Taman Ilmu Session with Ustaz Amin

Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Topic: Refining Your Prayers (Menghalusi Solat)
Date: 15 May 2008
Venue: Multi Purpose Room above FC5


Ustaz started off the session by quoting this hadith :

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (SallAllaahu `Alayhi Wa Sallam) said, "Seven people will be shaded by Allah under His shade on the day when there will be no shade except His. They are:

(1) a just ruler;

(2) *a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, (i.e. worship Allah (Alone) sincerely from his childhood),

(3) a man whose heart is attached to the mosque (who contributes to the well-being of a mosque);

(4) two persons who love each other only for Allah's sake and they meet and part in Allah's cause only;

(5) a man who refuses the call of a charming woman of noble birth for an illegal sexual intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah;

(6) a person who practices charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in charity).

(7) a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes get flooded with tears."

Sahih Al-Bukhari


Meaning of some Islamic terms:

Syari'ah: The Way to Live; Rules

Aqidah: Belief

Fiqh: Etiquette (morals & behaviour)


Doubts in Solat:

Wudhu: wajib

Niat: recommended for each solat

Placing of hands between the chest and the navel: Sunnat

Doa Qunut: wajib according to Imam Shafie

Moving not more than 3 times: as long as your movements does not break your concentration

Pauses in Solat (ruku' and sujud): enough time to say Subhan'Allah & your mind must be at peace

Pace of solat and reciting the surah must not be too fast.

Sujud Sahwi:

• Performed when mistakes are made/ certain steps were accidentally missed out while praying or when you missed a rakaat or exceeded rakaat
  
• How to perform it:

After the final tahiyyat before the salaam, sujud twice and recite either:
Subhanalladziy laa yanaamu wa laa yashuu / Subhanalladziy laa yashuu wa laa yanaamu
[Maha suci (Allah) Yang tidak tidur dan tidak lupa / Maha suci (Allah) Yang tidak lupa dan tidak tidur || Praise Be to Allah Who Neither Sleeps Nor Forget / Praise Be to Allah Who Neither Forgets Nor Sleep]

OR what you usually recite during normal sujud

• After rising from sujud, straightaway say your salaam

While in Jemaah:

• Don't stand next to someone who gives off a bad odour
• Don't pray in jemaah if you give off a bad odour (so as not to distract other makmum)
• It is makruh (detestable) to eat onions or smoke before performing your solat
• If you want to form a new saff, start from the centre
• If you are praying alone and someone taps your shoulder to signal that he wants to pray jemaah with you but you don't wish to, show that you reject his request by pushing his hand away softly (tepis)

If you missed out on Al-Fatihah when you join the jemaah:
As long as you manage to join them while they ruku', it is considered that you have managed to 'catch' the rakaat (ie the Imam has recited Al-Fatihah for you)

For urgent distractions (eg your mother calling you) :
Can end solat only if there is sufficient time left for it
'End' the solat by saying your salaam

You can only Jamak fardhu prayers if you really cannot solat within the given period (i.e. only if you know you will miss e.g. Zuhur prayers that day)

*The ones highlighted in green are the ones that Ustaz Amin had elaborated on during the session

~ We apologize for any shortcomings in this post ~

Jazakallahu Khair