New Convert wants to Pray.?

This mail I got from IslamReligion.com ... perhaps you may share it with him:

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Assalamu alaikum (peace be upon you) brother Mohammad,

You can forward this email to new Muslims.

My deepest of congratulations to you for becoming a Muslim!

I have two good tidings for you.

First, when someone converts to Islam, God forgives all of his previous sins and evil deeds.

Secondly, the Prophet said: "No one says 'La ilaha illa Allah' and passes away on it (i.e. believing in it), but he/she will enter Heaven (Paradise)."

The Prophet Muhammad told us that the lowest in rank among the dwellers of Paradise will have ten times the like of this world, and he or she will have whatever he or she desires and ten times like it. When you enter Paradise, you will live a very happy life without sickness, pain, sadness, or death; God will be pleased with you; and you will live there forever.

I would like give you some brief advice as a new Muslim:

- Try to read and learn more about the Islamic beliefs. A good web page on this subject is at:

http://www.islamreligion.com/category/50/

- Try as much as possible to perform the five daily prayers. Try to learn it with good Muslims who are in a mosque or an Islamic center. The five daily prayers are the most important thing to preserve after converting.

- Try to keep good company with practicing Muslims in mosques and Islamic centers, so they may teach you more about Islam and prayer, and they will help you in keeping steady on the true religion of God, Islam.

Here are two online books that we highly recommend you to start with. Please give preference to these books before any other:

- Bearing True Witness (General advice for a new Muslim) / by Dr. Laurence Brown http://www.islamreligion.com/ebooks/Bearing-True-W...

- New Muslim Guide / by Alsheha

http://www.islamreligion.com/ebooks/New-Muslim-Gui...

And here is a good video from which you can learn the prayer:

Step-by-Step Guide to Prayer (video)

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=25E2D717AC...

Also below are some flashes on prayer:

- How to Pray (flash)

http://www.islamreligion.com/flashes/prayer.swf

- How to Perform Ablution (which is necessary for Prayer) (flash)

http://www.islamreligion.com/flashes/ablution.swf

This will help you learn how to pronounce what you need to say in Arabic in the prayer : http://transliteration.org/quran/WhatToSayInPrayer...

It is easier to learn prayer with another Muslim.

Also it would be helpful to write the transliteration of the Arabic texts that are said in prayer on a piece of paper, then to read from it during prayer.

If this is too hard for you, you can repeat any of the following Arabic phrases throughout the prayer till you learn the prayer:

1- "Subhana Allah" [which means Glory to Allah]

2- "Al-Hamdu lillah" [which means Praise to Allah]

3- "Laa ilaaha illa-Allah" [which means There is no god except Allah]

4- "Allahu Akbar" [which means Allah is the greatest]

For the prayer times and direction of Makkah, please visit www.islamicfinder.com

The prayers do not need to be prayed exactly when the time starts; rather, they can be prayed at any time before the next prayer time starts. So basically you have a time frame of about 2-3 hours for each prayer. The exception is the dawn prayer, Fajr, which must be prayed before sunrise. For this reason, you will find the time for sunrise listed on Prayer schedules, and this does not mean that there is a special prayer for Sunrise.

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You can also send them a letter to their address:

Conveying Islamic Message Society (CIMS) P.O. Box 834 - Alexandria - Egypt

Also you can visit their site: http://www.islamic-message.net/

Here is a translation of the meanings of the Holy Quran where you can read its English translation while listening to its Arabic recitation: http://en.quran.nu/

Choose a chapter, and then click on the play button.

And here is a translation of the Quran in English, which you can either read online or download it: http://islambasics.com/view.php?bkID=120

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We are ready to assist you in any way we can.

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Assalamu Alykum Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakatuh

I have some weblinks for you,I pray they will be useful

www.360itsrealbeauty.com

www.islamway.com

www.islam.ws

www.kalamullah.com

www.rasoulallah.net

Declaring shahaadah and performing salaat for a new non-Arabic speaking Muslim

http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/378

how to pray in islam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qdyljqgb2c&feature...

~Surah Fatihah

http://www.mounthira.com/learning/surah/001-al-fat...

~Surah Ikhlas

http://www.mounthira.com/learning/surah/112-al-ikh...

More to pick from:

http://www.mounthira.com/

It is easier to learn him prayer with another Muslim.

Also it would be helpful to write the transliteration of the Arabic texts that are said in prayer on a piece of paper, then tell him to read from it during prayer.

If this is too hard for him, he can repeat any of the following Arabic phrases throughout the prayer till he learn the prayer:

1- "Subhana Allah" [which means Glory to Allah]

2- "Al-Hamdu lillah" [which means Praise to Allah]

3- "Laa ilaaha illa-Allah" [which means There is no god except Allah]

4- "Allahu Akbar" [which means Allah is the greatest]

Ok for each prayer these are good duas to recite:

BEFORE Fajr :

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

By the Name of Allah and peace of Allah on Mohammed (S.A.W.) and His sacred progeny and I entrust my work unto Allah and verily Allah is all seeing for His creatures.

"There is no God But You, Glory to You, I was in the dark then We granted him his (Younus (s)) request and redeemed him from the panic and in like manner We redeem the believers".

Suffices Allah, how good and trustworthy and the prospective crusaders returned (as there has been no fight any longer) with grants and the grace of Allah, sins harm and injury.

Whatever Allah wishes and there be no might and force except by Allah. Whatever Allah wishes and not whatever the people wish. Suffices the Patron rather than the patronized. Suffices the Creator rather than the creatures. Suffices the Giver rather than the given. Suffices Allah the Patron of Worlds. Suffices the Sufficient from my inception, The Infinite Sufficient suffices Allah, There is no Allah but He. I trust Him and He is the Patron of the Great Arsh

BEFORE Dhur:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

There is no god But Allah, the Great, the Clement: there is no god but Allah, the Lord of ‘Arsh (the throne) of Grace; and all praise is for Allah, the Lord of the worlds: O’ Allah I beseech Thee for all that time which is the cause of Thy Mercy, and that which ascertain Thy Forgiveness: and the benefit of every virtue, and safety from every sin: O’ Allah leave not any sin on me but that You forgive it, and any affliction but that You remove it, and any illness but that You heal it, and any defect but that You conceal it, and any subsistence but that You increase it, and any fear but that You protect (me) from it; and any evil but that You repel it, an any of my need in which is Thy pleasure and which is beneficial for me, but that You grant it; O’ that Most Merciful, grant me my supplication, O’ the Lord of the Worlds.

AFTER Asr:

I ask forgiveness of Allah, (who is) "There is no god save He," everliving, eternal, beneficent, merciful, owner of might and majesty. I beseech Him to accept my repentance, the repentance of a servant-insignificant, submissive, destitute, needy, worried and helpless seeking protection, who, on his own, neither can win nor lose, nor die, nor live, nor come to life again.

AFTER Maghrib:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

O’ Allah I beseech Thee for the causes of Thy Mercy; the rights of Thy pardon; Safety from every sin;

the benefit from virtue: Salvation from (Hell) Fire and every Calamity; achievement of the Paradise and (Thy) Pleasure in the abode of peace; and the proximity of Thy Prophet Mohammed and his (purified) progeny-peace be on all of them.

O’ Allah! Whatever bounties we have, all are from Thee: there is no deity except Thee; I beseech Thy forgiveness and turn unto Thee.

AFTER Isha:

“O Allah! surely, I have no knowledge of the main source of my subsistence, and I seek it only through the passing thoughts that come to my heart, and I wander about in cities searching for it, and I am preplexed in regard to what I search for. I do not know whether it is in a valley or in the mountains, in the earth or in the heavens, in the continent or in the sea, and in whose hands it is, and from whom it is. And surely I know that Thou hast its Knowledge, and its sources are in Thy hand, and Thou alone distributes it by Thy kindness, and creates opportunities through Thy mercy. Oh Allah therefore bless Muhammad and his progeny; and Oh Lord! increase my sustenance, apportioned by Thee, and make easy to search and the source near; and do not make me strive in the search of what Thou hast not decreed from my sustenance. For, surely: Thou art indifferent to chastise me and I need Thy mercy. Bless Muhammad and his progeny and by Thy grace show generosity to Thy slave, surely Thou art the most generous”.

Let him pray the way he wants...I know so many Muslims who all pray differently

Ok first theres some trolls here so dont mind them.

Oh ok here:

http://www.islam.tc/Dua/

http://www.islam.tc/Dua/

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AslEB...

here read this

►To find out the prayer times in your city

http://www.islamicity.com/PrayerTimes/

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►How to perform prayer video

http://www.thedeenshow.com/show.php?acti%E2%80%A6

►The Prayer in arabic is must only for people who know arabic. You can not read koran (about 30 words only they call it Fatihaa and Surah)while standing in prayers in your language because God said it in Arabic and we have to say it as he said it to make sure that we have his words not translation. But all other parts of the prayers like SUPPLICATIONS u can say it in your language.

http://www.islamdoor.com/Prayers.htm

►he should try to learn "al fatiha" cz he have to say it in different parts of the prayer

••here how to say al fatiha,u'll have colored transliteration in english of how to pronouce it

http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_displ%E2%80%A6

••here u have al fatiha in english/arabic and transliteration = how to pronounce it

http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00%E2%80%A6

►also he can learn a small sura,like al ikhlas,its only 16 words here it is

http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/11%E2%80%A6

http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_displ%E2%80%A6

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►btw u should tell him to perform ablution/wudu before each prayer,here's a video on how to do it

http://islamweb.net/movies/ablution.swf

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Some du’aa’s from Qur’aan

http://islamqa.com/en/ref/21930

Etiquette of making du’aa’

http://islamqa.com/en/ref/36902

Conditions of du’aa’ being accepted by Allaah

http://islamqa.com/en/ref/13506

http://www.jannah.org/articles/duah.html

Du’aa’s to remove depression

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/5112

Du'aa for forgiveness

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/3177

Du'aa for forgiveness (2)

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/39775

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Finally say duaa for him,urge him to learn how to pray first,also tell him that he can say whatever he want in duaa using his own words,just try to be sincere as much as possible ,also there are times where the duaa is more answerable,insha allah the links i provide will help him ,btw they are short,and i would suggest that if u can advise him to start eating halal as well,and he has to be patient.

Baraka Allahu fik brother,insha allah u'll be rewarded for ur effort.