Please let me know as soon as possible if someone knows for sure that pregnant women if cannot pray in time or due to not feeling well is it okay if they leave prayers.
Are pregnant women treated under same rules when it comes to prayers. Also let me know what are the easy ways given by islam for pregnant women.
There is no ruling or valid excuse for a pregnant woman to miss her prayers. If she is physically incapable of performing her prayer while standing, then that will classify her to offer her prayers sitting. And if not physically able to perform her prayers even sitting, then she is to perform her prayers lying down. In any case, the prayer is an important aspect of a muslims' admittance and acceptance in Islam, and without the prayer, there is no Islam. The companions of the prophet(SAAW) and the following scholars after their times have issued many statements and rulings to this effect...i.e. that one who leaves the prayers without valid reason (acceptable according to the laws established in the Quran and Hadith), then they have entered into kufr, i.e. non-islam. And Allah knows best.
Pregnancy is a difficult time, sure, but the woman is at a time in her life now when she is in more need of guidance and help from Allah, more so than previously. Why should she wish to cut off her form of communication with her Almighty Lord and Master? In fact, if she will make the proper cleansing (wudhu) in preparation, and commence to perform the prayer in the most perfect and devoted manner that she can, and continue during this prayer to ask Allah to relieve her of any discomfort or pain that she is going thru, then surely He will help her, if not alleviate her discomforts, then to at least help her to handle and bear the discomforts that she is going thru.
I am a woman, and a mother as well. And I can reassure you that I am quite familiar with the pains and discomforts and difficulties that a woman goes thru during pregnancy. But to leave the prayers due to those discomforts and difficulties only serves to increase them. When you turn to Allah in full faith that He hears and listens and responds to you prayers, then He does not abandon you. But when you abandon Allah, and abandon your responsibilities and duties to Allah, then He also abandons you. He is there for us all whenever we need Him, and in any way. But we must make the move to approach Him, and the best and foremost method of approach is of course thru the prayer. This prayer, although dedicated and performed for Him, is in fact for the individual, to create a firm and strong link or bond with the Creator, and therefore keep open the path of communication in order that when the individual needs anything (which we need many things daily), then he has the ability to ask, and the open line with which to communicate. By ignoring the prayer, for any reason (no matter how valid or important it may seem), then we in fact close off that line of connection which is so direly important to our very souls and even our existence.
Assalamu Alaikum,
Thankyou so much for replying so soon... somebody had told me that during pregnancy prayers are not farz... but you have cleared my doubts. Thankyou for the guidance and may Allah bless you for that.
There is no ruling or valid excuse for a pregnant woman to miss her prayers. If she is physically incapable of performing her prayer while standing, then that will classify her to offer her prayers sitting. And if not physically able to perform her prayers even sitting, then she is to perform her prayers lying down. In any case, the prayer is an important aspect of a muslims' admittance and acceptance in Islam, and without the prayer, there is no Islam. The companions of the prophet(SAAW) and the following scholars after their times have issued many statements and rulings to this effect...i.e. that one who leaves the prayers without valid reason (acceptable according to the laws established in the Quran and Hadith), then they have entered into kufr, i.e. non-islam. And Allah knows best.
Pregnancy is a difficult time, sure, but the woman is at a time in her life now when she is in more need of guidance and help from Allah, more so than previously. Why should she wish to cut off her form of communication with her Almighty Lord and Master? In fact, if she will make the proper cleansing (wudhu) in preparation, and commence to perform the prayer in the most perfect and devoted manner that she can, and continue during this prayer to ask Allah to relieve her of any discomfort or pain that she is going thru, then surely He will help her, if not alleviate her discomforts, then to at least help her to handle and bear the discomforts that she is going thru.
I am a woman, and a mother as well. And I can reassure you that I am quite familiar with the pains and discomforts and difficulties that a woman goes thru during pregnancy. But to leave the prayers due to those discomforts and difficulties only serves to increase them. When you turn to Allah in full faith that He hears and listens and responds to you prayers, then He does not abandon you. But when you abandon Allah, and abandon your responsibilities and duties to Allah, then He also abandons you. He is there for us all whenever we need Him, and in any way. But we must make the move to approach Him, and the best and foremost method of approach is of course thru the prayer. This prayer, although dedicated and performed for Him, is in fact for the individual, to create a firm and strong link or bond with the Creator, and therefore keep open the path of communication in order that when the individual needs anything (which we need many things daily), then he has the ability to ask, and the open line with which to communicate. By ignoring the prayer, for any reason (no matter how valid or important it may seem), then we in fact close off that line of connection which is so direly important to our very souls and even our existence.
If the condition of a pregnant women is serious or she is enduring pains every now and then then it is ok to leave prayers.But just for the sake of being pregnant, a woman can't skip her prayers and must offer it in any how means.If she can't offer it standing,then she should be doing it by sitting,and if not possible by sitting,then it is to be performed by lying down. __________________________________________________ ____________ Sahih Muslim Search Sahih Bukhari
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