Missing Salaat

Sister, there is no excuse to miss a salaat (except our own death!). There is nothing to do if we know that we are going to miss our salaat. We pray or we miss.

I know you don't want personal opinions but i will suggest one thing;
We can pray when we are outside. We can use the baby changing rooms to pray while we are in mall or in cinema.. You can carry a compass and praying rug. These will help you inshallah.



Edited by Henna

Dear sister,
there is no advance pray. You are very right to become skeptical:)
One of the obligation of salah is the exact time. We should pray in the exact time. But of course, if we miss the salah we should pray it later. 

Actually i can't say anything about stall. Because i didn't understand exactly:) Is there any toilet in stall? (I think yes:))
As i know, we can't pray in toilets. But i am not sure about walls, maybe it's permissible in this condition.. I hope another sister or brother can answer this question.

And finally, i am very happy that you came to Islam:) Wellcome sister:)

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM

 

Sister Farrah, below are the Islamically correct guidelines for prayer times for performing salat. 

 

Fajr is to be preformed between the time of the very beginning of dawn and sunrise.

 

Dhuhr is to be preformed between the time of the declining of the sun and time for Asr

 

Asr is to be performed between the time when the shadow of an object is equivalent to its height (Hanafi method is twice the length) until just before sunset (right before time for Maghrib).

 

Maghrib is to be preformed between the time right after sunset and the disappearance of the twilight (right before time for performing Isha).

 

Isha is to be performed between the times after the disappearance of the twilight until midnight.

 

Given these Islamically sound guidelines, you should be able to have time to have lunch and catch a movie with your sister.  If you can find a place to pray Dhuhr right before Asr and then make Asr right when it is permissible (which would be right afterward), you could then make Maghrib right before Isha time which would give you and your sister a good 8 hours together between the time you performed Afjar and need to make Dhuhr and then a good 3.5 hours after making Asr and time to make Maghrib.  I don�t know how far you live from where you would be having lunch and going to a movie; however, Inshallah you could inform you sister of how you will be making salat in order to be able to spend the maximum amount of time doing the things she wants to do with you and she would not mind if the two of you return to your home for you to perform Dhuhr and Asr before you head back out for a movie if you were unable to catch one before that time.  I don�t know what day she is coming, where you live or what movie you are considering so I can�t help with coordinating that part, but Inshallah it will all work out fine.

 

I will give you an example.  Here I can do Fajr at 6:28 a.m. and then do Dhuhr at 2:45 p.m. (this gives me enough time to complete Dhuhr before time for Asr) with Asr right after at 3:06 p.m.  That gives me 8 hours between Ajar and Dhuhr.  If I wait to do Maghrib right before time to do Isha, which would require me to pray Maghrib by 6:36 p.m., I would have another 3.5 hours between prayers.  I hope that makes sense to you.  I am using my on-line Islamic Finder for the times for praying today to do this calculation.  So, you will need to do the same to calculate the time you till have between prayers and to say your prayers within the permissible times.  If you don't have one you can download one free at the following link.

 

www.islamicFinder.org

 

 

I know that some may say that one should not do this to make room for a movie; however, 1.) you would be praying within the times permissible for praying salat, and 2.) it is not the issue of seeing a movie but rather making time for family that is being considered, and according to Islam, keeping good family ties is important.  It is not good to make you sister anger over this issue when the times allowed for making salat allow for you to spend time with her and to leave her feeling happy about your family ties.

 

I am a relatively new Muslimah with non-Muslim family so I understand your situation.  Jazak Allah Khair for embracing Islam and welcome to IC.

 

ALLAH HAFIZ

Sister Khadija

Auzubillahi minash shaitan ir rajeem,

Bismillah ir rahman ir rahim,

Assalamualaikum sister Farrah,

Welcome to this little e-community.

Masah allah you are making sincere efforts to remain steadfast on His deen, May you rewards for all you good intentions, your efforts and the deeds, insha allah, Ameen.

Alhamdulillah you have got your answers. Just as a suggestion I would say, if you fear missing your salaat while you are watching the movie, you may consider stepping out of the movie hall for 5-7 minutes to offer your salat, then join the party.

Where there is a will there is a way sister. I have prayed on a picnic spot, in Malls, behind our parked car, in a train, in an airplane. On a particular job I have also prayed on the landing of a staircase because this staircase was on the rear end of the building, thus very much less in use, while rest of the place used to be too busy.

May allah give us hidaya to offer our salaat with khushoo, and may He accept all our worshipful obedience, Ameen.

Maa salaama,

Nausheen

Edited by Nausheen