Muslims: are we allowed to leave prayer if we have to when serving parents?

Question

And specially mothers??

Answer 1

Allowed...sheesh. The Lord God doesn't demand anything of us.

Answer 2

no you cannot leave your prayer....cant they wait to be served or serve themselves?

you have to listen to your parents, but they cant make you do something that is Haram.

God told us to pray, it is mandatory...if you dont complete your prayer, it does not count, making what you did haram....which means you dont have to do it

always always finish your prayer

Answer 3

yes this story is from the Sunnah, and Sahih (but i didn't read the complete hadith to be how you stated, i.e. the baby spoke etc.).

But see the reason isn't fard prayer.  Fard prayer is *obligatory*, and listening to mother is *obligatory*, but ofcourse if you had to choose one of them, it'd be the duty towards Allah.

And when you are praying *extra*, it is *not obligatory*, but listening to mother is *obligaatory*, and therefore the mother would come first.

As the hadiths say, the curse of the mother is accepted, and this is why this took place.  

The man was doing extras by leaving other important duties!!!

Answer 4

Of course you can. Parents are God. So, serve them first. Then you can pray if you want but you really don't have to if you don't want to.

Answer 5

No......do not listen to her; u are praying to Allah All-Mighty, not your mother.

Answer 6

no you can't  

Answer 7

well, i am not muslim, but if you have to leave during prayer because of a family emergency, then i would say thats perfectly ok, but thats just a personal veiw on it, and again, I am not muslim

Answer 8

am sure there is a time for you to pray,when your parents are comfortable

Answer 9

Yeah tell me cause I've HAD several muslims work for me I'd like to know HOW does ( I dont know) "your prayer time "work into your day time? see  I Pay hourly, but ,there are many boundaries.... I really just want tokeep everyone hap

Answer 10

Yes we can serve mother or father first and perform prayer afterwards.

Prayer time for every salat  has enough time to do more important

urgent things we must do. We can not stop praying  with the excuse of serving mother or father.  If we are stuck for hours serving her, we can pray Qada prayer  as soon as situation allow us.  

Answer 11

yes i'm sure imaginary sky daddies wouldn't mind if you interrupt your daily contact prayers for real life issues....

Answer 12

nooo

Answer 13

Salam for you my dear friend. No we can not leave a mandatory prayer just only for serving our own parents.A farz prayer  is instructed by Allah as stated in the Qur'an and explained by Muhammad pbuh in his hadits.Allah's instruction is the most important compared to serving our own parents and a prayer do not need a long time.It can be done just only in 5 minutes then we can serve well our parents after fulfilling the mandatory prayer Our parents know it so although in emergency time we can perform it at least just only in 3 minutes.

Allah instructed us to respect,love and help our own parents if it is needed .We should serve firts our own mother if at the same time our father needs help too.,because we were born by our mothers.We should comply to our mothers but their willingness should be in line with Qur'an and hadits.In hadits Muhammad pbuh said that heaven is under the foot arms of a mother if she educated the children in the right way just in line with Qur'an and hadits as our own life guide.

Answer 14

it says in the hadeeth that when you are doing your obligatory prayers then you do not leave your prayer but if you are doing your nafil prayer then you must leave your paryer if you parents call you but only on your nafil (optional ) prayer  

Answer 15

Yup. If your mother says not to read namaz then don't. Cuz denying an order from a mother is a bigger sin than not reading namaz. It's shocking, but that's how it is. Islam has clearly pointed out the Significance of a mother, which other religions dont have.

Answer 16

Your story is about someone who goes off into the hills to meditate when his mother needs his help at home. That is NOT the same thing as keeping your five daily prayers, which take less time each than smoking a cigaret. If you have begun your prayer already and your mother calls you, complete your prayer and then go to answer her and just say Sorry I didn't answer you I was praying... unless it is a life threatening emergency. Meditation is good, occasional seclusion in nature is good, but only as long as you are not inconveniencing others with your absence.  

Answer 17

I honestly don't think that you should ask here because not all of us are experts and if we're not experts than we shouldn't answer because who knows, you might get an answer from here and you will follow it and maybe it's wrong. I have to admit that I've done this before, and now I feel bad for doing it. I'm never going to do it again. But if you know for sure that your answer is correct, than you can type it. Other than that, I don't think it's a good idea. Just ask an imam. Hope this helped you sister!

Your sister,

Jee Jee

PS: Can you please answer this for me?

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Answer 18

this comes in a hadith!!

we have to leave oor prayers in we are praying nafl

in farz, no , complete the prayer first then answer the mothers call

Answer 19

yes one can....if they 'have to'.....thats why we have kazaa salaats.....because at times circumstances seriously dont allow one to offer salaat on time...could be severe sickness of ones self or someone he/she is inclined to look after.....so its ok to postpone the salaat till whenever next possible