Some basic Islamic questions that i need answers of!
Posted by Khushal Khan on May 27th, 2007 in Personal
I think its not bad asking about Islam, i hope many Muslims “Good Ones” would come and read my blog, and make a comment. I’ve been a good and a bad Muslim from time to time but these days i am in the best shape of my Muslim being while i pray 5 times a day regularly with a cellphone always ON with a reminder of Namaz in it. While i offer prayers there are a few general questions that come to my mind but i need some experts and literate and knowledge(d) person replies and thoughts on them!
- I am late at times specially in the Isha prayers which i offer at usually after 12 PM and before 2:30 PM , Question is, is it Sin? or is this time not suitable for Isha prayers?
- I wear three quarters or Jeans when i am offering my salaat, i would love to know whether such a dress is acceptable in Islam?
- I often have t-shirts with strange images, designs, comments that are a bit weird but mostly not, is that acceptable?
- While i am offering my prayers my mind is constantly circulating in other things such as who was i chatting to a minute ago, how did the classes go, how was the uni today etc and stuff, the question is how do i overcome this?
- My room has huge posters, 3 of them , which has nearly covered the entire room’s walls, if i want to offer namaz here without having the Jaye Namaz in its direction,can i offer prayers in such a room?
I think i have many many more questions but these are the few of the very basic questions that are in my mind and i really need to find there answer from some great Islamic person. I will post the other questions with times as they come into my mind, and if i get the answers, will also publish them here!
Lets see how Islamic we bloggers are!
May 27th, 2007 at 5:31 am
aoa, All these questions have very specific and clear answers from sharia but you should ask proper aalim for that.
Believe me this is the right thing to do.
bro
aijaz
May 27th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Brother aijaz is right .. I don't think internet is a reliable way of learning Islam. You should always consult your trusted scholar of Islam who can satisfy you.
From what I know .. you can offer Isha prayer before the time of tahajjud starts .. but it's always better to offer prayers on time. Through several experiences of my life, I've come to conclude that when we get late for prayer, it's only our laziness hindering us.
T-Shirts are acceptable without images of live creatures.
Lurking thoughts in prayers are not bad untill they are self forced. Try to avoid void thoughts and concentrate on whom you are praying for.
Prayer can be offered on any paak place.
And I don't think if it is acceptable to pray infront of a picture(pic of a live creature).
Last of all, please get your questions answered from your trusted scholar and share the answers with us, the readers. I'll be waiting eagerly for the answers.
May 28th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Bhai Jaan
before giving you answers i would like to share you one thing it maybe little controversial but it worked for me BUT its risky and all sin if you get will be on you not me in Roz-e-Mehshar but if you get sawab then i'll share it
i got same kind of problems few years back, i call it 'CONFUSION' actually this is result of ill education we are not taught properly about the theme of Islam and who has responsibility to teach it ? parents or molvee saab? both are ill today.
to solve this problem i left offering namaz while i very well knew that its FARZ but i kept on killing them just to put daily shame in my soul based on reason that at last why i am not giving my namaz PRIORITY over everything ???? and kept on killing them and concentrating solely on soul and putting daily shame in myself.
i did it to attain CONCENTRATION yes concentration because we muslims lack it big time. we are not enjoying world freely as non-believers but not loyal with our religion too. we are hanging in between and result is very clear that all muslim nations are way behind all non-believing nations and the difference will increase too.
brother once you'll think that REGRET is enough in your souls about killings of your namaz just because of non CONCENTRATION i hope and pray that you'll find the solution yes the solution is concentrating on your souls and giving priority to your creator.
sorry if it sounds bad.
Once again i'll say its controversial approach and you may get SIN of it and i am not responsible.
Allah Hafiz.
May 29th, 2007 at 3:08 am
Thanks for the comments Aijaz and Sanix.
As far as Musharraf you are concerned , believe me i did not get a single word of what you are trying to convey to me, i agree i have problems in concentration while offering Namaz but i think its atleast more advisable to pray than not to pray because your parents and mullas of today are ill. At least you are trying yourself and its all upto ALLAH (S.W.T) to bless me or not to.
Hope it gets things clear, and u can always comment further!
June 14th, 2007 at 10:03 am
room wit posters in it whether you r facing it or behind ur prayers are not valid...
And the isha prayers can be done till the azan of the morning prayers but in conditions if u forgot it and not on purpose or as a habit...