I NEED TO PRAY ASAP!

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please anyone out there willing to help me, I havent prayed at all in my life and I need to asap,

I have books about islam at home and I try to read them but I just dont understand praying and the rakats and such.
I also dont understand all the prayers i need to memorize for praying? only one i know is al-faitha

and I used this website but it's confusing when he/she talks bout the rakats: http://arabic.speak7.com/prayer.htm

please if anyone has any websites, links, books, etc
who taught you how to pray?!  

[The_Pathan]

Lolz, learn from parrents? Well I know ur parrents find it hard too, cuz I think u told me once.

I also haven't memorized the meanings of all of the duahs sad

Of course I know Al-Fatiha meaning smile

But u know. Rakaats is how many times you do it.

It's:

Fajr(morning): 2 rakaats
Zuhr(midday, the sun is in middle.): 4 rakaats
Asr(sun is between Zuhr and Maghrib): 4 rakaats
Maghrib(sun does down): 3 rakaats
Isha(night): 4 rakaats

There are specific duahs in the diffrent rakaats, and yes they may be complicated, but I'm sure ur parents know about this =)  

[Wandertoal-Haqq]

Here is a site that can definitely help you to start.
]http://www.thedeenshow.com/newmuslims.php?id=209  

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The_Pathan

Lolz, learn from parrents? Well I know ur parrents find it hard too, cuz I think u told me once.

I also haven't memorized the meanings of all of the duahs sad

Of course I know Al-Fatiha meaning smile

But u know. Rakaats is how many times you do it.

It's:

Fajr(morning): 2 rakaats
Zuhr(midday, the sun is in middle.): 4 rakaats
Asr(sun is between Zuhr and Maghrib): 4 rakaats
Maghrib(sun does down): 3 rakaats
Isha(night): 4 rakaats

There are specific duahs in the diffrent rakaats, and yes they may be complicated, but I'm sure ur parents know about this =)

my dad's barely home so I know he cant teach me, and idk bout my mom  

[The_Pathan]

Ur mom surely knows 3nodding It's her farz to know it, if her son comes to ask how to pray (means her son is religious). Then I'm sure his mom knows.

Try asking her, if she dosn't know I think she will figure it out smile  

[Bharatiyaa_ larki]

Do you live near a masjid?? You can always go to the masjid and as the Imam about it, I'm sure that he'll be happy to let you know how to perfrom salaat  

[Wandertoal-Haqq]

The_Pathan

Ur mom surely knows 3nodding It's her farz to know it, if her son comes to ask how to pray (means her son is religious). Then I'm sure his mom knows.

Try asking her, if she dosn't know I think she will figure it out smile

Some people don't have their mothers to teach them. My mother definitely isn't Muslim. I had to learn myself, alhamdullilah that I was able to learn (& will continue to work at it).  

[The_Pathan]

Ya, that's sumthing else smile But I know him, and his mom is muslim 3nodding

My parents also don't do many religious things, but that dosn't stop me from doing it 3nodding  

[Wandertoal-Haqq]

The_Pathan

Ya, that's sumthing else smile But I know him, and his mom is muslim 3nodding

My parents also don't do many religious things, but that dosn't stop me from doing it 3nodding

Okay. Yeah, same here.  

[The_Pathan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpk0G1c4P5I&feature=related  

[Lysander the silent]

Now this is the kind of stuff I enjoy learning about. ^.^ I'm studying Islam in my World Religions class right now. In fact, the test is tomorrow I do believe...  

[spottystripes]

The_Pathan

Lolz, learn from parrents? Well I know ur parrents find it hard too, cuz I think u told me once.

I also haven't memorized the meanings of all of the duahs sad

Of course I know Al-Fatiha meaning smile

But u know. Rakaats is how many times you do it.

It's:

Fajr(morning): 2 rakaats
Zuhr(midday, the sun is in middle.): 4 rakaats
Asr(sun is between Zuhr and Maghrib): 4 rakaats
Maghrib(sun does down): 3 rakaats
Isha(night): 4 rakaats

There are specific duahs in the diffrent rakaats, and yes they may be complicated, but I'm sure ur parents know about this =)

hey u pray diff me....

i do..

fajr - 2 sunnat, 2 farz

zohr - 4sunnat, 4farz, 2sunnat, 2nafl

asr - 4 sunnat, 4 farz

maghrib - 3 farz, 2 sunnat, 2 nafl

isha - 4 sunnat, 4 farz, 2 sunnat, 2nafl, 3 witr, 2 nafl....  

[X Raven Ninja X]

Here is a flash movie:

http://www.islamicfinder.org/prayer/index.html

And on youtube:

1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaKb2zX1QBs&feature=channel

2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QulvzwryTc&feature=channel

3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh6plGYFM1A&feature=channel

4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmxxZOWcBEQ&feature=channel

5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVBrAL5AmQg&feature=related

6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXl0pvdi8fw&feature=related

7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz6j8tg0zkk&feature=channel

I hope this will help you.If you have any question about Islam please pm me,It's easy for me to know these things as arabic is my mother tongue