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From: ahmed@ecs.umass.edu
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Subject: Re: prayer
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Date: 22 May 91 12:07:20 GMT
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In article <1991May16.170858.27303@wpi.WPI.EDU>, sinnott@iastate.edu (Sinnott Susan Buthaina) writes:
> I am interested to know how those of you who work handle prayer.  I am at
> work about 10 hours a day.  In the winter, it is often dark when I leave
> home in the morning and dark when I get home at night.  I share a large
> office with four other people.  There is no privacy and little room to 
> pray at the right time in the office.  These are the options as I see 
> them:
> 1. Go to a room somewhere in the workplace that is private and pray.
> 2. Stay where you are and take a few minutes to pray by "dua" since you
>    cannot pray the usual way.
> 3. Leave work and go to a mosk or home, pray, and then return.
> 4. Wait until you get home and make up all the prayers you have missed at once.
> 
> I would really like to hear from others on this matter.
> 
> Susan Sinnott
	Under no circumstances can we miss a fard salaat. So,2. is not
really an option. 4. is not advisable because one would be doing it
everyday. In my opinion (for what it's worth), the best would be 3. if
a mosque is located close enough. Otherwise, 1. would be good. Moreover,
encouraging other muslims to do likewise would make 1. the best.

	The advise I have got from my elders about this is that consider
salaat as important as going to the restroom. When it's time, nothing
should stop us.

May Allah help us all in being regular in our salaat.

... khaleel