Practicing Muslims?

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Do you pray at least 3 times per day and not eat during daytime during Ramadan?

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M.I.A. said:
Just had a-brother-come in asking for 5 pounds.. hes worked in the area before.

I said i dont have anything..and the money in the till isnt mine.

..but i asked him if he was ok and why he needed it.

He said its the sunnah of the prophet pbuh to give an asking-brother.

..he said he just asked because he has intention of going mecca.. and is asking all people as he walks the street.

..i ask him what hes been doing since the last time i saw him.-

He says he is having problems and that his family.. they know what he does and what he doesnt do..and he doesnt get on there..

I ask him if he has been on jamat.. because we have many mosques and it is common to to give and recieve groups.

He says that they go with the wrong intention.. only to increase and to look for rizq.

...he starts getting angry and hitting his finger on my glass cabinets.-

I get twitchy.. legs and hands shaking..

Please everything here is made of glass.

He says when it breaks it is by the will of allah swt.

I would like to think about this but i feel my hands and feet....

He says the people around here have no iman.

..i say, there must be a middle way.

He says there is.. it is to mecca.

He keeps hitting is finger on the glass.. harder than any person should.

I ask him how old he is.. 23 he says..

I tell him im 36.. i want to tell him about where iv been..


Customers walk in.

He says he will wait and i should serve the person but it takes a while and he shakes my hand and leaves.
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So it finally happened,

Bout 15 guys turned up outside with baseball bat..

Turns out they beat him up just outside.

Police turned up literally as it was going and everybody disappeared.. dont know where it must have started off.

He walked it off so its not all bad.

Alhamdulillah,

Its a real reminder that sometimes being inconsiderate infront of the wrong people can get you into trouble.

And as a lot of people today are troubled..

We should count our blessings.

..and pray more.

I do come here to vent sometimes, i hope you all forgive me for it.. if it takes a second thought of your time.
 
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fschmidt said:
I think categorizing people is important. If I choose a business partner or an employee, I want to categorize them as trustworthy or untrustworthy. So my thinking is, if a person can't be trusted to fulfill their religious obligations to God, why would I trust them to fulfill their obligations to me? Isn't this a reasonable approach?
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Are you serious?
 
fschmidt said:
Yes, Shias and Quranists.
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Wait....
Shias pray the 5 prayers believing there is allowance to pray together dhuhr followed immediately by asr, and Maghrib followed immediately by Isha, although the separation is better.

By the way, what are Quranists? Where do they live?
 
There are muslim girls who don't cover-up. I don't consider them practicing either
 
Cherub786 said:
Actually the minimum would be to pray Five times a day (not three).
Also, I doubt that a poll on a random internet discussion board can give you an accurate sense of what percentage of Muslims are practicing.
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yes absolutely right.
 
Praying is not about the times you go to mosque. It is about the number of prayers. الصلوات الخمس meaning 5 salaat, as well as fasting of ramadan, visiting Ka'bah, Zakaat, and the two testimonies are 5 pillars of Islam.
There are many so called "nominal" Muslims, like Christians, as practice itself implies the application of good judgement and timing, as well as some labor, which is beyond many people's affording. But be sure, almost anyone that is online here is practicing. People don't tend to discuss something something they have no interest in.
 

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