Saturday 21 Jan 2017
Today we covered: What is Disliked during the Prayer
- To move around and fidget (e.g. Head, upper body)
- The Hadith of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم that fidgeting is something by which shaitan takes away some of the reward of your prayer
- Exceptions to the above due to necessities
- picking up a small baby
- moving away from danger
- What happens to the one who moves his whole body with no justification
- Looking around is disliked
- the statement of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم rebuking the ones who look around or look up during the prayer
- It is also disliked to close your eyes when Praying
- Possible exceptions to the above
- To lean on something whilst Praying
- To flatten your arms on the ground when prostrating
- the statement of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to balance your position in your prostration and do not flatten arms like a dog
- It is disliked to play around during the prayer
- To pray in a place that has pictures is disliked
- This resembles the worship of idols
- It is disliked to pray whilst being distracted
- If you are in need to answer the call of nature
- Extreme cold
- Hunger
- It is disliked to pray whilst desiring to eat some food which has been prepared
- However, if prayer time is about to lapse, then pray
- What to do in Ramadhan
- All the above is disliked as it reduces the concentration and focus you have during your prayer
- It is also disliked to prostrate only on your forehead only as it resembles the shia
- It is disliked to wipe one’s forehead, nose etc if there was any earth on it from prostration
- To wipe your beard, nose, or fidgeting with your garment unnecessarily
- what about needing to blow nose or if one has a nose bleed?
- what about if you have an itch?
- It is required of a Muslim to focus fully during your prayer
- Shaykh Utheymeen: “Dont Just pray with your body, pray with your body and your heart”
- What about Mobile phones in the Prayer?
Then we covered the start of the section: What is Liked during the Prayer
- To have a Sutra
- stopping anyone who wishes to walk in between you and your sutra
- What happens to the sutra if praying behind an imam
- Moving to get closer to your sutra
- Making someone else a sutra
- What is required of a sutra
- Q&A
- reciting quran surah after fatiha in 3rd and 4th rakah
- Are pictures and photos permissible?
- Straightening the rows
- What to do if iqama is being made and you are praying sunnah