Do you pray 5 times a day, everyday?

[Haris]

Please only answer if you live in the West.
This poll is completely anonymous and 100% confidential so please answer truthfully, otherwise the only person you are lying to is yourself.

Many Muslims living in the West especially those born here do not indeed pray 5 times a day every day. I am speaking here from my own experience but I assume that this is widespread and can be applied to many Muslims in the West.


Please only vote 'yes' if you do pray 5 times each day, on time, including waking up for fajr, and you do this on a regular basis - not 3 times yesterday, 4 times today and none tommorow.

Note - There has been some confusion. I cleared it up in the thread, so I will just quote myself for you benefit.

So if you vote yes it means that generally speaking you do meet the criterion I stated above. You may miss the prayer for whatever reason but as long as it is not intentional and it not preventable then you can pick 'yes'.

There is no need to post a reply, only your vote is needed, but if you want to express any view then please do.


The poll will close in one week.



Edit: And no, this is not an attempt to try and judge others or whatever. It is purely for statistical purposes. However having said that we should all try and make some sort of arrangement to fulfill one of our obligations as Muslims.

[Master Khan]

How can you pray 5 times a day in west when people got work, collage, school etc etc.
Keyli zo 5 times kom but in west sadly I can't .

[Haris]

I have school but I make arrangements to pray on time.



It is very easy to arrange and they are obliged to accomodate for people's religious views.
If you tell them that it is a compulsory part of your faith then they should allow you - atleast that is what happened to me.

That was in my old school but now I just go to the local mosque every lunch time.


I don't know if you employer or school would do that though.

[graveyardofempires]

lets have

niazi

to answer this question.

bet he is too scared.

[kakargirl]

Thanks to allah swt guidance and a good strict family, started reading 5 when i was 6 and read 5 ever since , prayer is what gets me through every day with out it i would be lost it purifys the soul, every depression disappears when i'm praying i forget the world,espeacialy when my forhead touchs the floor mashallah best feeling in the world.

[kakargirl]

How can you pray 5 times a day in west when people got work, collage, school etc etc.
Keyli zo 5 times kom but in west sadly I can't .

wror everything is possible if you try, if its not possible read kazzah salah later,i remember my father even driving if it was salah time he would park up if we were out of city and put the prayer matt on the pavement and read i would watch him as a child .

[IamDZJ]

i don't and i am not ashamed of it. it would be nice if i did but it's not the end of the world for me that i don't. i know plenty of people who pray five times a day but fail being proper muslims in other basic aspects. that however isn't my excuse for the reason for which i don't.

[Gulalai]

Haris wrora some people (including me) have responded before in this thread

http://www.pashtunforums.com/religion-15/how-many-times-do-you-pray-day-9669/

but i dont think it's as simple as yes or no lol what about the option of "yes i try, so most days yes but i may miss a prayer some days due to what ever reasons" therefore i can't absolutely say 'yes' so does that mean i apply to 'no'?

[Nokia_Apridy]

Za staray shwam da topic ma lawtalo mannnnna Gullali khor

[Haris]

Haris wrora some people (including me) have responded before in this thread
http://www.pashtunforums.com/religio...pray-day-9669/

but i dont think it's as simple as yes or no lol what about the option of "yes i try, so most days yes but i may miss a prayer some days due to what ever reasons" therefore i can't absolutely say 'yes' so does that mean i apply to 'no'?

I am not really that bothered with the reasons as to why someone doesn't pray. As I said, this is purely for statstical purposes and i'm not here to judge anyone.

I am sure we all want to pray 5 times a day. But I am interested in how many of us actually manage this task given its importance to our spiritual life. Nothing more.

[Gulalai]

but if we say yes then that means that we have NEVER missed a prayer and i don't think that's possible for anyone. ka sanga?

[kakargirl]

If you miss a prayer make up for it their is no excuse, if your ill you can make up for them count them read them when your better, no excuse for nothing it takes a few minutes to worship the creater who created us who we will return to soon.

[Gulalai]

yes but Haris is asking whether or not one always prays 5 times a day on time, not qaza-e

[Haris]

Well I don't mean since the day you were born that you have prayed every single day 5 times a day.

I myself did not pray 5 times a day for a long time but I was ignorant then. I learnt the importance of the prayer and the punishment as well as the reward.

So if you vote yes it means that generally speaking you do meet the criterion I stated above. You may miss it for whatever reason but as long as it is not intentional and it not preventable then you can pick 'yes'.

If that is not the case then do not pick yes.

You can take the timeframe for this to simply be 'recently'. You yourself can decide what 'recently' means to you whether that is in the last few months, the last year, since you became a practicing Muslim or whatever.

[Gulalai]

okay then.

you dont have to get smart with me though, i didn't mean since the day someone was born either.