I work with a muslim man who always makes sure that he can pray in a private, locked room. While I was working during the weekend, I needed to enter the room and it was locked (which is normal on weekends), so I unlocked it and saw him praying. I quickly closed the door and left until he was finished, but since then he has treated me differently. So I was wondering if there is anything in Islam that occurs if a non-muslim woman sees you praying? Or maybe it's just his own self-consciousness that he's treating me differently? Thanks in advance.
2007-02-07 13:27:57 · 12 answers · asked by TheGirl 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Noooo. Nothing happens to anyone (Muslim or non-Muslim) for seeing anyone (Muslim or non-Muslim) praying. No one should interrupt anyone when the latter is praying (I woudln't consider yours an "interruption").
And I don't think that your opening the door on him has anything to do with his treating you differently. I'd talk to him about it, if I were you, though. Try that.
Peace and blessings be upon you.
2007-02-07 13:33:06 · answer #1 · answered by ♡♥ sHaNu ♥♡ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Assalamu alaikum my dear sister pam. You are the honey of your husband.Is it the reality in your life or is it just as your fiction or illusion?If it is in reality that your husband is a non muslim whose age is older 18 years older than your own age and now he has long illness you must keep be patient. You know that a muslim woman including the one who reverts, could not marry non muslim man. You are right but you must try without force to teach him how well about Islam. You must make supplication or du'a to Allah for changing his heart into Islam after you made tahajud shalat. You must take care him as easy as possible just like caring your own father although he is not a muslim.By giving care we hope he will think that Islam is very perfect and the only true religion. You can stay with him until his death but you should treat him not as a husband because in line with the Qur'an and hadith the muslim woman is for muslim man. You marriage is invalid in line with the Qur'an and hadith.In your case,mankind and humanism involve the important role. You must treat him well in his remaining life based on that basis.
2016-05-24 05:08:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing happens. That fact that you are a woman is irrelevant. That fact that he is man is also irrelevant.
Maybe you are just being paranoid. I pray at school all the time, IN FRONT of people and they find nothing wrong with it and neither do I. In Islam, prayer doesn't have to be made in a private place, as long as it is quiet and nobody steps in front of you (this is just so that the person praying is able to concentrate on their Prayer and God).
To answer Imogen's question: As Muslims, we are required to pray at certain times of the day, and once that time passes, we may no longer pray that certain prayer. It is required of EVERY Muslim to pray every prayer.
In other words, this is America, sweetheart. Freedom of religion, remember? If YOU are allowed to wear a cross or take time off to read the bible, why can't we?
2007-02-07 13:38:11 · answer #3 · answered by mothersmercy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure, but I did work with a man who did the same type of praying everyday on a rug. I do know that they are supposed to be facing towards the east when they pray. This guy had been facing south by mistake the whole time. One day I interupted him to tell him that he needed to turn his rug. He wasn't mad at all.
They should sell those rugs with a compass sewn into it.
2007-02-07 13:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by jjayferg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You did the right thing, you closed the door and allowed him to finish his prayer. That's very respectful of you to have done that.
There is nothing in Islam that would make him or you act differently to one another, so I think you may need to ask him what's going on. It could be something entirely different...
Salam!
2007-02-07 13:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was just a worker, he might feel like it was an intrusion on his prayer, and a rude sign to his god or something. He might just feel a little offended that you opened the lock and all of that to interrupt his worship, even if it was an accident. I don't know anythig abotu muslim religion, I think it was just a privacy issue.
2007-02-07 13:34:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no.......there's nothing wrong with someone seeing you pray. its better to pray in a closed room with no distractions but there is nothing wrong with what happened. i dont think he would be treating you differently for that reason because it doesn't make much sense
2007-02-07 13:38:00 · answer #7 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe he is thinking the same that you will treat him differently after finding out that he was muslim.
2007-02-07 13:48:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. His acting differently must be from something else.
2007-02-07 14:01:05 · answer #9 · answered by MM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know. Maybe you should apologize for walking in on him and see how he reacts.
2007-02-07 13:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by Angela F 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋