Do you prefere to pray in an isloated area?

[thatguy33]

When you can't make it to the masjid and have to pray at home or elsewhere do you feel more comfortable when praying in an isloated corner/area where noone can see/hear you or do you prefere to pray in front of others. I, personally, like to be isolated....sometimes I feel like when iam praying others are critiqing my salat and I just get kind of uncomfortable even though I know they are not...is anyone else like this?

[AbdullaQ]

Best time to focus on Salat is when I know NO ONE can hear me.

When praying with people (Jama3a), I can sometimes focus on my Salat.

I find it hard to focus on my Salat if I am praying in a Mosque but alone.

[Basim Ali]

(salam),

At home, I prefer to pray in my room. But I hate it when one of my parents or siblings enter the room, and stare at me, like I'm an alien. :blink: And then, when they move around the room, that makes me even more uncomfortable. So isolated, is good with me. :) Though, if the room is comfortable, as in, cool, it will help. :blush:

But mosques, I'll love to pray in them. It's basically a place of worship, so I don't mind people praying. So basically, it's people doing other things in the place of prayer, that irritates me. But I don't usually go to mosques, even though it's very close to my house, it's Sunni, so I might as well pray in my home.

(wasalam)

Basim Ali Jafri

[thepeacemaker]

...sometimes I feel like when iam praying others are critiqing my salat and I just get kind of uncomfortable even though I know they are not...is anyone else like this?

I see what you're saying. One of the things I find highly annoying in jamat prayers is people who whisper loudly in sujood and ruku probably out of some misplaced sense of piety. To top it off, they go out of sync with the Imam's recitation too and you end up hearing a cacophony of sounds.

This one time during Juma, I discovered to my horror that I had absentmindedly put on two different shades of socks. Every time I did ruku I cringed with embarrassment :( . Concentration went out the window.

However, regardless of one's comfort level, praying in congregation is given higher preference in Islamic rulings compared to praying individually.

Edited October 29, 2009 by thepeacemaker

[joyfulmuslimah]

(salam)

I Love to pray when my parents r with me then they can c what a good girl I am! :blush:

j/k

I love to pray in the middle of the night when every1 is asleep specially in Pakistan on the roof under the open night sky it's amazing..

unfortunately here in N-Y the closest I can get to open night sky is near the fire escape in my kitchen.. ;)

[Ali Zara]

When you can't make it to the masjid and have to pray at home or elsewhere do you feel more comfortable when praying in an isloated corner/area where noone can see/hear you or do you prefere to pray in front of others. I, personally, like to be isolated....sometimes I feel like when iam praying others are critiqing my salat and I just get kind of uncomfortable even though I know they are not...is anyone else like this?

Its the best way to pray. My focus is just on Allah. I feel like im in another world. It gives me peace/happiness.

[thatguy33]

Yeah its good that I dont feel alone...I hate it when Iam praying and people walk in the room...its so annoying and cuts off your concentration...

[ShiaSoldier@2007]

(bismillah) (salam)

I love praying isolated, I enjoy praying in mosques almost as much. the only thing is I don't want to be a show off.

[Ali Mahdi]

(bismillah)

(salam)

My family is non-Muslim, so I pray in my room. I can't concentrate if they were to watch me. I also need silence to concentrate.

[Dirac Delta function]

I live with my family, and some of them think I don't pray, because they haven't seen me pray in years. I do, of course, it's just that I much prefer to be in isolation.

[AbdullaQ]

I just remembered something. Some Salat are meant to be said out loud. Like Fajir, Maghrib, and Isha. If you have a family which is not praying, this can serve as a constant reminder to them that they should pray. All Athan and Iqama is said out loud. If you say BOTH before every salah, then there will be a row of Angels praying behind you that stretches as far as the heaven and the earth! Athan and Iqama are exactly what a family away from an Islamic country need to pull them back to Allah.

We were all once weak in belief. Do not take away something which might help save your family.

Just thought of reminding myself and my brothers :)

Peace.

[Zenshiite]

I prefer to pray without my 3 year old jumping on my back or snatching my turba... which is a very rare occurrence in my house. It's a lesson in discipline, patience and focus... that's for sure.

[Marbles]

In isolation, away from people's eyes. Though I'm fine at mosques. It's a different matter that I have not visited one for 3 years LOL - Ah but except for Eid Prayers.

[JimJam]

I prefer to pray alone in my room when I'm at home, having people around during praying is annoying. But praying at mosques is ok, but really dont go much anymore.

I once prayed at this Barelhvi masjid in during a brief stop at the town Uthal in Balochistan, the people stared so much that it creeped me out. I wonder what would have happened if it were a Deobandi one.

[The Green Knight]

I really don't care anymore. If I have to pray, I have to pray. If someone thinks I'm showing off then that's solely their own problem because I don't. If I'm travelling and it says "mosque" then I don't hesitate praying there. Inquisitive onlooking Kharijis flee in terror once I'm done and take a look at them. No one has dared say a word to me. It's God's gift I believe.

If I can't have my dose of that special feeling that comes with full concentration and in isolation, I just wait till the next oppurtunity or create one myself.

[Rohani]

(salam)

yes either or, masjid is nice and so is in private, private prayer is different then prayer in congregation because one is more comfortable at home and alone. but each have a benefit alhamdulillah. as for praying around other people well one has to pray when and where ever they can. so important thing is to try to feel comfortable and focus towards Allah no matter where you are or who is around you.

(wasalam)

Edited October 31, 2009 by theunknownpreacher

[leomanian]

It is good to pray in isolation because it drives you nearer to Almighty Allah. And you can be more comfortable.

[Infrarot2]

Isolation with the door locked, otherwise I will get distracted and break concentration easily.

[layman]

(bismillah)

When the time for prayer comes, do it..even though in a battle field.

Try our best to find ways to concerntrate better within the limitations that we are facing.

Layman

[Last Chance]

I prefer to pray in isolation- it's a lot easier for me to concentrate. I think part of it is to do with being able to hear only myself, and nobody else, and hence I find it much more difficult to concentrate in jamaa3a.

[Ghorbat]

There isn't a mosque where I live so I pray at home and love praying in quiet and isolation. It gives me that spirituality that I need to cope with the overwhilmingly worldly desires, though it is not always possible.

Edited October 31, 2009 by Ghorbat

[zanyrulez]

Isolation of course.

I feel super uncomfortable when I have to pray in front of others. Especially when they are not my family members.