Hi Jesse,
Welcome to the forum.
Our 5 daily prayers are spread throughout the day and night.
One EXCELLENT way of reminding us to pray is our call to prayer - In Muslim countries you will find this announced throughout the land to remind people to pray. If you are not living in a Muslim land you can buy a speaker at home which does exactly the same thing. We have one at home. It's very good.
Basically the azaan (call to prayer) is in Arabic. However, the English translation can be found below;
4x |
الله أكبر |
Allāhu akbar |
Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest. |
2x |
أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله |
Ash-hadu an-lā ilāha illā allāh |
I bear witness that there is no God but Allah. |
2x |
أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله |
Ash-hadu anna Muhammadan-Rasul ullāh |
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. |
2x |
حي على الصلاة |
Hayya'alas-ṣalāh |
Hasten to worship (salah). |
2x |
حي على الفلاح |
Hayya ʿalal-falāḥ |
Hasten to success. |
2x 1 |
الصلاة خيرٌ من النوم |
As-salatu Khayrun Minan-nawm |
Prayer is better than sleep. 2 (Only In Fajar Prayer's Azaan) |
2x |
الله أكبر |
Allāhu akbar |
Allah is greatest. |
1x |
لا إله إلا الله |
Lā ilāha illā-Allāh |
There is no God but Allah. 3 |
When i wake up, everyone has a list of things they need to do in their mind and my 5 prayers is always on my mind on a daily basis. Because it is spread out you can definitely make time for prayer and it doesn't take long. We have to pray to remind ourselves of who we are and our purpose of life and try and control our destiny in the next life as much as we can.
Another good way of reminding yourself is setting alarms, being in the company of good friends is a HUGE bonus and highly recommended by pious people, your conscious or your family.
Islam is very easy to implement and no situation is impossible. Islam is never a burden on people, Islam was introduced to mankind to make life as easy as possible and for us humans to live with good ethics and morals.
Only people mind's and tongues make things impossible. If you are a traveler, we are advised to shorten our prayers, if there is no water around you, you can purify yourself before prayers using a method called Tayammum in Arabic where you can use a stone or leaf to clean yourself, instead of water.
I was going to write more but my sister is distracting me and is also wanting me to us this icon >> :p :raging: so there we go guys
Hope that helps!