Muslim Prayer - How a Muslim Prays to God - Worship in Islam

"How a Muslim prays to God"

 Islam lays great stress upon Divine worship. Indeed it is the purpose of man's creation. The object of worship is to strengthen man's relationship with Allah. 

Allah says in Holy Qur'an:

"Call on Me,  I will respond to you." (40:61) 

In Islam, it is a great sin to worship any other besides Allah. 

Islamic worship may be may be divided into two categories:

1: Formal worship such as Prayer Services, Pilgrimage to the House of Allah, Zak-at and Fasting. 

2: Informal worship such as remembrance of Allah, called "Zikr".

Islam prescribes five daily prayer, called 'Salat' at appointed times. They are as follows: 

  

 

1: Fajr Prayer....At Dawn

2: Zuhr Prayer....At Noon 

3: Asr Prayer....In the Afternoon

4: Maghrib Prayer....After Sunset

5: Isha Prayer....In the Evening

On Fridays there is a special Prayer called 'Salat-ul-Jumma', which is performed in the place of Zuhr Praye. In this Prayer the Imam delivers a sermon before the Prayer. Although a Muslim may say his Prayers anywhere.

Azan  

 Before each Prayer, Azan is called. The one who calls out the Azan is called a 'Muezzin'. He stands on a raised plate form or on a minaret, with his face towards the Kaaba and makes the announcement, the translation of  which is as follows:

"Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest

Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest

I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Allah

I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Allah 

I bear witness that Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) is the Messenger of Allah

I bear witness that Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) is the Messenger of Allah

Come to Prayer, Come to Prayer

Come to success, Come to success

Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest

There is none worthy of  worship save Allah"

Hearing this call a Muslim leaves his work and comes to the mosque. 

Fasting is another  form of worship. A Fast means abstention from drink and food from dawn to sunset for the pleasure of God.

Another form of worship is known as Zakat. It is a compulsory levy imposed on certain types of possessions and wealth The proceeds of Zakat are distributed among the poorer sections of the community.
  

Hajj, or the Pilgrimage to Mecca is another form of Islamic worship. It is obligatory upon all Muslims who can afford the journey to perform Hajj  once in their life-time. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from all parts of the world gather at Mecca to to perform this worship every year, during the prescribed days. 

                

Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) - The First Caliph of Islam

 

"FIRST MAN TO ACCEPT ISLAM"

Hazrat Abu Bakr (The first Muslim Caliph) was a firm friend of  the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) and knew him better than any other man. His honestly, nobility and truthfulness, had great attraction of Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr gets the title of As-Siddiq. 

His conversion brought many people to Islam. Those who converted to Islam at the insistence of Abu Bakr (R.A) were:

: Uthman  Ibn Affan

: Al-Zubair

 : Talha Ibn Ubayd-Allah

: Abdur Rahman bn Awf

: Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas

: Abu Ubaidah ibn-al-Jarrah 

: Abu Salama

: Khalid ibn Sa'id 

: Abu Hudhaifah ibn al-Mughirah  

 

"AS A CALIPH"  

After his election as the Caliph, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq  addressed the Muslim with these words:

"O People! I have been chosen by you as your leader, although I am not better than any of  you. If  I do any wrong, set me right. Listen, truth is honestly untruth is dishonestly. The weak among you are the powerful in my eyes, as long as I do not give them their dues. The powerful among you are weak in my eyes, as long as I do not take away from them what is due to others. 

"Listen carefully, if people give up striving for the Cause of Almighty Allah, He will send down calamities upon them.

"Obey me as long as I obey Allah and His Prophet (P.B.U.H.). If I disobey Allah and His Prophet (P.B.U.H.), you are free to disobey me. "       

 

   

Islamic Calendar - Muslim Lunar Calendar 1435-2015 - Islamic Months

"Islamic Lunar Calendar"

Islamic calendar starts from the month of Muharram and ends up in Zul-Hijjah. 

 Islamic calendar 1435-2015

The months of the  Islamic calendar are as follows:

1:Muharram

2:Saffar

3: Rabbi-ul-Awwal

4:Rabbi-us-Thani

5:Jamada-al-Awwal

6:Jamada-al-Thani

7:Rajjab

8:Sha'ban

9:Ramadan

10:Shawwal

11:Dhu-al-Qidah

12:Dhu-al-Hijjah

 

Jihad - Types of Jihad

"Meaning of Jihad"

Jihad is a religious duty of a Muslim. In Arabic, the word Jihad translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad is struggling or striving in the way or sake of  Allah.

 Jihad takes a very important status in the doctrine of Islam.  A person engaged in Jihad is called Mujahid. Jihad appears 41 times in the Qur'an.

"Narrated Anas bin Malik"

The Prophet (P.B.U.H) said:

"A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah's cause  in the forenoon or in the afternoon is better then the world and whatever is in it."

 

"Forms of Jihad"

Jihad has many forms,

"Jihad of the heart/soul (jihad bin nafs)"

"Jihad against Satan (jihad ash_shaitaan)

"Jihad by the tongue (jihad bil lasan)" 

"Jihad by the sword (jihad bis saif)"

 "Jihad by the pen/knowledge (jihad bil qalam)"

 

"JIHAD OF THE HEART/SOUL" 

Jihad bin nafs is the most important and greatest Jihad in Islam.

Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) said:

"The best Jihad is for one to perform Jihad against his  own self and against his  desires".

Jihad bin nafs means struggling against your own self and desires  and forcing your self to follow the orders of Allah and stay away from what Allah has ordered us to stay away from.

Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) said:

"Jihad against one's own self in the cause of Allah is the  best Jihad"             

"JIHAD AGAINST SATAN"

 Struggling against the Satan means to defend yourself  from his evil whisperings, his doubtful matters  and his temptations. Satan is our big enemy.

Allah says in Qur'an:

"Surely, Shaitan is an enemy to you, So treat his as an enemy." [35:6]

This type of jihad is an obligations for all individual and no one can do it on another one's behalf.  We should understand that Satan's whispering will never go away, and therefor,  we must keep struggling throughout our lives.

Allah says in Qur'an:

"Oh you who believe!  do not follow the steps of shaytan. Whoever follows the footsteps of shaytan. then indeed  he commands Al-fahsha ( indecency etc.) and Al-munkar (evil deeds) . And  had it not been for the grace of Allah and His Mercy upon you, none of you would  be pure from sins. But Allah purifies whom He will, and Allah is Al-Hearer and Al-knower."[ 24:21]

"JIHAD BY THE TONGUE"

Jihad by the tongue is concerned with speaking the truth and spreading the word of Islam with one's tongue.

Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) said:

"Strive in Jihad with your hands, your tongues and your wealth". 

"JIHAD BY THE SWORD"

This form of Jihad is referred as "the lesser Jihad". Jihad of the hand includes struggle by the sword (Jihad bis saif), as when one fights the aggressor who attack you in combative war. This Jihad is not to misuse of arms to create violence. There are only two situations where Jihad by the sword is allowed to be undertaken.

1)For self defense.

2)Fighting against evil and unjust.

 Allah says in holy Qur'an:

"And fight in the way of Allah those who fight you, but transgress not the limits. Truly Allah likes not the transgressors". (Surah Al-Baqarah)     

 

"JIHAD BY THE PEN/KNOWLEDGE"

This form of Jihad involves scholarly research of Islam in aiding the spread and defense of Islam. Messenger of Allah once stated that the ink of a scholar is holier than the blood of a martyr and one who who is reading looks handsome in front of Allah.    

 

"WHAT JIHAD IS NOT" 

  -Jihad is not killing innocent people-

-Jihad is not blowing up one's self-

-Jihad is not fighting out of anger and hatred- 

-Jihad is not killing others just because they don't agree with you-

- Jihad is not killing others just because they are not Muslims-

-Jihad is not flying a plane into a building packed with civilians-

 

 

 

 

How to Convert to Islam - How to Become a Muslim?

 

 

"HOW TO CONVERT TO ISLAM"

 

 Islam is a true 'natural religion'. Converting to Islam is easy. All that a person has to do it to say a sentence called the Testimony of Faith, which is pronounced as:

I testify "La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad u rasoolu Allah." 

These words mean, there is no true god but Allah, and Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) is the messenger of Allah. Once a person says the Testimony of Faith (Shahada) with conviction and understanding it means, then he/she has become a Muslim.

 TO be a Muslim, one should also:

 

"Not worship any thing nor anyone except Allah" 

 

 "Believe in the prophets (specially Muhammad (P.B.U.H) that God sent."

 

"Believe in the books (specially Qur'an) , He revealed."  

 

"Believe in His angels."

 

"Believe that the Judgement Day is true and will come."

 

Allah says in Holy Qur'an: 

 

"The real virtue is this that one has faith in Allah and the Last day and the angels and the Book and the Prophets" (Surah Al-Baqarah)

 

-Be a real Muslim and a good person , follow the Qur'an and  Hadith-

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

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