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| Praying in the Mosque? |
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| Anonymous |
| 07/19/03 at 07:12:17 |
| Salaam alaikum, I have a question about praying in a mosque. I live in Oman and live across from a masjid. I try and make my prayers there in congregation, but I have a bit of a problem doing so all the time. It is in regards to my wife. The mosques here in Oman are not, on the whole, very women friendly. By this I mean that the majority of mosques do not have places for women to pray (including the one near my house) and those that do offer less glamorous spaces for the women as compared to the space offered for the men. They are also not very children friendly. Young kids are generally not allowed in the main prayer halls meaning that if I go for prayer my wife is left at home with our one and a half year old. As a result my wife is sometimes testy when I go to the mosque when the azzan is called. She sees it as kind of a boys' club where we get to pray in splendid silence while she has to squeeze in her prayers at home between naps or with a whiney baby. What I am wondering is how can I balance things with my wife and with what I feel is my obligation to pray in congregation. Does anyone have any insight into this. It troubles me because I've seen something that said that my prayers are not valid if they are not prayed in the mosque once I've heard the azzan. Any advice would be appreciated. Justin justin@mcbs.edu.om |
| Re: Praying in the Mosque? |
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| Kathy |
| 07/19/03 at 07:19:20 |
| [slm] My unscholarly opinion is for you to continue to go to the masjid and pray in Jummat. Sometimes we wives just have to learn to deal....wether we like it or not. Then come home and relieve your wife of her duties so that she can make a nice long, uninterupted salat. |
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| jannah |
| 07/19/03 at 07:20:51 |
| [wlm] How kind of you bro to want to help your wife on this Most bros don't even notice things like pathetic prayer areas and squalling babies...:) Anyway I'd suggest you ask her how you can help her out to give her some spiritual time each day. Maybe watch the baby for 15 minutes after you come home from praying so she can do her prayers in peace too ?? |
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