Saturday 26 Nov 2016
Today we covered the following:
- Recap: Conditions of the prayer:
- 1-Time of Prayer must be in
- 2-The Awrah must be covered
- 3-Must be free from impurity (yourself, your clothes, prayer area)
- Fourth Condition: Facing the Qiblah when praying
- The Qiblah is the Ka’bah
- Meaning of the word “Qiblah” in Arabic
- what Allah said concerning the Qiblah as evidence of the obligation
- Three scenarios:
- If you can see the ka’bah it is obligatory to fully and directly face it when praying
- What to do if you are near the ka’bah but cannot see the it ?
- What to do if you are far away from the ka’bah ?
- What to do if in doubt about the direction?
- Who is excused from facing the Qiblah?
- Facing the Qiblah during a journey (eg flight)
- Methods for working out the Qiblah:
- Word of mouth
- Direction of the Mihrab
- The Sun’s direction
- Using the stars
- Landmarks (eg road directions)
- The Fifth Condition: The Niyyah (Intention)
- Intention is required for acts of worship
- Intention is in the heart, not upon the tongue (i.e. not said out loud)
- The Messenger of Allah never used to say the intention out loud
- The famous hadith “Indeed, Actions are by intentions” [Bukhari]
- When to say the intention?
- You MUST remain upon the intention throughout the prayer
- What happens if you make the wrong intention?
- Can you change the intention of obligatory prayer to an optional prayer?
- Can you do the opposite?
- Innovations (Bidah) in the Intention:
- Saying the intention out loud
- Exaggerating the Intention (e.g. “I make intention to pray dhur, which is 4 rakats, for the sake of Allah, behind this imam…”)
- Our religion is NOT based on what people spread, but rather based on Evidence:
- We must follow the what Allah said (quran)
- What the messenger said and did (ahadith)
- We must follow the sahabah in how they practised their religion
- Rectifying the affair of the Muslims
- Stick to the Quran & Sunnah
- Follow the sahabah in how they implemented the deen
- Avoid innovations in the religion (bidah)
- Explaining the misunderstanding some Muslims have about what Imam Shafi’i said regarding saying the Prayer out loud