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about the man who prayed badly

A man once entered the masjid while the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) was sitting amongst his Companions. So he offered his prayer, made the tasleem, then greeted the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam). The Prophet returned his greeting and said to him: “Go back and pray for you have not prayed.” He (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) did not teach him right away. Instead he told him: “Go back and pray for you have not prayed.”

This is since it is possible that the man knew (how to pray properly) but hastened and left off (those pillars) for some reason, as is the case with many of the people who rush through prayer. So the man went back and prayed just as he did the first time. Then he came back and greeted the Prophet. The Prophet returned his greeting and said to him: “Go back and pray for you have not prayed.”

So the man went back and prayed just as he did the first time. He then returned a third time and greeted the Prophet. The Prophet told him again after returning his greeting: “Go back and pray for you have not prayed.”

This is the point where the man declared his ignorance, saying: “By the One who sent you with the truth, I can’t do any better than this.” Meaning: “This is all that I know. I don’t know any other way to pray.”

This was after the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) made this man devote special attention to his prayer by making him repeat it several times and after he confirmed that the man didn’t know any other way to pray and that he only prayed badly due to ignorance. This repetition on the part of the man kindled his interest and made him ready to receive (knowledge of the correct way). Had the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) taught him upon the first instance, the man would not have given it that much attention nor would he have accepted it in the same manner.

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1. Facing the ka'abah

We dont just face anywhere while performing salaah. we face the qiblah and that is the kaabah(in makkah). The following are ahadith as proofs for this.

*When the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) stood for prayer, he would face the Ka'bah in both obligatory and voluntary prayers, and he (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) ordered that, saying to the "one who prayed badly" : When you stand for prayer, perform ablution prefectly, then face the qiblah and say takbeer.(In d next post IA, I'll post the story of the man who prayed badly as we would continue to make reference to him as we continue)

*During a journey, he (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) would pray voluntary prayers and witr on his mount, wherever it faced carrying him [east or west]." The saying of Allaah, the Exalted, "Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allaah" (Baqarah, 2:115) applies to this.

"[Sometimes] when he intended to pray non-obligatory prayers on his she-camel, he would make it face the qiblah, say takbeer, and pray towards wherever his mount turned its face." "He would make rukoo' and sajdah on his mount by lowering his head, making the sajdah lower than the rukoo'."When he intended to pray obligatory prayers, he would dismount and face the qiblah.

"In prayer during severe fear, he (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) set the example for his ummah to pray"on foot, standing on their feet, or mounted; facing the qiblah or not facing it", and he also said, When they (the armies) meet, then it (i.e. the prayer) is takbeer and indication with the head.

He (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) also used to say: What is between the east and the west is qiblah.

Jaabir (radiallaahu 'anhu) said:
"Once, when we were with the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) on an expedition, the sky was cloudy, so we tried to find the Qibla but we differed, so each one of us prayed in a different direction, and each of us drew marks in front of him in order to mark our positions. In the
morning, we looked at it and found that we had not prayed towards the Qiblah. So we mentioned this to the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) [but he did not order us to repeat (the prayer)] and he said: Your prayer was sufficient."

Note- from the above, it is clear that to face the Qiblah is one important part of salaat but in certain circumstances, it may be overlooked and such are-
a. during a journey(and this applies to involuntary prayers)- u start by facing the direction of the qiblah though and thereafter, it would not matter where your mount faced. It could be a car. you could even be on air.

b. during fear.

c. when you are at a place where you are not sure of the direction of the qiblah

Below is an hadith explaining how the ka'bah became the qiblah. the Muslims used to pray towards al-muqaddas.

"He (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) used to pray towards Bait al-Muqaddas [with the Ka'bah in front of him] before the following verse was revealed: "We see the turning of your faces to the heavens;now shall we turn you to a Qiblah that shall please you: turn then your faces in the direction of the Sacred Mosque" (Baqarah 2:144). When it was revealed he faced the Ka'bah. There were people at Qubaa' praying Fajr when someone came to them and said, 'Verily the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) has had some of the Qur'aan revealed to him last night and he has
been ordered to face the Ka'bah, [verily] so face it'. Their faces were towards Shaam, so they turned round [and their Imaam turned round to face the qiblah along with them].

Now, we can discuss whatever is not clear from the above before moving on to d next step  

purity
we arent going to be talking about this. If anyone wants to know more/tell us about that, they can open another thread. Here, we are assuming the purity(which is a condition for salat) is not an issue. Ablution is performed, proper clothing on,place of salaat reached.

toba:
SMSH. do u know it cost a fortune to get that flower for u yet u didnt appreciate?

is d fortune blind to beauty?

I know u hate me but i've just confirmed the extent of hatred

hate u ke? dat was to be some kind of souvenir naow

My hrt cant be broken twice. She already surprised me months ago. So i dey kampe

hahaha! once broken, twice shy

IbroSaunks:
deols!! You want to break egbon tobas heart, i will not allow ohh

he has a heart?

have u created the solah thread?

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-836271.0.html

Salam alaykum.

Prophet Muhammad (SallAllah-u-Alaihi-wa-Sallam) said: The difference between us and them (Kuffar/Non-Muslims) is that of salaah so whoever abandons salaah certainly commits kufr.

The above shows how important salaat is. it is the most important act of worship in Islam. Doing it right is therefore imperative. Hopefully, this would be a very interactive thread where we can all learn to perform our salaat perfectly.

It is Important to note that there is no difference in the manner of performance between a man and a woman as the prophet said- 'Pray as you see me pray''

To make it easy, we are going to be making use of a guide, a book, sifatusSolaatunNabiy by sheikh al banna. this has d advantage of making it easy for us all to follow. u can get d soft copy here- http://www.islamhouse.com/p/306370


SO, lets get it started!!!!!!!!!!!

hehehe! wat is happening here?

[quote author=tpia@ link=topic=835824.msg9871478#msg9871478 date=1325357358]it has to be reported by valid newspapers, thank you!!!

the op or a concerned citizen should send them the photos and tell them where to go.[/quote]accept u'r wrong or better, not reply and move on!

maclatunji:
Ok, I missed the party. Deols, your food offering is too much! Even if I don't post, you guys are not far from my thoughts. I am just very busy in the real world.

dats d reason 4 d buffet. So u culd serve yurself.

IbroSaunks:
deols u want another hot pot cover to fall on tobas leg shey? Last time it was the cover, this time i pray it's not the pot of stew ohh

dat wld b nice nah. dat way, he'll neva forget deols not evn Esther wld b able to erase dat memory

wat is ds ugly thn

frosbel:
My concern now is all that food you posted in the ISLAM section.

Can you ship some to me, I will pay anything to lay my teeth into those gorgeous meals   

you are always welcome

water!!!!

orange juice- how exactly d'u want it

take this soya milk first. It has enough fibres to aid digestion

you can read it again. others can get it too. will open it tomorrow IA. I need to go now.

congrats Gbawe.

congrats Jo. frosbel must av learnt a thing or two, I'd want.

IbroSaunks:
ahan! i know i'm a pikin, but ayam not a small pikin oh, nooo, rara  

I actually admire the medical trade. My sister is a doctor herself. The way she studies, omg, there was one time she was doing her "primaries", it was all she did. And saving lives, fantastic! Some things she had to get used to too, like all the gory stuff, and losing patients.  I respect all of it, in fact i almost did medicine because of her. Do your exams happily, its worth the time  

oh!I know u'r no small pikin o. Said dat in reference to one of ur posts where u claimed to be a pikin. meant it as a joke. And thanks for d encouragement.

I want to start a thread on salat and thank God u said u'v read sifatusSolaatunNabiy. Hopefully, it wld be as interactive as ds.

@everyone, I hope u'd make it worthwhile!

enoff cake to go around too. 

for those coming late, here's buffet

thanks Bhus, so wats gonna be happening now

meat pie as take away.

Ibrosaunks, not to worry antacid included.

mukina2:
wey my own?

i thought u prolly dont eat amala (or do u?) SO I kept these for u. lemme know d one u choose  

bhusayor:
*peeps from kitchen-yawns*

Laughing out soo loud @ayala, I'm a proper Ibadan girl so I don't joke with AMALA- @jaybee, take note of the spelling,

Can see everyone is having fun, but, olawale, haba, don't overwork your body na, y gbawe's parry again??

Ehmmmmmmmmm, excuse me deols, u mind getting flagyl and tetracycline for your guests?, alajeranju plenty for their midst, enjoy y'all!!

no probs, dat shld be in d take away. hopefully they'll start needing it only after they get home. not here, nt now.

well done deary. o ku ise lataaro, lol

thnk God u came b4 We finished. na dessert remain

IbroSaunks:
amala yii dun, o ti poju!! oya, e gbe maltino tutu wa  

ayaf finished it, ice cream time  

hope u didnt take d one wv fork. dat wldnt b omo oyo ish

jay bee:
Errrr errrrm can we celebrate with anything order than Ayala pls
You have to accommodate us all

choose from below. only one pls

served. carry a plate. one per person. . lol

hmmn

Jarus:
thank you jare ganiyah.
they have forgotten that deola is from ibadan - the amala capital of africa

haha! yes o! and we make it best, no doubt! but Muki's  partying wv us, wld she b able to chop dat?   i wldn want her left out o

IbroSaunks:
Thats Bhusayors muslim name? awwww  

I'm from Oyo too. I can eat Amala oh, but not for parry wa  

no problem. amala as d main course. ice cream as dessert. brb

toba, u gv me laffs all d time.

anyone can add d word scholar to d beginning of their name. Doesnt make dem d voice for Muslims. that guy is misguided. such pple make deductive reasonings(like u want it called) that are not in sync wv d teachings of Islam. Do not be surprised when you read an article from him tomorrow telling u a woman can be the head in her home. May God save us from such misguidance.

meat pile pie ke? no oo. u rememba I made it clear ayam d paki type. .lol So I go wv Bhus's suggestion.

the ice cream can be bought!

no o.I want it home made