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Prayer Manual

Table of Contents
Introduction:
The Problem of Spirituality in the Motherhood Stage 

 Chapter 1: Committing to the Quantity

   (Motivating yourself to commit to Prayer through reminders of the rewards and benefits of Prayer.)  

 A) Recognizing What’s Bringing You Down And How To Get Back Up  

 B) A Mother’s Reflection on Prayer

 C) Benefits of Prayer for Mothers  

 D) Importance of Prayer       (motivational stories about prayer from the Qur’an and Sunnah)

 E) Rewards of Prayer

      (Ayah and Hadith summary print-out sheet)

Chapter 2: A Fresh Start
    (How to begin again after a low time.
    Prayer Training.)

Chapter 3: Praying on Time
     (Tips on how to pray each prayer on time.
     And, how to ignore the Shaytan.)

Chapter 4: Improving the Quality
    (Tips on increasing your concentration in Prayer to ensure you are getting all the rewards and benefits.)

Chapter 5: Praying with Children
      (How to tune out distractions.
       How to get your children to pray with you.)

Chapter 6: Praying outside the Home
      (How to pray when you are outside your home.
      Arranging your day around the prayers.)

Chapter 7: The Problem of the Period
      (Getting back into the Prayer routine after your period or postpartum bleeding.)

Conclusion: Recognizing the symptoms and getting back up more quickly next time.

Comments

Comment from Julie
Time: June 14, 2007, 3:20 pm

Asalaam Alaikum,

Is there anywhere I can get a copy of all of these? I noticed only some of them have links.

Thank you.

May Allah bless you and your family,

Julie

Comment from Mona UmIbrahim
Time: June 14, 2007, 3:39 pm

Wa’alaikum assalam Julie,
I appreciate your asking about the Prayer Manual. Unfortunately it is only partially completed. The links you see are the only ones available. There is one section - prayer training - that i wrote but haven’t put up here yet, and i will try to put that up soon inshaAllah. Since my son turned 3 he really hates to see me on the computer and i have had a another baby. I ask Allah to help me complete this Prayer Manual as soon as possible. May Allah reward you for your kind prayer and return it to you and your family as well.
Mona UmIbrahim

Comment from Julie
Time: June 21, 2007, 3:03 am

Asalaam Alaikum Sister,

You know I had the thought that perhaps it wasn’t finished just a couple days after I posted that request. Oh, and I am on board with the toddlers not being able to get on the computer that often, I have a two year old daughter myself, and I usually get on for a bit after she goes to bed and that is about all. You are in my dua, as is your son. Inshallah he is doing well since the surgery.

Thank you so much for your kind response to my request. Inshallah I will be checking back to see the other parts as you get to them, I am especially looking forward to the part about tuning out distractions. It is hard with a two year old.

May Allah bless you for your wonderful efforts, and send peace and blessings upon your family, and strength and comfort during your son’s health concerns,

Julie

Comment from Nadia
Time: March 2, 2008, 2:36 pm

jazakillah khair mona! I LOVE this! You should publish this as a book for Muslim mothers. There are a lot of books out there on motherhood but none from an Islamic perspective as far as I know. May Allah give you barakah in your time, so you can finish this :D ameen!

Comment from Mona UmIbrahim
Time: March 4, 2008, 1:16 pm

Assalamu Alaikum Nadia, wa iyakum, i’m happy that you liked what i wrote so far. I appreciate the feedback and motivation! I’ve been thinking about it recently so your comment is timely. I figured if i waited long enough hopefully someone else, with more experience, would come out with a similar book :) Well so many excuses abound for delaying this book, subhanAllah i’m finding it really hard to get back to it. And actually, i’ve been planning another book about Islamic parenting / Islamic character training for a couple days now, so i have to decide which one i should work on first. I need the character training one now so i think i’ll research that first inshaAllah. Ameen to your du’a!

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