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Ayesha Mujahida

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As'salamu Aleikum,

I'm new here, a multi-religious person trying to get back into Islam. (Actually I was a Muslim before.) I am 31 years old, on disability and just got a new apartment so now I can practice my spirituality freely.

I am having the hardest in the prayers as I don't speak Arabic and I am hard of hearing so I can't hear it pronounced correctly.

Also, can I say the prayers in English before I learn them in Arabic? I want to know what I am saying when I am praying.

Thanks,

Karla M. (Ayesha)
 

Ayesha Mujahida

New Member
Also wanted to add, is there any sites that donate used Muslim clothing and hijabs? I would like to start dressing according to God's commands since it is one of the many things that I can do right now.
 

K-A-K

Junior Member
Salam sister, welcome to this place. i am pretty much new here myself. just a couple of days old actually and i too am trying my best to settle into islam. :) i hope that you make it to your ambitions inshAllah. and well as an answer to your question.. i dont know. arabic isnt really my mother tongue but we`ve been made to learn our salah and all in arabic without even explaining the deeper meaning. but now AlhamduLillah i know the meaning.. and on a side note, it wouldnt take you long to learn the salah in arabic. inshAllah. for some reason , we can just learn it so quickly. so best wishes for that... mashAllah.

and i hope that Allah SWT nullifies your difficulties and hurdles. and i pray that you achieve the spirituality that you`re trying to attain, ameen. if you live in Canada, i can help you inshAllah
 

Ayesha Mujahida

New Member
Salam sister, welcome to this place. i am pretty much new here myself. just a couple of days old actually and i too am trying my best to settle into islam. :) i hope that you make it to your ambitions inshAllah. and well as an answer to your question.. i dont know. arabic isnt really my mother tongue but we`ve been made to learn our salah and all in arabic without even explaining the deeper meaning. but now AlhamduLillah i know the meaning.. and on a side note, it wouldnt take you long to learn the salah in arabic. inshAllah. for some reason , we can just learn it so quickly. so best wishes for that... mashAllah.

and i hope that Allah SWT nullifies your difficulties and hurdles. and i pray that you achieve the spirituality that you`re trying to attain, ameen. if you live in Canada, i can help you inshAllah

Thanks, I have been doing the prayers, or rather the ones at night because I have an opposite sleep schedule than everyone else. But I have been doing them in English and then will work on the Arabic. I feel that God is understanding and that he doesn't care if we say it in Arabic or English.
I don't live in Canada, but I live in Michigan. I would love to move to Canada if I could.
 

K-A-K

Junior Member
No stay whereever you are or move to a Muslim state maybe. lol. Canada aint that cool. well it has lost its appeal now. =D

Hmmm. Yeah i believe in that too somehow. take your time to learn the arabic one but do your best in english. i dont know what others have to say about it but not knowing arabic shouldn`t stop you from praying. thats the whole point! best wishes and enjoy your prayers
 

Seeking Allah's Mercy

Qul HuwaAllahu Ahud!
Asalamoalaikom wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh,

Welcome home dear sister. We are glad to have you with us. Hope you enjoy and benefit from your stay with us.

As for you Question:

Praise be to Allaah.

The majority of fuqaha’ say that if the non-Arab can speak Arabic, he should not recite Takbeer (saying “Allaahu akbar (Allaah is Most Great)”) in any other language. The evidence for this is that the texts instruct this particular wording, which is Arabic, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not do it any other way.

But if a non-Arab cannot speak Arabic and is unable to pronounce it, then according to the majority of fuqaha’ it is OK for him to say the Takbeer in his own language after it has been translated from Arabic, according to the statements of the Shaafa’is and Hanbalis, no matter what the language is. The Takbeer is remembrance or mentioning of Allaah, and Allaah can be remembered or mentioned in every language, so a language other than Arabic is an alternative, and the person has to learn how to say it in the other language. There is some controversy as to whether all of the adhkaar of the prayer, such as tashahhud (sitting), qunoot (Special supplication), du’aa’ (Supplications), and the tasbeehaat (Glorifying Allaah) in rukoo’ (bowing) and sujood (prostrations) may be said in languages other than Arabic.

With regard to reading Qur’aan, the majority say that it is not permissible to read it in any language other than Arabic. The evidence for this is the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):

“Verily, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’aan…” [Yoosuf 12:2]

Moreover, the Qur’aan is a miracle in its wording and its meaning; if it is changed, this is no longer the case, and it is no longer Qur’aan but an interpretation (tafseer). (al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah, part 5: A’jami).

Ibn Qudaamah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

“Section: It is not right to read it in any language other than Arabic, or to substitute other words in Arabic, whether the person can read it well in Arabic or not, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “…an Arabic Qur’aan …’ [Yoosuf 12:2] and ‘In the plain Arabic language’ [al-Shu’ara’ 26:195]. The Qur’aan is a miracle in both its wording and its meaning, but if it is changed this is no longer the case, it is not Qur’aan or anything like it. It is only an interpretation (tafseer), and if the interpretation were like the Qur’aan itself, they would not be unable to meet the challenge of producing a soorah like it.


If a person cannot read well in Arabic, he has to learn. If he does not learn when he is able to, his prayers are not valid. If he is not able, or he fears that he does not have time to learn before the time for the next prayer is over, and he knows one aayah of al-Faatihah, he should repeat it seven times… If he can recite more than that, he should repeat it as much as he needs to make his recitation equivalent to the length of Soorat al-Fatihah, or he could make it up by reciting other aayaat. If he knows some aayaat he does not have to repeat, he could recite another aayah instead, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded the one who could not recite Qur’aan well to say ‘Al-Hamdu Lillaah (Praise be to Allaah)’ and other phrases, which is part of an aayah, but he did not command him to repeat it. If he cannot do anything, but he knows some of the Qur’aan by heart, he should recite whatever he can, and nothing else will do, because of the report narrated by Abu Dawood from Rifaa’ah ibn Raafi’, who said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“When you get up to pray, if you know some Qur’aan, recite it, otherwise say al-hamdu Lillaah (praise be to Allaah), and La ilaaha ill-Allaah (there is no god but Allaah), and Allaahu akbar (Allaah is Most Great).”

This is more like Qur’aan, and is more appropriate (than any other words). He should also recite as much as he needs to make it equivalent in length to Soorat al-Faatihah. If he cannot recite anything of the Qur’aan, and cannot learn before it is too late to pray the current prayer, he should say Subhaan Allaah wa’l-hamdu Lillaah wa Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wa Allaahu akbar wa Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah (Glory be to Allaah; praise be to Allaah; there is no god but Allaah; Allaah is Most Great; and there is no strength and no power except with Allaah). Abu Dawood reported that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said:

“I cannot learn anything of the Qur’aan. Teach me something that will suffice me.” He said, “Say Subhaan Allaah wa’l-hamdu Lillaah wa Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wa Allaahu akbar wa Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah.”

And Allaah knows best.

Source
 

ditta

Alhamdu'Lillaah
Staff member
Wa-alaykum-us-Salaam wa'Rahmatullaah sister,

Welcome to the forum.

Firstly, I hope your not offended me asking but sister I was confused by your original post - i.e., you were Muslim, then you were not and now you are again (have I understood this correctly, forgive me if I haven't). In any case, from my understanding you are Muslim, Alhamdu'lillaah.

Second, the sister's post above helps. I would add this: learning/memorising what to say in the prayers might come across as difficult initially but really it isn't. The posts below will help. The links contain the transliteration, translation and audio for memorisation of each part that we recite in the prayers (from beginning to end). Allah willing this will make it easy for you.

I hope this helps.

Finally, May Allah (Subhaanahu wa ta'aala) make it easy for you to learn and bless you with beneficial knowledge. Ameen.
 

Hatty

Junior Member
I like to welcome you and I pray that you manage to perform your prayer correctly Insha Allah.....Ameen
 

Ayesha Mujahida

New Member
Wa-alaykum-us-Salaam wa'Rahmatullaah sister,

Welcome to the forum.

Firstly, I hope your not offended me asking but sister I was confused by your original post - i.e., you were Muslim, then you were not and now you are again (have I understood this correctly, forgive me if I haven't). In any case, from my understanding you are Muslim, Alhamdu'lillaah.

Yes, I was a Muslim back in 2002-2003, but quit due to family pressures and pressures from fundamentalists as well as trying to follow everything in the dogmas and doctrines. But mostly it was family pressures.

I am actually a multi-religious person, I also practice aspects of Ifa, a traditional West African shamanistic religion as well as aspects of Catholicism. I call myself spiritual and I am going back to Islam for spiritual attainment, for me, it is one of many connections to God.

Whether or not I stay with this path is unknown but hopefully I can be able to practice much more freely than in the past.
 

MohammedMaksudul

May Allah Forgive us
:salam2:

I pray to Allaah that May He, The Almighty, The Only Guide, Guides you out of all misconceptions and deceptions of Shaytan and into the true deen, the true way of life, Islam completely.
 

Asja

Pearl of Islaam
Yes, I was a Muslim back in 2002-2003, but quit due to family pressures and pressures from fundamentalists as well as trying to follow everything in the dogmas and doctrines. But mostly it was family pressures.

I am actually a multi-religious person, I also practice aspects of Ifa, a traditional West African shamanistic religion as well as aspects of Catholicism. I call myself spiritual and I am going back to Islam for spiritual attainment, for me, it is one of many connections to God.

Whether or not I stay with this path is unknown but hopefully I can be able to practice much more freely than in the past.

Assalamu allaicum wa raahmatullah wa barakatuhu

Welcome here dear sister. But if may I ask you a question, do you believe that there is no God except Allah and that Muhammed sallahu alayha wa saalam is Servant and Last Messanger of Allah??? Do you believe that Allah does not have partners in anything,and that only He is worth of worshiping? Do you believe in Quran and that Islam is only accepted religion for Allah subhan wa teala?

If it is like this than you are Muslim dear sister,and please do not forget that only religion accepted from Allah is Islam,and whoever looks for other path except path of Allah is went astray and is one of unbelivers. Islam is only one Alhamdulillah and it is like that how it was explained and ordered from Allah subhan wa teala in Quran and Sunnah of His Last Messanger, Mohammed sallahu alayha wa saalam,and followers of this deen are Muslims.Practise of other religions along with Islaam is strictly forbidden and followers of those religions are kaffirs, untill they accept Islam as their only religion.

Allah subhana wa teala sais in Quran: "This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islâm as your religion."( Surah Al Maidah, Ayah 3)

"And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him)" ( Surah Ali Imran, Ayah 85)

May Allah guide you to the right path.

:wasalam:
 
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