How do different religions pray?

[Muhammad]

Greetings,

That's quite interesting, Grace Seeker. It made me reflect on how Muslims incorporate all these postures in a single unit of prayer: the standing, bowing, prostrating, sitting and even raising our hands out of prayers.

An interesting note is that one of the recommended times for Muslims to supplicate to God is when prostrating:

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The closest that a person is to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so say a great deal of du’aa’ then.” Narrated by Muslim, 482.

(du'aa = supplicating to God)

Peace .

 

[Ninth_Scribe]

Does anyone have videos of the different religions praying? I'm interested to see how you all pray.

Well, I haven't chosen a religion, but I do love God and when I want to visit, I usually begin the process by bathing. Then I wear some scented oil, and dress myself in this really pretty white prayer dress and light a zillion candles. Sometimes I play music (keyboards, guitar or celtic harp) and just chat about the things I learned or did since our last visit. Sometimes I even knit or draw. It's very casual and relaxed. No chants, no requests or demands, nothing ceremonial. I figure he gets enough of that else where. I share my world with him the way I would with any other friend or family member. There's enough in this world to make his heart heavy, so I only call when I'm happy and my home is warm and inviting. Like this:

Ninth Scribe

 

[Grace Seeker]

Greetings,

That's quite interesting, Grace Seeker. It made me reflect on how Muslims incorporate all these postures in a single unit of prayer: the standing, bowing, prostrating, sitting and even raising our hands out of prayers.

An interesting note is that one of the recommended times for Muslims to supplicate to God is when prostrating:

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The closest that a person is to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so say a great deal of du’aa’ then.” Narrated by Muslim, 482.

(du'aa = supplicating to God)

Peace .

Yes. I related on another thread how I was invited to join in prayers when I attended mosque with my Muslim daughter. Though I did not understand the Arabic, I found that I was indeed able to worship alongside all the other men as we incorporated all of those positions into the prayer time. It did not seem strange to me at all. In fact it was a very edifying experience. Enough so that I still remember it very positively now several years later. I would not hesitate to do it again, and should I ever live in a community that had a mosque and no church, I would probably even regularly attend to prayers there.

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Wow, thats interesting to know