"And Seek Help in Patience and Prayer" [2:45]

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(In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful)

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُه
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May the peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you all)

Source from Google images.

I said my first prayer on the 10th December 2014. My friend explained to me how to do wudhu (the act of cleansing yourself before prayer) and then primarily taught me how to pray the 2 rakats of Fajr namaz (morning prayer), talking me through it whilst I recorded it on my phone. I remember practising that night, listening back to the recording and making notes on it so that I would be able to pray Fajr for the first time that morning. Honestly, I cried. Subhan'Allah I have no idea why but after I had prostrated myself to Allah s.w.t for the first time (even though now I know that I was facing the wrong way) I couldn't help but cry, I'm going to assume due to emotions such as relief, hope, and accomplishment. After that I only went through phases of praying Fajr as it wasn't Wajib (compulsory) upon me yet. 

Amongst the gifts from the Sheikh that I mentioned in a previous post was a prayer mat and a book entitled 'Method of Salat Along with Pictures'. I read through the book fully before practising again, mainly learning how to bring in the extra rakats for Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha prayers. People had often told me prior to this not to try to do everything at once, "maybe just start with 2 or 3 prayers and work your way up to the daily 5 so as not to overwhelm yourself" but I didn't find it overwhelming at all; prayer quickly became my favourite part of the day. It's so important as a Muslim to take time out of your day to gain closeness to Allah and thank him, no matter how good or bad a day you have had, no matter how 'busy' you are. After a week or so of praying with this book laid out in front of the prayer mat, I soon knew prayer by heart. I met another revert Muslim recently that told me "prayer became a second nature" to them and that's definitely how I feel too. Alhamdulillah, I haven't missed a prayer since becoming Muslim and without prayer now I would feel lost.


Now, I want to pray all over the world, 'the earth is a place of prostration' and you should remember your creator wherever you are whether that be through tasbeeh, dua or prayer itself. It's beautiful how despite already being The All Knowing, Allah s.w.t listens to each and every one of us when we call out to him, and when our duas aren't answered we know that what we asked for wasn't right for us because He has better plans. 

Just a short post today I guess, thank you for reading. 

Eltemase Dua. 

اللّهُمّ صَلّ عَلَى مُحَمّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمّدٍ