{"id":4228,"date":"2025-10-11T23:38:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2025-10-11T23:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T23:38:34","slug":"introduction-to-praye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=4228","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"428\">It was in <strong data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"160\">Makkah<\/strong> that our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was visited by the Archangel <strong data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"255\">Gabriel<\/strong>. From there, the Prophet was miraculously transported from his home in Makkah to <strong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"350\">Jerusalem<\/strong>, riding <strong data-start=\"359\" data-end=\"371\">Al-Buraq<\/strong>, a celestial steed said to travel at the speed of light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"725\">Upon arriving in Jerusalem, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) led the previous prophets in prayer at <strong data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"559\">Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa<\/strong>. Following this, he ascended through the heavens, and it was during this miraculous journey that <strong data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"666\">Salah<\/strong> (prayer) was established and made obligatory upon Muslims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"932\">To this day, the nation of Muhammad (peace be upon him) continues to respond to the <strong data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"829\">call to prayer<\/strong>, offering their gratitude, praise, and remembrance of <strong data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"931\">Allah (sub\u1e25\u0101nahu wa ta\u02bf\u0101l\u0101 \u2013 Exalted is He)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"1156\">As the sound of the <strong data-start=\"954\" data-end=\"963\">Adhan<\/strong> (call to prayer) echoes across the globe, Muslims pause their activities, turn toward their Lord, and engage in worship\u2014thanking Him, remembering Him, and bowing down in humility and devotion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1254\"><strong data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1167\">Salah<\/strong> is the most important pillar of Islam after the declaration of faith\u2014the <strong data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1253\">Shahadah<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1422\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1422\"><em data-start=\"1258\" data-end=\"1331\">Ashhadu an l\u0101 il\u0101ha illa All\u0101h, wa ashhadu anna Mu\u1e25ammadan Ras\u016blu All\u0101h<\/em><br data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1334\" \/><em data-start=\"1336\" data-end=\"1422\">(I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His Messenger).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1635\">The purpose of this project is to introduce <strong data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1477\">Salah<\/strong> to those who are unfamiliar with how to perform it\u2014whether complete beginners, those with some understanding, or individuals seeking to perfect their prayer<\/p>\n<a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/introduction-to-praye\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the sound of the Adhan is heard throughout the world, Muslims stop and turn to the Lord, thanking Him, remembering Him, bowing down to him in prayer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1563,2315],"tags":[9,2065,1805,1569,1573,1575,1576,1577,2000],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prayer-in-islam","category-why-we-pray","tag-featured","tag-five-daily-prayers","tag-guide-to-prayer","tag-how-to-pray","tag-muslim-prayer","tag-prayer-in-islam","tag-salah","tag-salat","tag-second-pillar-in-islam"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Introduction-to-Prayer.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}