What's the average Muslim follower's day like?

Question

this question is for those of the Muslim faith. i just saw Pres. Pervez Musharraf (spelling?) on the Daily Show last night. he seemed witty, very approachable, and to be a genuinely good person, as well as a regular guy, but i've never seen a muslim portrayed as a regular person on television other than a select few that have done interviews.

i was raised christian, but i also consider my family to be a pretty average american working family. we went to church on sunday, but sometimes we missed when my dad worked, and went less as i got older. though we followed the christian faith, we were far from perfect, had arguements, made mistakes, and according to the rules of the church, maybe werent as devout as we should have been in our daily lives. we're certainly not the ppl you see on televised church services, or shows like "7th Heaven".

so, what does the average muslim's day consist of? do most muslims really follow the rules of the religion? prayer 5 times a day? fasting? diet? etc.

Answer 1

hey i like your question.

suprisingly the muslims around me don't pray five times a day... because we have to put in "effort"

other than that the 'average' muslim is just like any other human being.. i mean we're just like you and your family. but let me point out the religous things we do differntly


like i wake up in the morning at 5:30ish pray the first prayer of the day..get ready for school/work.. u know..

throughout the day we socialize..at work at school where ever..
and like if we have workk or school we can't pray the 2nd prayer thats around noon time

after noon time..if we are home we should be praying our third prayer, but we get lazy sometimes and dont..

sunset time the same... if your lazy your lazy... most muslims regret not praying, at the same time don't do it still. strangee..

the at night maybe 9ish is our last prayer..if ur lazy..again you don't pray.. if you aren't you pray.

ALL muslims are required to live a modest, humble, happy life, anger, hatred, envy, jealously are things we believe is what the devil tries to deceive you to. Repsect people, even if they don't respect you. make friends be nice to your neighbor.. u know the usuall

we can't eat pork because its a dirty animal that kinda eats its own poo. its just simply dirty so we don't.

some muslims eat "halal" only thats food sacrficed only for the perposes of eating and under gods name. the animal can't be tortred or beatan. those are haram (bad) for us to eat.

okay thats pretty much it i guess. sorry if i wrote too much. forgive me. anymore questions you can email

okay take care bye

Answer 2

I get up early to get ready for work and do all things i need to..yes i pray 5 times a day..i abide by things i shouldn't do..there are so many things that i couldn't begin to say...yes i fast and only eat the foods i am allowed to.. i am sure that some people do not adhere strictly to all things, but i do....even though noone can see what i do ..ALLAH is always watching and knows..i really don't watch much TV at all..i spend time with my family, go shopping,visit friends, talk on the phone,talk on computer, same kind of things other people do..

Answer 3

The average Muslim's day is just like any other person's day, except for some daily religious practices. Muslims are supposed to pray 5 times each day withing five different time periods (Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha'a). Prayer is known as "Salat". On Fridays, Muslims go to their Masjid, or Mosque, to participate in congregational prayer.
Muslims also cant eat Pork, any thing that has already died by itself, blood, or anyhting slaughtered in the name of something other than Allah, like another religion's sacrafice. They may not take drugs or drink alcohol either.
During Ramadan, Muslims are supposed paticipate in fasting, or "Saum", from sunrise to sunset. Fasting includes abstaining from food, drink, sex, or anything un-islamic.
Muslims are also expected to donate 2% of their net worth to charity every year. This is called "Zakat" or "poor rate".
There are bound to be, as there are in any religion, Muslims who do not follow all of these rules, if any of them. I wouldn't be able to tell you what percentage of Muslims are fully practicing ones, but my estimate would be a high one.
Other than this, Muslim's lives and daily routines are like everyone elses, except that they may wake up earlier for prayers and/or to make enough time for breakfast during Ramadan.
And yes, Muslims too have a sense of Humor.

Answer 4

being a 'real' muslim is to follow all the rules and what have stated in Holy Koran...and all the knowledges from the Prophet Muhammad without any reason..... muslim teaches it followers to be moderate... but people is not always perfect and made sins....and not all of the muslims nowadays follow the rules of the religion.. just the same with other religion..... because people tend to make decision by their own desire without thinking the negative effects by not following the rules.....people love to create their own law without realizing that they had broke the God's law....

Answer 5

Every day,the average muslim followers will do :
1)working in line with each profession because for a head of family,he has an obligation to earn a living for his family and his wife cares and educates their kids
2)praying at least 5 times a day (a)shubuh before down 2 bows(b) zuhur at noon 4 bows (c)ashar in the eatrly afternoon 4 bows (d)magrib at the early night 3 bows and (e)isya at night about 1 and a forth hour after maghrib for 4 bows at home,at the mosque or anywhere on a clean place if the right time for praying come
Those prayings are compulsory and we can pray also for optional usually 2 rakaats or bows after or before a compulsory praying.Before praying we should do a ritual washing on our face,ear,hands and feet for a neat and clean.condition
3)visiting relatives and friends once a week or at least once a month up to 3 months.Visiting others is must and it is called silaturahmu.Visiting is maintaining a good relationship.
4)fasting as an obligation for a full month of ramadhan the ninth month of muslim calender.There are many optional fasting such as every monday and thursday or Daud/David prophet fasting with an interval one day.
5)praying together at the mosque for men muslim only on every friday at noon as an obligation including hearing a sermon or preaching from a preacher.
6)live simple,no luxurious life,calm and love and help each other
for kindness,no gambling,no killing, no alcoholic drink,no drug addict,no fornification,no slandering, no cheating,no dishonest ,no insulting others etc
7)paying donation and alm in line with Islamic teaching for poor persons
8)eating for breakfast ,lunch and dinner with halal (not prohibited) good foods/meals for our health.We are not allowed to eat pork,animal slaughtered without saying bismillah in the name of Allah,died unslaughtered animal or corpse,animal blood,animal for offering to god or other idolization.
9)taking a rest,relax, watching tv/video or hearing radio,vacation shopping etc and sleep and taking a bath similar as non muslim daily life.

Answer 6

i am proud to be muslim , but i do respect other religions just as our " Quaran " tells us , well ... i can say that the average muslim's day consist of praying 5 times a day and currently we're in Ramadan , this holly month when we fast to understand the poor people's suffering but fasting isn't just about not eating and drinking , it's also about our manners , you must not insult , curse or treat people badly coz this isn't exactly the concept of fasting , we read from our Quaran and try to help other people as much as we can by giving them money , food , clothes or whatever their needs are ... and that's it .. if u have any more questions you can contact me . and i must say that we're living just like every person does , we go to school , jobs , practice sports , read , go to movies , malls and cinemas , our religion isn't complicated at all

Answer 7

I'm glad that you can see through the veil that the media has dropped on many of our nation's people...

Islam is a great religion, and I have faith that someday, Americans will suddenly wake up to this, and they will vengefully expose all the lies that were fed to them by this transgressor Administration, and by the evil news and media networks, who are willing to do anything, yes anything, to win the ratings game...

Answer 8

you said it yourself, lots Muslims follow the five things very strictly (beleif, 5 prayers, fast, haj/pilgrimage and zakat/donations), some don't. We go to work too, we try to teach our kids to pray and read the Quran, we go for shopping, to the mall, on fun drives etc too chucke cheeses is a part of our (my personal family) weekend routine too, peace

Answer 9

in every barrel, there are some good apples and then there are surely some bad ones. Go figure