Praying at School, Uni, or work

A lot of people find it hard to pray during school, uni or work..

The first thing that everyone needs to realise is that the 5 daily prayers are soooooo easy to work around! Again, people like to make their lives really hard! If you know that within your free period or lunch time that you can still pray then PRAY! Don't delay the prayers!

Allah says: “Verily, the prayer is prescribed for the believers at set times.” [Surah An-Nisaa: 103]

The Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever sleeps over (the time of) prayer or forgets it, should pray it when he remembers. There is no expiation for him except this.” [28]

This is the state of someone who has missed a prayer or several prayers due to some reason that is beyond his control.

Now read that again.. Beyond his control... If you don't try then its your fault.. If you know that you can go prayer then you have to.. Don't make silly excuses. Majority or work, school and uni allow you to prayer whenever necessary so take advantage of that time.. I'm sure that if your in the middle of a practical you can quickly just stop and go pray maybe somewhere near by or even in the closest quiet room! You need to start putting Allah first then everything will become easy for you :) In sha Allah

Allah says: “Allah does not burden a soul with more than it could bear.” [Surah Al-Baqarah: 286] 

What is Allah saying in this ayah.. It's not only related to prayer its for everything.. Every Calamity that falls on you it is never something that you wouldn't be able to handle.. But in this case prayer shouldn't be a burden on you. It has been made easy for you.. It should be something you look forward to.. right??

The 5 daily prayers was once 40 times a day! Then the prophet (S.a.w.s) asked Allah to lower it down more and more until He made it to 5. Look how easy it is for us.. 5-10 minutes a day! That's it!

The one who prays Fajr will have his face full of Noor (shining light) 

The one who prays Zohar will get the blessings of Allah on his paycheck/salary 

The one who prays 'Asr will have strong and healthy body 

The one who prays Maghrib will get benefit from his children (eg no nursing home for him !!) 

The one who prays 'Isha will get peaceful restful sleep at night 

So when planning your day out make sure you know that you can make time for your Salah because its the most important! If you think you wont be able to make it in time for prayer when you get home then wait for it to come then leave Uni or school. It's the only thing for yourself! That will benefit yourself. In Sha Allah!

I know that its quite hard to find time during lessons and lectures when your at school or uni but I'm sure that you can ask the teacher if you could leave to pray, I doubt they would ever say no! The perfect times to pray Zuhr and Asr during school is Lunch and after school. It was the perfect time because all the classrooms would be free and you have enough time to pray. Make sure you find a room beforehand so that you know exactly where to go and if you don't have a room, create one! Then that would inspire other sisters or brothers to go pray too... Allah does say that he has made this world a prayer mat for us! 


Nowadays, Most universities and work places have prayer facilities! Now, you have NO excuse! who cares how far it is from your block! The further the better!!! Every step you take towards that place your getting more reward! The Sahabas used to take inch steps to the mosque because they wanted to get the most reward for every step! They took everything so literal! It might sound funny but they didn't care! Everyone was fighting for Jannah! Now who do you think will get the highest? You or them.. Even if you can't compare yourself to them you should perspire to be just like them!

Just think how much reward you would get if you inspired others to pray with you! Even if they saw you and they felt just that little bit of guilt you will get the reward for it in sha Allah!

So don't be afraid to walk out of a lecture, a lesson or work to go pray and come back in..Sit towards the front! Closest to the door! That shows that you don't fear ANYONE But Allah! Why are you embarrassed that people are staring at you when you walk in or walk out.. Lower your gaze! You won't even notice them! Isn't that better not seeing bad things, because then you don't feel bad or embarrassed right? You don't see people giving you dirty looks or talking about you.. because then it doesn't effect you.. :) 


What you don't see or hear, won't hurt you!

Ali (RA) used to shake while doing Wudhu (Ablution). So the other Sahabas would ask "Why are you shaking?" And he replied "Do you know who I'm about to face?"

Subhan Allah look how fearful they were.. They were so scared to stand in front of their creator and look at us.. Some of us don't even bother to go pray.. We forget easily.. :( Its really sad.. Our Ummah should be the best! Mu'sa (AS) wished he had the Ummah of the Prophet (saws)! C'mon people! We should live up to that standard! Be the best Muslims you can be.. 

Be Fearful of the Creator not the Creation..


When you get the time watch this video about Punishment of missing Salah and other things too.. It'll scare you..