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07 Jun 2008 Sat 03:15 am |
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Quoting teaschip: I have never heard this call to prayer, but would love to experience it one day. Five times a day huh...How long does this usually last, each prayer that is. Does everyone stop when their working etc..to prayer each time? Just curious...  |
İts different from a person to another
Normally at mosques it would take about 5-7 minutes
And its better for Muslims to pray together at mosques
But of course you also can pray alone,and on that time time or praying is different
Some people like to read small ayats of Kur'an in the pray,some like to read longer
But avarge it takes less than 5 minutes
And you can pray your pray from the time ezan has called for it till before the time for the next ezan of the next pray
But sooner is better
And as its been said,not necessary for people to pray together,so at a shop for example
When seller wants to pray,the other wont pray and work
İt will take few minutes and sometimes even customers join at the pray
And yes at Cuma Salat specially 'Cuma is kind of holly day for Muslims' many shops closed for Cuma salat 'pray of Cuma'
And have a sign,'closed for pray',but usually many people also are there at mosque
And Salat takes about mmmm well,if we are talking about what should,it wont take less than 30 mins to 1 hour
But many people now,come just at the actuall pray time and as i said it takes few minutes about 10 mints
At cuma Salat,its special,İmam talk with people,saying things like lessons about morals,about events ...ect
then praying,so its taking more time .
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 03:17 am |
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Quoting rosha: .
but do you know why there is five calls in the day which are distributed through the whole day ??
why there is not only one call in the day for example at the end of the day when muslims can pray all what they have to pray ???
if you like we can discuss this  |
My understanding is that the five prayers throughout the day help keep muslims conscious of Allah, and by doing so it keeps them more aware that they are to do things that are pleasing to him and forgiving others. Also normally the Al Fatihah is said 2 to 4 times and then a memorized verse from the Quran.
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 09:44 am |
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I remember th amazing experience when, sitting on a bench in Hipodrome area, I could hear two muezzins calling for prayers from two mosques. It seemed like a dialogue and was absolutely wonderful.
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 11:10 am |
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When I was in Turkiye I loved hearing the calls to prayer .. and then seeing the men going to the mosque's to pray. It was one of the first things I missed when I left. Of course being treated like a princess was something I missed as well.
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 11:17 am |
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When I was in Istanbul I saw taxi's pull up on the side of the road, drivers get out and go into the mosque and I saw shops shut for a few minutes while they went to the mosque and I literally saw 20 or so men troup into the mosque near Galata bridge.
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 11:45 am |
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Quoting Daydreamer: I remember th amazing experience when, sitting on a bench in Hipodrome area, I could hear two muezzins calling for prayers from two mosques. It seemed like a dialogue and was absolutely wonderful. |
I get that 5 times a day! We are between the mosque on the hill behind us and the one by the town square. The one on the hill always starts slightly before the town one - they need to synchronise! I notice that here the 'locals' tend to go to the mosque much more often than the resort workers - who seem to only go on a Friday (i.e. to the Cuma Salat Canli mentioned). Another thing that happens here (and maybe this is a general thing - I don't know) after the Call to Prayer is the announcement of any deaths that have occurred locally - this can go on for quite a long time.
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 02:38 pm |
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Quoting lady in red: Another thing that happens here (and maybe this is a general thing - I don't know) after the Call to Prayer is the announcement of any deaths that have occurred locally - this can go on for quite a long time. |
İ dont know if this what you are talking about or not.
We 'Muslims' pray over our died people in mosques,and the larger the number of the prayers,the better
So people who pray at mosques tend to wait and pray if they knew there is someone will pray over him
İt doesnt take much time either after the regular pray
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07 Jun 2008 Sat 05:33 pm |
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In Adiyaman the call to prayer in the morning was particularly spectacular. I heard 5 different adhans, each one a little after the other. It was a beautiful experience. They seemed to be in different parts of the city, one close, another far away, one from this side, another from that side. It was a unique type of stereophonic experience.
When I was in Fez, Morrocco I was right next to a small mosque for noon prayer when a muezzin did the call with his natural voice, that was quite beautiful. I wish they would have all real live humans doing the adhan. The recordings are not as nice and some PA systems seem to distort the sound.
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08 Jun 2008 Sun 03:29 am |
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Actually, this entire adhan(ezan) thing causes 'noise pollution'.
I can understantand the necessity of it in old times when the clock or watch were not invented.
But in today's world, adhan(ezan) is unnecessary.
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08 Jun 2008 Sun 11:09 am |
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Quoting thehandsom: Actually, this entire adhan(ezan) thing causes 'noise pollution'.
I can understantand the necessity of it in old times when the clock or watch were not invented.
But in today's world, adhan(ezan) is unnecessary. |
I like the sound of the Call to Prayer but I think they could do without the drummer during Ramazan - that's just mean!!!
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08 Jun 2008 Sun 05:21 pm |
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I like the sound to prayer during the day, but I hate it in the morning because it always wakes me up, even if the camii is not that close to where I sleep. I think it is a beautiful sound, but can't get used to the fact they wake you up in the night saying that prayer is sweeter than sleep 
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