Qiblah Direction & Prayer Times

Qiblah Direction & Prayer Times

By Crescentrating on from www.crescentrating.com

Crescentrating now brings you a feature which allows you to find the Qiblah direction and prayer times for any Crescentrated Hotel! Are you on vacation and want to know the direction in which you should pray or the accurate times? If you are staying in a Crescentrated Hotel, visit www.crescentrating.com, find the page of the hotel which are you staying in and click on the "Qiblah Direction and Prayer Times" button found on the lower right hand side. Voila! It's as easy as 1, 2, 3... with Cresce
The Importance of Good Manners

The Importance of Good Manners

By SuhaibWebb on from www.suhaibwebb.com

A brother approached me recently looking for advice. He said that he had gone through several phases in his development and in each stage he would add more acts of worship to his daily life. He started by getting his five prayers down, then their sunnahs, then adding the forenoon prayer (ḍuḥā), then trying to [...]
Why do Muslims pray five times daily?

Why do Muslims pray five times daily?

By Saladin on from religion.blogs.cnn.com

Praying five times a day is considered the second most important of Islam’s five pillars, after professing that there is no god worthy of worship but God and that the Prophet Mohammed is God’s messenger.

Each prayer includes a series of movements, supplications, and recitations from the Quran, Islam’s holy book, in its original Arabic.

Muslims consider prayer to be a spiritual and physical act, with various standing, bending, and prostrating postures symbolizing devoti

Muslim Prayer in The Bible?

By uzzie on from www.youtube.com

Examples of prayer in the Old and New Testament that reflect Islamic worship.
How to Taste the Sweetness of Prayer By Jinan Bastaki

How to Taste the Sweetness of Prayer By Jinan Bastaki

By tabish on from www.suhaibwebb.com

The Sweetness of Prayer
The prayer is one of the most beautiful acts of worship. When one does his tasleem* to end the prayer, there is a certain sense of serenity. Ibn Al-Jawzi said about the prayer:
إنا في روضة طعامنا فيها الخشوع و شرابنا فيها الدموع
“We are in a garden, where our food is khushoo’ (devotion), and our drink is the tears that flow.”
Working for a Trash Company Hinders Prayer

Working for a Trash Company Hinders Prayer

By SuhaibWebb on from www.suhaibwebb.com

The Question:
I work for a trash company and by mid-day trash tends to be all over my clothes. I’m not able to change my clothes and observe Dhuhr prayer and was told that I should wait until I go home to pray Dhuhr with `Asr. Another person told me to simply quit my job and look for other work. In today’s world that is simply not an option, as I have children to feed, and cannot risk losing my source of livelihood. What do I do?
Introducing the 'Mosque in a box' for busy Muslims

Introducing the 'Mosque in a box' for busy Muslims

By l0gikal on from www.bbc.co.uk

Muslims in Paris who find themselves too busy to pray have been given a new option, thanks to a Tunisian businessman.

Hassmem Bounachma, who is also the Imam at a large Parisian moque, says his three-panelled "mosque in a box" provides an ideal but convenient place for the kind of contemplation required in prayer.
Ramadan 2010: From Miami to Mecca, how 1.6 billion Muslims celebrate

Ramadan 2010: From Miami to Mecca, how 1.6 billion Muslims celebrate

By altruistic92 on from www.csmonitor.com

Ramadan 2010, USA-style, includes streaming footage of Friday prayer sermons as Muslims seek to counter rising anti-Islamic sentiment. Saudi Arabia unveils a new clock, while Morocco makes do with makeshift tents after 1,256 mosques were closed.

Ramadan 2010 USA started Wednesday as Muslims from Miami to Mecca began the month-long fast to mark what they believe was Allah's revelation of the Koran 14 centuries ago. This is the first time in nearly 30 years that Ramadan, whose timing depends on the lunar calendar, has corresponded with the hot summer months of the Gregorian calendar.

In addition to the heat, Muslims – who now comprise roughly a quarter of humanity – face unique challenges and perks depending on whether they’re celebrating in America, Arab countries, or as far north as the Arctic Circle.
Indonesian Muslims 'praying in wrong direction'

Indonesian Muslims 'praying in wrong direction'

By l0gikal on from www.cnn.com

Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction, the country's highest Islamic authority has said.
The Secret of Prayer: Sujood

The Secret of Prayer: Sujood

By SuhaibWebb on from www.suhaibwebb.com

Ibn Al-Qayyim described the sujood as the secret of prayer, the greatest pillar, and the seal of the rukoo’. He said all the other actions we did before it were just preludes.

We should step back and reflect: what do we feel when we go into sujood?

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