Islam Prayer dilema, advice would be greatly appreciated!?

Question

Well basically I am considering Islam as a possible religion for my future and I am currently researching into it.

The question I have is that I live nowhere near a mosque. In Northern Ireland I do not even think there is one.

In fact the only Mosque I have ever seen in my life was in Glasgow, Scotland.

I also think I would like to go to a service to see what exactly muslims do in real life and the traditions of the service etc

What do you think I should do, just pray at home or is there an alternative that I do not know?

Answer 1

Well if there is no mosque near by maybe if you know some Muslim's brother's you can invite them to your home or go to theirs or somewhere you can all pray together with one of you leading.

If you do not know any Muslim's then maybe you might have to pray at home by yourself

hope I helped

Answer 2

pray where ever you like c**k, just make sure it's facing mecca, or something

Answer 3

They don't have services like Christians and only go and pray for about 5-7 minutes on a Friday. Stick with Christianity. Follow Jesus!

Yes, read this as suggested above http://zionsake.tripod.com/Islam-devils_...

Answer 4

Assalamualaikum new brother or sister!

Alhamdulillah that Allah has guided you to our blessed deen. Islam is truly

a blessing and we should all feel overwhelmed with gratitude to Allah for

guiding us to the straight path, the path of real success and peace.

My advice to you as a new Muslim is to find a teacher. In my year and a half

of being Muslim (I’m 28 years old), one of the most important experiences

for me has been the guidance and support of a very knowledgeable and pious

teacher. Islam is a not a religion of self-interpretation. It is a straight

path based on knowledge that must be acquired. It is a lifestyle that has to

be adhered to, and is unfortunately being influenced by many negative

elements, both within and outside Islam. Without a guide, it is difficult to

differentiate the truth of Islam from the created falsehoods that are being

propogated as Islamic teachings.

Although many new Muslims, especially in the US, choose to teach themselves

Islam through books, lectures and videos, there are many pitfalls to doing

this that should be avoided. Without a teacher or a guide, one armed with

the combination of knowledge and experience, the pitfalls of the ego and

desires can confuse and lead us astray quite easily. Self-teaching is a

western phenomenon, and because many of us are brought up in the west, we

assume we can apply our cultural norms to Islam as well. However, Islam is

not of the west, thus, these western norms cannot be applied to it with much

success.

For centuries, classical Islamic education was taught through direct contact

with teachers. This is how wisdom, not just knowledge, was acquired. You

cannot gain wisdom just from reading. Anyone can read and parrot, but how

many can read and apply in the way Allah intends? One of the problems with

the Muslim Ummah today is that there are too many of us reading and

parroting, but not enough applying in the way truly put forth by Allah and

His Messenger (SAW). Put simply, we have stopped learning from those with

knowledge and wisdom. We have stopped becoming students. One of the first

attributes Jabril (AS) (archangel Gabriel) said he would take from the world

by Allah’s command toward the end of time would be humility. This is a sign

of what Jabril (AS) was talking about. It takes humility to be a student and

to give our trust over to someone to teach us, which is why fewer and fewer

are willing to do it.

The easiest way to know the true akhlaq (character) of a teacher is to look

at how he lives. How does he live his life? Does he live the deen or just

talk about it? Does he say one thing and do another? Does he invite you into

his home and show you how to practice Islam, not just tell you? Does he make

five solats a day? These are some ways of knowing the authenticity and

genuineness of a teacher. Unfortunately, in this day and age, many people

claim to be sheikhs and imams, yet have very little knowledge or wisdom of

Islam. So don’t be fooled by titles in your search for a teacher.

I don’t mean to put fear into anyone’s heart on this matter. I have seen,

however, the importance of having guidance and the consequences of what

happens without it. How we learn and are indoctrinated into Islam will

greatly effect our appreciation for it, our love of it, our devotion to it,

and most importantly, our ultimate success or failure with Allah. Knowledge

with wisdom will make you LOVE Islam, not just blindly follow it. So I urge

you to go out and find a good teacher to help you along the path to Allah.

May Allah bless you and guide you further in your journey. Assalamualaikum!

Written by Abdul-Lateef Abdullah (Steven Krauss) , [e-mail]  

Answer 5

Yes there is  a mosque in Northern Ireland:

Belfast Islamic Centre

38 Wellington Park

Belfast BT9 6DT

44-1232-664465

[e-mail]

I'm sure you would be welcome to go along and see what the congregational prayer is like.  There will be prayers every night now because it is Ramadan, but ordinarily the best time to go would be a Friday in the early afternoon.  You can contact them at the mosque to get the info you need.

Answer 6

Don't do it m8, do some more research first and put it furthest from your mind.

Answer 7

Think very carefully before you take this step,  it is easy to get in but, there could be threats to kill if you want to get out,

also research Mohammed on the net, the devil's cauldron by William Whitely is a good one, tells it like it is!