LI Salaah

Muezzin: ...Allaahu akbar Allaahu akbar.. Laa illaaha IllAllaah.


Dhuhr salaah had just started, and brother kadafi (the imam) was already praying the 4 sunnah.



glo lived just a few houses away from where the azaan came from...

glo: I guess I better set off to learn more about Islam..


*reaches place of prayer* - but she sees two guards in black at the door.



... : "Can we have your identification please? (they say together)

glo: who me? I left it at home


... : What's your LI name? (one of them asks)


glo: Remember me!? its glo...


... : Let me check on my laptop *View who's Online*

*Both nod heads - "Okay, you can go through.."


glo: But... are you two on the forum? And why are you two wearing that costume?


... : Yeah it's me amani and Arwa, you might have seen us in the Haramains thread?


glo:


Arwa: Doesn't matter..

amani: The reason we cover ourself is because our Creator has ordered us to (Qur'an 24:31) .. it's even mentioned in the bible -

"But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. [Corinthians 11:5]

Arwa: Anyway, you can go through - but don't go in the Brothers Section - you don't have access to that.


As glo passes through the wudhu rooms. She hears a loud blow of the nose..

		"can someone pass me the pot!!

..

		"its on the tank!!"

glo: !! I wonder




Meanwhile, sister Mawaddah is teaching in her small study circle:


Mawaddah: "In this hadith which is narrated by Jabir radhiAllaahu anhu, The Messenger of Allah sal Allaahu alayhi-waSalam said,

"He who says upon hearing the Adhan: `Allahumma Rabba hadhihid-da`wati-ttammati, was-salatil-qa'imati, ati Muhammadanil-wasilata wal-fadhilata, wab`athu maqaman mahmuda nilladhi wa `adtahu [O Allah, Rubb of this perfect call (Da`wah) and of the established prayer (As-Salat), grant Muhammad the Wasilah and superiority, and raise him up to a praiseworthy position which You have promised him]', it becomes incumbent upon me to intercede for him on the Day of Resurrection.''


So i want all of you to recite this after you hear the adhaan, okay children?


Students: Yes Ms Mawaddah!! (they say together in a monotone voice.)



Al-Muminah, Halima and Labibah are telling the sisters to stand up in straight lines and in rows.


Halima: Don't you know it's important to straighten yourself when performing salaah?

Al-Muminah: The Messenger of Allaah, sal Allaahu alayhi waSalam said: "Straighten your rows, or Allah would cause your hearts to differ" (Narrated in Abu Dawud)


Labibah: I've been asked by brother Far7an to remove any sisters from our section if they take too long to respond. jazak Allaahu khayr.



glo walks into the sisters section..


glo: Hi..?


piXie: woohoo!!! its a sister

welcome...

have a great stay :sister:

any questions ? feel free to ask

enjoy...;)


Aalimah: You killed it


piXie: No i neva


Ladee Maryam: Are you from Australia?


glo: Nope..


Um Hamzah: You a revert?


glo: No.. but i want to learn about islam..



Muezzin: Allaahu akbar Allaahu akbar...


glo: Why do women pray on the back row?


Mod sisters - Shh.. salaahs going to start - we've warned you already.


kadafi: Allaahu akbar...


*Everything goes silent*

[For anyone who's confused - the imam doesn't read out aloud within the Dhuhr and 'Asr prayer]


Sister Daffodil's son Abdullah was crying in the salaah, so it was shorter than how brother kadafi intended it to be.. he remembered the hadith:

The Messenger of Allah sal Allaahu alayhi waSalam said, "I stand up to lead Salat with the intention of prolonging it. Then I hear the crying of an infant and I shorten the Salat lest I should make it burdensome for his mother".
[Al-Bukhari].


kadafi: Asalaamu 'alykum warahmatulahi wabarakatuh..

Asalaamu 'alykum warahmatulahi wabarakatuh...


The fardh salaah had ended..



Suddenly there was a loud BANG!..


It was the police.