where did you put your shoes she
sprained them
everyone welcome to the mosque thank you
good uh
first time who's coming here for the
very first time any mosque
so this is the main prayer area this is
the islamic foundation north
the reason it's called north is because
we have a south
all right and the south one is in the
villa park area so as you can see in the
mosque we have the rose over here
muslims when we pray so we pray five
times a day pray here as well women they
pray upstairs
as you can see up there
the the girl is there hey wave your hand
so
so any questions about the prayer and
what you see right now so far
yes ma'am do you have to do it or can
you miss if you have to
all the five daily prayers these are
compulsory these are obligatory
right for every person you say it's an
obligation there's only one exception is
if a lady or a girl is going through her
monthly cycle then there's only
exception
there may be other some minute
exceptions but uh
by default every muslim is supposed to
pray
if a person cannot like
pray on the carpet like that person is
praying up there they can sit on the
chair and they can pray
even if they cannot sit on the chair
they have to lay down in the bed and
pray even if they are traveling they
have to pray take a break and pray even
if their work they can take you know
lunch time combined with the prayer time
yeah question joanne when you pray
do they say some special words or just
like are you talking to
sure so the question is
every day five times is the everyday
same or all the prayers talking the same
thing
yeah so she's saying that what do we say
when we pray right what do we say when
we pray so the prayers are in the arabic
language
so some prayers are audible some prayers
are silent so this prayer that you will
see now it's a silent prayer the imam
the scholar he would be standing in the
front and he would be saying allahu
akbar means allah is great and folding
his hands
and he would be silently reciting
certain passages of the quran
in all the prayers we recite the very
first chapter of the quran which is
called as the opening chapter
right after that then we have a short
passage some other passages of the quran
and then we bow down as you may have
seen and then we prostrate
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oh
so we can head out to the shoe area and
we can wear the shoes and you can follow
me and the brother uh
mansoor and we can go downstairs all
right so let's head out to the shoe area
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my
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so what you see over here these are all
the wonderful ways that islam has given
rights to women
all right so every poster has something
unique about what islam says about
mothers about wives about daughters
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oh
is
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hey
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so that is islamic concept of how to
live a good life
how to live life of intellectuals
guidance from the quran transforming
ourselves transforming the society being
good to the neighbors right being good
to our parents being the best of our
children being the best towards our
spouses so islam came as a blessing for
humanity to transform a human to
transform families and then yes to
transform all of humanity and i'm going
to end with a amazing passage of the
quran
so there is a passage in the quran
joanne this is in chapter 49 verse
number 13
and this passage addressing to all of us
god is saying that oh mankind oh
humanity
i have created you from one single male
and one single female and made you into
nations and peoples and tribes
that you get to know each other
not that she may hate and despite and
discriminate each other god is saying
that he made us different ways so we get
to know each other
and then god says that the best amongst
you is the one who is a god fearing
well-mannered person
so i hope and pray that all of us
all of humanity as brothers and sisters
by following god's guidance we can
establish societies which are based upon
morality based upon unity
based upon humanity based upon
brotherhood and sisterhood away from all
the evils so we can live in justice
harmony in peace and the best reward we
will get would be eternal paradise by
god's mercy so may god guide and bless
each single one of you and all of us
thank you very much
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