (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wasallam) combine the Ḍhuhr and ‘Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and ‘Ishā prayers together [respectively]” He (the narrator) said, “This troubled me, so I went to Abū Hurairah and asked him, and he reaffirmed this.”

http://islamicstudies.islammessage.com/ ... px?aid=111

Without a question, it's better to perform salah on time, but when circumstances(non-muslim countries, no masjid nearby, at work/school, etc) intrude, do you "force hardship on yourself" and insist on praying regardless of any other factor, or do you have a legitimate reason to wait till you get home to pray in peace?

Wasn't aware of this, for posting.

[Hyperactive]

left, do you sleep late or work until late at night?

[Adali]

This might sound like a really silly question.. But why do some of you 'combine' your salaats?

Don't you have time/space to pray @ work/school?..

travels !

some people travel really far to work or study, so sometimes they end up having to combine salaats.