 So we've reached the final session, session number four, and what we'll be doing in this session is looking at the inner meanings of prayer. So one of the things that Imamulah was that he does in this book is that he first starts, he walks us through the prayer in relation to the outward meanings. And so he talks about these same Stations of the prayer that we're going to be talking about now in relation to the outward dimension What are the legal rulings of them? And then what he does is he goes back through and Then he starts to speak about their spiritual meaning And this is extremely, extremely helpful. And this is something that is not enough to just go through this once It's not too hard to understand as we will see the meanings are fairly clear but this is something that we want to take good notes and Remind ourselves of regularity and to go back to these meanings because These are the meanings in addition to what we've already heard that are going to bring the prayer to life This is what's going to make your prayer of a much greater qualitative value And so he begins with the adhan And so one of the meanings of the adhan that we can bring to heart is he says is to bring to mind the dreadful summons on the Day of Resurrection So on the Day of Resurrection, we're all standing before Allah Every single human being will wait for his or her name to be called And so when we hear the adhan, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar Internally, we should remind ourselves that we're going to hear a name called on the Day of Judgment We're all going to be summoned. We're all going to be resurrected and then driven to the plane of judgment So immediately and Mama Shadrani notes, and it's really helpful That the adhan, the ikhama and the takbir of the Haram prayer all begin with Allahu Akbar The adhan begins with Allahu Akbar the call to commence begins with Allahu Akbar and the prayer begins with Allahu Akbar So the meaning of Allahu Akbar is central to our preparation for prayer and then entering into it It's central to how it is that we are in prayer And that's coming when we get to what is called the takbir of the Haram So the adhan we bring to mind the summoning of Yom Al-Qiyam of the Day of Resurrection And his advice to us then is to what? devote yourself inwardly and outwardly to responding to this call and hastening to fulfill what it is calling to So the adhan is a pivotal moment there and unfortunately We don't get to hear the adhan as much as you would if you were in the Muslim country It's one of the beauties of being in the Muslim world is here in the adhan. We're deprived of that often times unfortunately and There was a question earlier about the other adhan's and That as I said and Jen mentioned it's good that we call the adhan We should be calling the adhan so in your home when you are playing that one congregational prayer have someone call the adhan and Again that in the absence of that it's perfectly fine to use prayer apps in a thudger clock or something To remind you that the prayers entered but in addition to the also called the adhan Because this is now that in our minds when we hear this now we transition Something's wanted from us now that we have to prepare for so again getting ourselves ready for prayer and devoting ourselves to the preparation that of it and That we know that in specifically in specifically in relation to the adhan that our Prophet used to say a-rehnab-i-ha-ya-bilal Give us rest by it. Oh Bilal and so that our Prophet saw I said because his quarter to nine Is that his true pleasure and his true joy was in prayer. He was longing for the adhan and And that's what Rahim Raha and repose is that now it's time to stand before Allah and Again, we're only doing it obligatory five times a day It could have been much more But those are moments that subhan Allah if we focus on the prayer Everything else in the spiritual path opens up after that This is it. This is where we begin if we want to talk about spiritual the spiritual path It begins here with the prayer so then the next meaning is purification so we're going to get ready for prayer then and We purify just as we purify our limbs outwardly by putting water on them. We purify our heart By repenting from sin So as we are putting that water on our face It is a means to cleanse us outwardly, but also we're thinking about everything that we've done that with our eyes Seeking forgiveness from Allah as we are putting water on our arms as we're rinsing our mouth and so forth So it's that this is a means of cleansing and purification of our limbs, but also our heart and So this is a time when we purify ourselves Is that we also purify our heart by repenting from sin Having remorse what we've done in the past and resolving never to fall short again so the adhan this is reminiscent of being summoned to Allah and Purification and all of its meanings of everything that we've done on our limbs and our heart and Then of course we have to have clean clothing And just as we have certain substances that might get on our clothes or on our bodies or on the place of prayer That prevent the validity of the prayer likewise there are that certain that other substances That are that substances not necessarily outwardly inwardly that Stain our hearts and prevent them from that receiving the meanings that they're supposed to receive So purification in both of its meanings actually will do itself and then cleansing our clothes and things like that Removing any type of filth or najjahs or anything like that and Then is that covering ourselves? There's a particular way that we dress for prayer and there's of course the obligations that the scholars have said What is called the aura our legal nakedness and we have to know that in relation to the outward dimension of prayer There are certain things that can that have to be covered But then likewise just as we cover parts of our body That are unbefitting for other people to see but what about the state of our heart? What is unbefitting for? Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala to see that's in our heart. There is no veil that can conceal that from Allah So we have to think about that meaning Certain things that are not appropriate for other people to see so we cover them What a blessing from Allah and likewise is that we have to cover up these meanings that are in our heart with forgiveness by asking Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala to forgive us and Then what we're going to do after this is that we face the qiblah Okay, so we've heard the adhan that we have purified ourselves and then we're going to face the qiblah so you're going to actually go towards the place of prayer and Outwardly you're orienting yourself in a particular Direction so facing the qiblah means you outwardly turn your face away from every other direction toward the house of Allah Precisely by facing one particular direction. You are not facing any other direction So you're facing that single direction. You're turning away in a sense from all those other directions towards the direction you are facing And the meaning here is turn your heart away from every other matter and toward Allah So outwardly you're turning away from every other direction except where you're facing and inwardly You're turning your heart towards Allah Like imagine if you bring that to mind over and over again over and over again How your whole experience of prayer will entirely change and That statement that the story are the the statement of Hatim at Osama It was that the MJ mentioned let's review that I want to make sure everybody got that down So what did he say? When he that when he was asked About how he prayed Okay, what was the first thing that he did? Okay, so before that He would sit down his place of prayer and gather himself. Okay, so then he stands up for prayer and What is what does he bring to mind the Kaaba heard it is right before him? Okay, and the sirat the traverse Which is the bridge over the hellfire is right beneath him and then what else? Jannah is on his right and Then now on a salat salam arafi is on his left So the Kaaba is before him he imagines Jannah to the right now to the left and he's standing on the sirat and then The angel of death is right behind him He doesn't know whether this is going to be his last prayer and that and there's more to that But let's we can remember that this is the time where we would bring this to heart When we first start to face the Qibla and you imagine that you're right before the Kaaba and All of those other powerful mashahed that will force the heart to be present They'll force the heart to be present when we think about those things So facing the Qibla you're turning your heart away from every other matter and Then the eqama, which is the call to commence Is that we bring to heart the eminence of the meeting with Allah because the Adhan is Recommended to be prolonged so that you know when it's for the Allah About Where is the eqama is your side of quickly Allah? What are we going to share a lot in a lot? Sure, and the Muhammad are also the law and depending upon how they're both recited differently have a different effect upon you This is the that eqama the call to commence Allah's prayers about to begin And it's the meeting with Allah's eminence And so that affects you in a different way So you hear the call to commence and you bring to mind the eminence That's about to happen of the meeting with Allah and Then we have the standing position so we're standing before Allah, sirhanu wa ta'ala and When we are standing before Allah Is that we realize in our souls in our hearts The greatness of speaking intimately with Allah that we are standing right before Allah And what a blessing this is how prayer begins and the standing position And we will all be standing before Allah on the day of judgment Standing this is that a special That act of the acts of prayer and when we are worshiping And so that we are standing before Allah and we bring to heart that we are before him And when we slightly lower our hands, which is the sunnah Is that this is an indication of humility You'd slightly lower your head out of humility that you're standing before your Lord And again, we remind ourselves just as we are standing before Allah Now for prayer that we are going to be standing before him on the day of judgment And then we make the intention And we have to memorize the intention that we make outwardly According to the sacred law But in doing so We want to remind ourselves especially at this time Of sincerity This is for Allah And in some schools is that this is exactly what you do So for instance, we just pray It's a lot to lower the way to follow the door About our cars Right, you mentioned what is that the obligatory things to mention that moment that the light This is for Allah So you remind yourself at the intention at the level of the intention This is for Allah In addition to the outward intention that you're making Specifying the prayer whether it's far or not and so forth Okay, so We have the adhan We have the state of purification cleansing the body from its imperatives covering the body Facing the qiblah Calling the iqama standing before Allah Making the intention And then now we're ready to say the takbir of the ahram And one thing the scholars mentioned is good Is to recite surat al nas That's recommended. So kula adubir bin nas It's one of the ways to help you from waswasa The whisperings of shaitan is that just before you enter into your prayer You recite surat al nas Okay, so then we're going to say the takbir al-tir-ihram So the takbirah is a single instance of saying allahu akbar And The idea of ihram here is Just as we say ihram and hajj is the state of pilgrim sanctity Once you make the intention to enter into state of pilgrim sanctity certain things that are permissible are now haram Certain things now once you enter into the prayer allahu akbar The moment before you said that they were permissible you can talk you can eat you can move However you want to move but once you say allahu akbar You can't talk you can't eat you can't Do other things laugh This is a time to stand before allah surah al-tada And you shouldn't be texting on your phone or anything else. I always remember the story that one of our teachers said that he actually saw someone Answer his That cell phone in prayer So he pulls out his cell phone. He says oh suddenly i'm praying and he put his cell phone away You know what i did that that would actually That break your prayer So when you say takbir al-tir-ihram allahu akbar Is that they say that by lifting your hands you're making attention to throw the dunya behind your back halas The world you throw it behind your back completely. You're reading yourself of it allahu akbar And when you say this that we need to make sure we should strive at least that nothing is greater to us than allah Nothing is greater to us than allah So that when our tongue says allahu akbar our heart does not belay it If there's anything in our hearts in that moment that is greater To us than allah Then we're not truthful And are saying of allahu akbar even though that's what that's truth And so if your desires have more power over you than the commandment of allah And so forth and so on And you're more obedient to them than you are to allah Then you have taken them as a god with a lowercase g and pronounced the takbir for them And so that when we say allahu akbar This is an opportunity for us to have complete concentration as we enter into our prayer And one of the blessings is at every stage of the prayer with a few exceptions. We're saying allahu akbar So we really want to reflect upon the points of allahu akbar and to make sure we bring that meaning to heart When we say it because it's a way to get us back So if we if our mind starts thinking about other things in the standing position It's that when we go into the buying position, we're going to say allahu akbar And when we come out we say see me allahu akbar, but then when we go into sujood, we say allahu akbar And so it's a way to always bring yourself back. So use the allahu akbar as a way To be present with allah throughout your prayer bring yourself back your mind's trace bring yourself back From the beginning of the prayer until the end And then In some schools there is what's called the opening supplication. This is in the Shafi school and the Hanafi school have their both have their versions of what is known as the dua is tifdah And the maniki school, of course, they're in a far to prayer. They're saying allahu akbar and immediately saying And these are valid differences of the great imams But in the shafi school You are that saying allahu akbar kabeera wa alhamdulillahi kathir wa subhanAllahi bukratan wa sila And then you're saying what jahdu wa jallillahi fatra samwati walad I turned my face to him who created the heavens and the earth In other words, you are now directing your heart to allah And this is one of the most special moments of all in life are those moments Where we are present with allah and we're in a state of iqbal And the meaning of being in a state of iqbal is you are directing your heart to allah Aware fully that he sees you subhanahu wa ta'ala And with the requisite lowliness and humility and brokenness that we should have before him subhanahu wa ta'ala Prayer is deep It's deep And we have to work on our prayer and practice our prayers like anything else You stuff in curry did not become the best three-point shooter ever just by Yeah, I need because he's the son of dale curry Right. He has incredible work. I think Day in and day out day in and day out always trying to perfect his craft and his skills And if people do this for dunya, how much more are we should we be doing this for the hereafter? This takes work to perfect this Prayer takes work to perfect it. It's not enough to do This takes work and we have to make it a priority, but there's nothing more important for us to perfect than our prayers This is what we want to perfect And we want to get this right So the opening supplication if we're reciting that according to our school the intention there is we're directing our essence to allah And then we're saying I would give it a him and she'll talk to the chief This is what's known as the ta'awud We are seeking refuge in Allah from shaitan and one of the wisdoms of the ta'awud is We are really we realize that we are unable to protect our own selves Except to the power of Allah We cannot be protected unless Allah protects us Shaitan is our avowed enemy whom we do not see In the only way to protect ourselves from shaitan is to That turn to Allah to barakot adha and seek his help and to take refuge in him And Then Allah to barakot adha will assist us So it's a very powerful meaning Many shaitan When we say it like that we're seeking but again all of these meanings Always are taking us back to Allah. They always take us back to Allah Awli billah seeking refuge in Allah from shaitan And then we're going to recite the fatih And again, we want to outwardly learn how to recite the fatihah correctly And sit with someone who's trained in tajweed to get your recitation Correct at least according to the bare minimum And then we want to really reflect upon Learn the basic meanings that we can reflect upon as we're reciting the fatih and of course the fatih is an ocean What there are basic meanings that we can bring to mind as we're reciting so when we say bismillahirrahmanirrahim We bring to heart that we know that absolutely everything is from Allah In addition to that we begin in his name seeking his help and all of our affairs some say that bats for isti'ana seeking the help of Allah So bismillahirrahmanirrahim everything is from Allah seeking his help and everything this that we do That we have deep seated gratitude on our hearts for all of Allah's blessing All of his blessings and we praise him And then al-rahmanirrahim And again, if I already said al-rahmanirrahim in bismillahirrahmanirrahim and now we're even repeating a second time emphasizing the centrality in the importance of mercy Is that we bring to heart the comprehensive mercy of Allah in all of the meanings that the scholars say of al-rahmanirrahim Maliki yawmid-deen And now this is where it's jalali. So it goes from jamal to jalal that maliki yawmid-deen That he is the king or the possessor of the day of judgment yawmid-deen And so we bring to heart fear of the standing before Allah before the king on the day of reckoning And then we say You alone we worship so we renew our sincerity And so imagine if we're actually present with Allah With that meaning in our prayer At least 17 times a day in the Fahd prayers How that will help us to have sincerity in everything that is that we do and actually renew our sincerity before every act What yakan is saying And that we also that second part of that verse and we're aware of our absolute need of Allah Now we seek his help If you didn't sit all the most okay Guide us to the straight path. So we're in need of guidance And then we're asking for guidance, but then sir all to the lady and I'm tired We know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala there are people that he has guided that he's bestowed his favor upon Those are the people who want to be like In here What are we intending? So we say ihdina salatu mustaqeem sir all to the lady and I'm tired of him A lady and I'm tired of him. Those of you bestowed your favor upon And we know In another verse Allah ta'ala says That woman you take Allah the Rasul For a leg and I'm a lot on him. So again, there's a mission in I'm and I'm a lot on him Allah has bestowed his grace upon them. I'm in a new being was to the king of sure that was so to him for categories So what is our intention? None of us can be prophets But when we say ihdina sir all to mustaqeem sir all to the lady and I'm tired of him. Where is our aspiration? Do we just want to be good? Or is our aspiration to be from the side of him? Is our aspiration to be from the shuhada? Or is our aspiration to be from the siddiqeem? We should make the intention To that Allah ta'ala make us from the elect of the elect of his creation And that we want to not just be from the lower ranks of those that he's bestowed his favor upon but those who have high ranks So we should make that intention every time we recite the fatah sir all to the lady and I'm tired of him I'm tired of him What are the two main archetypes of misguidance? The Mughlu be'aleem are those who have incurred Allah's wrath. They know but they fail to put into practice And the laaleen are those who go astray without knowledge Those are the main two archetypes of the different ways that people go astray And then we're going to proceed after that two recitation of the quran And the imam was Ali in another place that he speaks about three degrees of recitation The lowest of which is to bring to mind that we are standing before Allah. We're reciting before Allah The second is Is that we bring to mind that Allah ta'ala is addressing us Individually And of course the first one that was addressed was the prophet so I said him by extension that others But we bring to mind that Allah is addressing us directly with his words And then the third is one where someone moves up in the degree of the spiritual realization Where is that they witness the one speaking in the speech And that's a lofty spiritual state We speak about it because we want to know that it exists and we love the people who have attained that great degree And were inspired by their stories So we strive to ascend in the degrees of recitation And then we after this is that when we recite and this is really helpful And actually you'll be turned into a whole other seminar in of itself And in fact the next retreat that we're having animal closet Is on book eight of the ahir of the deen Of the book of the etiquettes of recitation of quran The same one was that it will go into a little bit more detail what he mentions here fairly briefly He just gives here some small that things that we can use as tools to help us reflect And so he says that every time that you see a command in the quran The etiquette is that you have resolve to put into practice Every time that you see a prohibition in the quran you have resolve to avoid it Every time you see a promise in the quran is that you have hope That you are from those that are recipients of that promise Every time that there's a warning or threat in the quran there's fear Every time that there's an admonition is that you take heed The stories of the prophets you learn the lessons that are behind those That every time there's a mention of his blessings upon us is that you show gratitude And so it's meant that as we recite the quran that all of this is coming out of our heart This is how we're responding to the words of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala So then after that we're going to go into the bowing position And look at how subhanAllah that was said mentioned the hadith how the closest that a servant is to his Lord is When he's in a state of prostration And how you're in the state of standing And then you go into the bowing state And this is a state where now we are humbling ourselves before Allah And this is a great opportunity for us to show our reverence and to be in all of him The powerful king subhanahu wa ta'ala and to glorify him. And this is what we say subhanahu wa ta'ala And Bring into heart that we are bowing humbly before him while glorifying him Then we're standing up And we're straightening up And that we're saying simil allahu liman hamidah Saying that Allah ta'ala that responds To those who praise him Those who praise him Allah responds to them He answers their call That he subhanahu wa ta'ala shows his mercy to his lowly servants What a roman is simil allahu. Allah hears us And he answers our prayers subhanahu wa ta'ala So we're going back up simil allahu liman hamidah And now we're preparing ourselves for The position where we're closest to our lord Now we say allahu akbar And we go into sushut And If we have humility in the bowing position This is when we are in the utmost state of humility Completely broken and feel there were an absolute need of Allah We should love sushut Sushut should be beloved to us Subhanallah And from the blessing of Allah He gives us an opportunity to go into sushut And we've been prepared for that from everything that proceeds And this is where we show our utmost humility to him And then we come out of sushut And we sit In that reverent way that we're taught to sit And there's du'a's that we can say I don't bow fiddly, I don't bow fiddly Repeat that That are the du'a's that have been narrated by the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam But then now to emphasize the importance of sushut we go back a second time Sushut could have only been once But Allah made us prostrate twice in our prayer So utter humility we come out And then again We prostrate again Repeating what it is that we said in the previous sushut And then if it is the Depending upon what cycle of prayer it is We're going to go into the tashahud The tashahud is the testification of faith And it's here in the tashahud that we're reminded of how we got the prayer in the first place The greatness of prayer One of the again ways that we can come to this is how was the prayer revealed? Where did we get the prayer? We've all heard this probably many times before On the lay of the issalah, when our prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was in the divine presence where No one else went before him or after him and even Gabriel alayhi sallam couldn't go with him In the divine presence And so the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam comes back from the divine presence with the gift of prayer And the prayer is the ascension of the believer That meaning is correct. It's the way that we ascend And so when we say that the tashahud Is that now this shows the connection to the ma'raj of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Now how this is an individual opportunity for you and I To be present with Allah to add and to ascend through the prayer And so we should learn all of those details of the meanings of the tashahud And so we should learn all of those details of the meaning of the tashahud And so we should learn all of those details of the meaning of the tashahud And then of course that we a part of that tashahud Ashadu an la ilaha illallah Ashadu an la muhammad rasulallah We testify to the oneness of Allah and we bear witness that our prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Is the messenger of Allah and we're sitting in that unique position With our right foot up with the utmost adab and manners Proclaiming that all the prayers all the good and all that wholesome things That we may do belong ultimately to the tashahud That we may do belong ultimately to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala And then after this we are going to send salawat upon the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam And you as that they mentioned Is that you visualize the noble person of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in your heart And send salutations to him with love and longing to be with him Allah would have not put the salam to the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in the heart unless that's what he wanted you to focus on And in fact that we say them as salam alayka We're not saying as salam alayhi You're saying peace be upon you, which is the kafir khitab the second person Peace be upon you And that's what Allah wants you to focus on in that moment And this indicates the importance of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam And everybody else in prayer while you're praying if someone sends salams to you You just wave to them But we're someone to have lived during the time of the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam And were he to have said salam alaykum to them It while they're in prayer It's an obligation to return his salam And there's deep deep spiritual meaning there Deep spiritual meaning there And this actually happened where the prophet sent salams and asked him Why didn't you return the salams to me? Even if you're in prayer before Allah and Rasulullah sent salams you have to return to salams The deep meanings there And people that are masekeen That are cut off from these Loki meanings these experiential meanings of love in connection to the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam And who don't understand these types of things are cutting themselves off from one of the most important things of all in this religion And unfortunately if we don't have those connections Let alone that if we deny them Is that this is preventing us fromwithstanding the onslaught of the evil at any time but especially in the end of time These are meanings that are foundational to help us withstand as believers That the onslaught of the events of the end of time especially And more specifically Connecting our hearts to the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam Loving him having an intimate relationship with him sallallahu alayhi wa sallam And that sending abundant salawat upon him reading his life story And recognizing that he is alive in his grave And the only thing between us and meeting with him is death and dying in a good state This is how the companions were this is how we want to be This is the reality of this deen And so that when we're sending these salawat that we are imagining the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam That sending these blessings upon him in peace on him with love and longing And then there's some beautiful supplications that have been narrated about what it is that we say That towards the end of the prayer And this is a time where dua is mustajab It's a time where prayers are answered It's a time to supplicate to Allah and to turn to him subhanahu wa ta'ala and then We make tasleem I always say salaam alaykum And there's different ways of doing this in the different schools But in the shafi school you say as-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah Making the intention to exit the prayer but to also greet the angels and those present from the believers And so this is the way that we exit the prayer and now Once we say in the shafi school as-salamu alaykum like the maniki school even though it's recommended to say more in the shafi school Your prayers finished It's recommended to say wa rahmatullah and then another tasleem to the left But then the important thing here is how we are right after the prayer We don't want to be from people those people who just pray super quickly once the prayer is said Right and we're off Right This is a time that mercy descends This is a time where it's there's sakina There is that a lot of That tranquility in these moments We don't we want to remain in our spots for a minute And that we want to bring to heart that that might have been the last prayer that we ever get to pray And What is the first thing to do that soon to say after your prayer to say astaghfirullah astaghfirullah you've just prayed But you're saying astaghfirullah Teaching us to be broken before Allah Even if we've done something that's good And we combine between the two emotions of fear and hope We hope that our prayer is accepted that we fear that it's been rejecting And so immediately after the prayer as we're doing our invocations Like how we should be after the day of fasting. This is a time to be present with Allah Now on one hand you're thankful for Allah having enabled you to pray having fasted that day But at the same time you're between fear and hope You don't know if it's going to be accepted or you don't know if it's going to be rejected And then we ask Allah We ask him to accept our prayers And one of the great signs they mentioned about that our prayers have been accepted is that we've asked Allah to accept them And we want to get in the habit of doing this and All of the different things that we do all the different acts of goodness that we do And so this is how we are after the prayer and then All of these meanings even though this is a lot. This is a lot And even if you try to implement this right off the bat I'm like, wow, this is overwhelming. I can't remember all this Right in my prayers. You begin little by little start with a few of them But you have to go back to this material time and time again. It's not enough just to go over it one time. You'll forget it by Mughal prayer Let alone Isha let alone tomorrow let alone after that you'll forget That you want to come back to it time and time again time and time again to remind Your cells of this and this is what we're all need of To remind ourselves of these blessed meanings and that with that inshallah tada I think that we will wrap it up and lee we have about a few minutes for questions We didn't let allow any time for Q&A in the previous session so we'll now just a few minutes for questions and We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to Bless these to be realities within us and to pray the way that the elect of his righteous have prayed And to worship in a way that is pleasing to him subhanahu wa ta'ala and give us insight into this religion to come together time and time again And helping one another To to be people of taqwa helping one another to be people of piety As-salallahu alayhi wa s-salamu alayhi wa s-salam Do we have any questions I think if we would ever let I think we could ever legislate The permissibility of beating another man in the masjid it would be for that reason it is a really serious thing And It is really incredibly unfortunate that it happens so often because the type of clothing that people wear You know and it's something that we have to collectively just solve and You know, yes, I think at first if it happens the first time You know, it's always good to remind our brothers with etiquette and that type of thing But it happens over and over again We should get more and more for him because that's just so incredibly foul And um anyhow, I think everybody knows what she's referring to so i'm not going to be any more explicit But aside from that, I think the answer to your question is um I think you have to simplify it right so Uh everything that you're learning here. We've gone into a little bit of detail I would just Simplify it for them Right some of the the the the main meanings Just, you know, a few main points of things that you want them to think about throughout their entire prayer So that that's what I would do is to simplify this and do kind of a child's version Now, I know that fons of the day has a causality for prayer for children's series Um, I'm not that familiar with how they treat the prayer But you might want to look into that for some ideas you might get some ideas to help you with that But in general, that would be their recommendations to really simplify And to have them attached to the overarching Yeah, I was wondering if you could expand a little bit on the significance of the speed of the adhan versus the aqama Yeah, so that the to draw out the adhan is is recommended, right And really that the adhan the purpose there is to let people know The prayer is is it's the prayer time has entered Right, so what's befitting for that is kind of an extended adhan and in each The word that you say so that those meanings resonate With the hearts of the people Um, whereas the aqama when you say something kind of quickly When you recite something it has a different effect On you Right, so the fact that it's kind of like being extended the adhan Is that gives you ample time to really think about those meanings and to transition Into okay now it's time for prayer But the idea there is it You're getting ready for the prayer and that type of thing and you're preparing yourself and making wudu and then once you hear the aqama Right, it's more like now Prayer is imminent. It's about to happen when prayer is meeting with Allah. This is munajah The intimate conversation with Allah and so that the meaning there as I've understood it Is that it's to you know, create that sense in you of the eminence of something This says when something's done kind of quickly, it just you know Readys you internally into it to that situates you for what is that you're about to do So The first question that I have is about having wudu inside the bathroom by In Palestine for example people used to have Sinks outside the bathroom itself so they can have they can say and recite prayer as well While they're making the wudu We don't have it here. Yeah, the second the second thing is that it's something that I see in the mosques where people actually Don't put their their feet Exactly next to each other. So they don't touch At is that an obligation That the feet touch feet to feet and shoulder to shoulder or is it actually permissible that People because I see lack like laxity in in how people do that. Yeah Yeah Right, you wonder about the validity of my prayer. So the first thing is is that um, yeah Usually that in the way in many of the restrooms that we freshen up in Is that there are stalls very close to the places that we make wudu And you will find some scholars who say that the stall itself In inside of it is the bathroom area um, and then outside of that Um is it's permissible to remember a lot tata because you're outside of the place. We're actually Because there's a wall there even though it's a stall and it's open on the top and it's open on the bottom If it's a room that's closed off as in some bathrooms and some houses have it Definitely if that door is closed and you're definitely out of the bathroom when you use the sink um So you do have that um, you will find scholars that permit the mentioning of a lot tata outside of the actual bathroom itself um I still personally Choose to do it in my heart. I don't like to do it. Even if they're still even if their stall is there um, so, um, you know, there there's there are opinions there, but uh Uh, you kind of you have a choice there kind of what you want to do there As for the prayer the most important thing is that you line up with people shoulder to shoulder Okay, and the hustle is is that your feet are only supposed to be a hand span apart So I know some people feel like they absolutely have to like stretch their feet out like that to touch the other people So that's not an obligation definitely So your prayer is valid 100 the most important thing that you want to align up is you want to make sure Uh, is that your your heels are lined up with everyone up with heels So you're not before people or you're not behind people and you're lined up shoulder to shoulder And there are indications where sometimes people to make sure it would extend their feet But in general the most important thing is to line up shoulder to shoulder And not be too far behind or too far ahead because in some schools they line up with the toes others by the heels Whatever message you're praying in there should be a understanding of how it is that people line up for prayer So you make sure that you're in line But it's not an obligation definitely to make your feet touch their feet and Usually in most of the places that I've been is that Even though with some of those narrations that some of the compounding just to do that is that uh, The sooner remains of just keeping your feet a hand span apart whether you touch the people's feet or not No, they should touch shoulder should touch Yeah Shoulders in touch I had a question regarding the inner states of prayer. Um, one of the yeah, one of the things I've struggled with is Like what to think about or like how to feel throughout the stages of the the prayer and What would you say is like for like newbies that are Or people who tend to get distracted easily like I guess we're seeing here that you should be Have rajah and hayah and I think you talked about that that at the end you should have some hope as well as fear And then there's the state of tazim What's like for people who are starting and to progress like what's like one or two states that they could just embody to keep it simple so to keep it simple And perhaps even most I didn't mention those different states ahead of time Because they're going to naturally come out throughout your prayer if you're focusing on what is it you're reciting Right, so let's say you're you're reciting the fatihah Right and that you're saying There's definitely going to be ta'al deen in exaltation there Right, and then if you say ar-rahman ar-raheem That might be a time as well from among the meanings as you're hoping for his mercy maliki yomi deen That's fear Ya can estate a feeling of absolute helplessness akala, and then Again, there's fear and there's hope And that you might even have shame come there about my goodness. What have I done? And then when you recite a chapter of the quran depending upon the chapter again Different emotions might come out based on what it is that you're reciting But then in the bowing position again, that's ta'al deen And combined with all in fear and likewise in sujud But then also too, which I'm actually surprised he didn't mention it among those states of the prayer is also love Love is also that one of the very important interstates of heart. I'm actually surprised he didn't mention it in the prayer Because that's definitely a part of this loving a lot And as you worship him that you have love in your heart for him and so forth So if you the way I would recommend doing is now that you know those six things Go back from the beginning According to the outline here and see which ones fit in where I mean that will kind of help you very practically speaking Make that your state as you do those things You have to slow down. Well, it's like anything else, right? It's like again, I always go back to the analogy of sports, right? Um in order my game was basketball, you're going to be a good basketball But you can't think about what you're doing when you're playing But you work on your footwork separately The labors in part you just sit there and work on your footwork work on your footwork work on your footwork, right? You work on your defense separately and different things in defense Whether you're closing someone out or whether it's one-on-one. You're shot You're working your free throws are different than when You're shooting off the dribble or when you're shooting off of a screen or Catch and shoot like all of those are individual skills and you might be good at one and not the other So you have to work on all of those things separately And then in game time you have to just hope You have muscle memory and just you can't think about those things So the same thing is in prayer is that you have to work on it piece by piece And then the more energy coming will come together kind of as you We'll just take let's just do one or two other okay. We have a couple online as well. Let's do the sister Yeah, and then we'll take the one online I really liked your suggestion that we pray as a congregation at home Um, but for those of us with young children, it gets quite distracting And so if we want to you know as mothers cultivate Everything that we learn today, would you recommend we like pray in congregation that pray on our own or like focus on this if p.m and they Yeah, my kids are older now, so it's less of an issue, but I did also have kids that were young and um One thing is you have to do your best So we're living in societies where we all we oftentimes can't practice the ideal And part of learning this is is at least you make the intention. Yeah, I have the intention in my heart to pray every prayer in congregation Um, and keep in mind this is also part of the modern world is that people don't tend to live with extended families So in traditional settings, there were so many people around it was very easy to pray jama Okay, so the the rule of like only one congregational prayer in your home Is the general rule, but if because of children um that someone prays separate congregations Then that's perfectly fine And it's actually probably advisable if you think that having children the children or and there's not something that you can have them do to Keep them quiet during the time of prayer that it requires that you be with them that it might be better to have someone Watch the children and then that pray a separate congregation after and have other people watch the children after and if you can in the midst of that have uh That a second congregation where there's still at least two of you praying that that's great And so you try to do you try to do your best and then try to be creative in terms of how you set up the prayer time Right where uh, that there's some type of activity or something like that Um, and that might be one of the times where you give them minimal use of something of a device Right and something tasteful like we shouldn't always use the devices for that But if you're going to use a device with something tasteful that might be a time in a limited faction to do that Okay, we have a question from some online viewers about praying while flying Can you give some tips to pray outside at airports or inside airplanes? Also, what if one has to make do on an airplane during a long flight other than where we do socks? Is there any other dispensation? yeah, so, um I've never ever felt comfortable giving telling people that it's okay to pray standing Excuse me sitting on planes. I know you'll find those photos out there What I would say is is that do your best to pray standing if for some reason like Any the seatbelt sign is on and you're about to land and the prayer time just came in Then I would say okay, pray in your seat and then make it up after But alhamdulillah that my wife and kids we always pray standing on planes Um, let's sit for some reason that we're unable to do so or at least we try to Um, so I think prayer has to come first And alhamdulillah the only planes that I've ever Not been able to stand up on it was always a muslim plane, which is really strange I've never had a problem ever brain standing on a non muslim plane Um, and I it's you know, I think you know, it is what it is But I would recommend that uh, you know, and obviously if you're flying on a smaller plane from like A smaller city to another small city it might not be possible to stand up If that's the case you pray sitting and then you make up your prayer after so I would say that try first and foremost to Even if you have to pay a little bit more to select your flights according to prayer Okay, so last time I was here that we ended up flying back and we did a red-eye flight What we realized is that we would have to pray fudge on the plane. So we went through chicago intentionally So fudger came in we prayed fudger and they caught the connecting flight after that Uh, and when it worked out that way And so try to arrange your flight schedule so that you can pray give prayer, you know preference And oftentimes we can do that so then Let's just say you're traveling to like australia is like the classic one for me It's because you end up going to have to pray like four or sometimes five prayers on the plane You still have to pray and it's fairly easy to determine the qiblah based upon the flight maps And you determine the qiblah and if there's a place for you to pray just ask them kindly say I need to pray And usually that it's facilitated and that yes, it's very good for both men and women to invest in a pair of Woodoo socks. There's many kinds now. They used to only be available and like Some Islamic bookstores and stuff, but now they're even on Amazon like Randy's son is a good brand And they're all seemed to probably have the same They just probably relabeled them. They seem to be the same manufacturer anyhow I would invest in a pair of those make sure you have woodu and you put them on and then it's so much easier But even then like if you have to make woodu and put water on your feet I would just recommend just getting the floor wet So just make woodu right Getting the floor a little bit wet and then just drying at the end definitely dry it And so what I I've the times that I've had to wash my feet in the plane You just put water in your hand put your foot over the toilet wash your foot again use water again And then it's totally doable and then at the end make sure you clean it out So you don't leave it dirty you just wipe it all up And it's possible to do although it's a little bit difficult The only plane I've seen that has a drain is Saudi Arabian Airlines Which is really nice because they actually have a drain in the ground because they know people Are making woodu on it, which is really helpful But that's what I would recommend Is to plan your prayers Plan your flights accordingly And then try to remain in a state of woodu if possible wear socks Find a nice place and that prayer prayer is standing definitely if you're able to do so One more two one more maybe one last one one last one This brother was asking A question towards Dua once we finish the prayer If you are in Jama'a Like what what we have seen is couple of times back home like people make a long dua and a short dua Sometime they skip it. So what's the rule and what's the recommendation? After prayer after prayer. Yeah, it's a great time to make dua That's a very decent time And these are the same times where we have different schools of thought that permit different things And then that there's beautiful culture that comes into play here as well Which is not in conflict with the religion. So these things are in general very good And I would recommend kind of going with the flow in terms of whatever is the way of doing things in the particular locale That you are and you know, hopefully that will Start to develop more and more here And that we have to recognize is not not every cultural manifestation is wrong Some of them are valid that legally valid That uh in acceptable manifestations of of Good innovations. So there's a lot of room there, but in general, this is a very good time, you know to to make dua And it's you know, throughout the Muslim role. This is the time that you see people in prayers right after they Yeah, so that could be something That uh, yeah, I don't know the specific reason for that particular manifestation But um, it's dua You know, so dua is a good thing Right and what is the specific reason for after fudgering after asa? I'm not sure but again Our tradition is vast And we want to be very careful not to deny certain things So I don't know the exact answer to your question But I've seen enough diversity of ways of doing things to not jump to any conclusions And you know if you would ask them, you know, especially the scholars on where is this coming from That they're likely to have you know a basis for it