Short Answer: Five times a day a Muslim seeks refuge in prayer and his heart finds inner peace. When a Muslim is faced with any difficulty, he resorts to prayer. When a Muslim starts the prayer, he is engaged in an intimate conversation with Allah. _____________________________________ Salam Dear Reader,  Thank you very much for your question which shows …

Short Answer: As for closing your eyes during prayer, scholars view that it is disliked to close the eyes during prayer EXCEPT if is done to maintain focus and avoid distraction. Imam al-`Izz ibn `Abd al-Salam said that it is permissible to close the eyes when necessary, if that helps the worshipper to focus more fully on …

Short Answer:  For Muslims, praying is not a regulation. It is a gift. Prayer is not an escape from reality. It is an escape to reality. In prayer we can put all things in perspective and see what is really important in life. It reminds us that all things come from Allah and that it …

Salam Dear Lora, Thank you for your question and for contacting Ask About Islam. As for the first part of the question, namely how you should make up for lost prayers, see this post from our Ask the Scholar section. Moving to the rest of your question, you need to know that all the rites of …

Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. In this fatwa: 1- Some scholars maintain that the one who missed prayers for many years may count the missed prayers and make …

I am a Muslim man. Am I allowed to marry a Muslim girl who does not pray five times a day but wears hijab and she is of a good character?

Short Answer: Yes, there are different types of prayer. Dua is supplication, which can be described as intimate conversation with God any time, day or night, in any language. Then there is salah, which is a ritualistic sort of prayer to be performed five times a day, and in Arabic, for the sake of uniformity among Muslims. But …

What is the ruling concerning delaying the Isha Prayer to a late time?

Short Answer: “That “hadith” is fabricated, meaning we have no proof that Prophet Muhammad ever said such a thing… If Allah would base His sustenance on belief and disbelief then He would simply withhold water from disbelievers… The more we have, the greater the responsibility; therefore, the greater the accountability will be… If people in a certain area …

Salam Dear Aamir, Thank you for your question and for contacting Ask About Islam. All People Were Taught to Pray It is evident from the Quran that all the communities that existed before the arrival of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) were taught by their respective prophets to regularly pray to Allah Almighty alone. …