Prayer (mission, prophet, blessing, Commandment, muslims)

[Seconde]

Hi All,

I don't know whether this is the right place to post this. I realised lately that Muslims pray with shoes on, some with shoes off. Some people perform cleaning (wudu - sorry if wrongly written) with socks off, some with socks on. Is it a big deal? or should all Muslims follow the same suit?

[Peace]

Peace be with you Seconde,

Yes, there is nothing wrong praying with one's shoes as long as they are clean and pure. However, that couldn't be done inside the mosque. Before enterning the mosque one must take his/her shoes off. One could pray with his/her shoes on if he/she is outside.

Concerning making wudu' with one socks on, it is permissible if one had his/her socks on while in a state of purity.
Wiping with wet hands on socks, instead of washing the feet, is permissible since there are occasions where it's hard take them off. So permission was granted by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to wipe over them for a period of one day and night for a resident and three days and nights for a traveler. Doing that is also reviving a Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is making use of an allowance granted to us by the Law-giver and as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Allah loves people to make use of His allowances just as He loves them to comply with His commandments.”

The permission to pray with one's shoes on, or wipe on one's socks while performing wudu' is to bring comfort and ease to people.


Peace

[Seconde]

Hi Peace, again,

I've seen some Muslims wipe over socks when taking them off would not be a great hassle (ie they had lots of time, space, etc) also, the same ones roll their sleeves up during 'wudu'. Could they leave them down too if, say, their shirt is a bit tight?

[Peace]

Originally Posted by Seconde

Hi Peace, again,

I've seen some Muslims wipe over socks when taking them off would not be a great hassle (ie they had lots of time, space, etc) also, the same ones roll their sleeves up during 'wudu'. Could they leave them down too if, say, their shirt is a bit tight?

Peace be with you Seconde,

Though having time to take off one's socks, wiping over them is permissible since our Prophet peace be upon him did that.
Concerning sleeves, no it's not permissible. one must roll them up in order to perform wudu'.

Peace

[polite]

Yes, that is permissible, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) prayed wearing his shoes. In al-Saheeh it is narrated that Abu Sa’eed said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) lead us in prayer whilst he was wearing his shoes, then he took them off [whilst still praying], and the people took their shoes off too. When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said the Tasleem [at the end of the prayer], they said: “O Messenger of Allaah, you took off your shoes, so we took off our shoes too.” He said: “Jibreel came to me and told me that there was some dirt on them, so I took them off. When any one of you comes to the mosque, let him look at his shoes, and if he sees any dirt on them, let him wipe them. And they can be purified with dust.”

(Narrated by Abu Dawood, no. 650). The point here is that praying in shoes is permissible. It says in the hadeeth: “Be different from the Jews, pray wearing your slippers or shoes.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood, no. 652). But the condition is that the shoes must be taahir (pure, clean). If there is any najaasah (impurity) or dirt on the shoes, then one should not pray wearing them or enter the mosque in shoes, unless he is sure that they are free of impurity or dirt. And Allaah knows best

[Muhhamad Abdul Salam]

Salam Alakkum, I think one should pray as instructed in the Qur'an when its convinient but if your on a bus or a plane during prayer time then I see no problem with just bowing your head and praying.

[john313]

Originally Posted by Muslim Communist

Salam Alakkum, I think one should pray as instructed in the Qur'an when its convinient but if your on a bus or a plane during prayer time then I see no problem with just bowing your head and praying.

i agree, it is not meant to be a burden on us.

[TashaN]

Originally Posted by Peace

Peace be with you Seconde,

Yes, there is nothing wrong praying with one's shoes as long as they are clean and pure. However, that couldn't be done inside the mosque. Before enterning the mosque one must take his/her shoes off. One could pray with his/her shoes on if he/she is outside.

Concerning making wudu' with one socks on, it is permissible if one had his/her socks on while in a state of purity.
Wiping with wet hands on socks, instead of washing the feet, is permissible since there are occasions where it's hard take them off. So permission was granted by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to wipe over them for a period of one day and night for a resident and three days and nights for a traveler. Doing that is also reviving a Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is making use of an allowance granted to us by the Law-giver and as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Allah loves people to make use of His allowances just as He loves them to comply with His commandments.”

The permission to pray with one's shoes on, or wipe on one's socks while performing wudu' is to bring comfort and ease to people.


Peace

I read once that socks don't considered as shoes because we can't walk with them the same as shoes and they are not tough as shoes. Moreover, the word in arabic is "khoff" which means shoes that we walk with. Nevertheless, some scholars say that there is nothing wrong with socks because usually Muslims pray nowdays at Mosques but not anymore on plain ground or sand as before in the past.

[john313]

peace,
i was thinking recently, during prayers we say muhammad's(pbuh) name in blessing him and his progeny and say he was the messenger of Allah. why do we do it? did muhammad(pbuh) say "i testify that i am the messenger of Allah"? or "please send blessings on me and my family"?

i think some weird things sometimes

peace, love, and burritos

[Ab'dal Hameed]

In Surah Ahazb (33) we are exhorted to "shower blessings" on the Prophet (peace be upon Him).Being a Quranic injunction its strongly held to. Hence,I assume ,Its in the Salaat.

Apart from that , in prayer during the Tashahhud, we say "Allah s peace be upon you,O Prophet" as if we are addressing Him.It is an intimate moment during the involvement of the prayer.

All the best john 313