err.....  what is wrong with ajak amoi along? ppl are not as sexual as you... ajak amoi means what to piap? dun be so shallow bero...

An-Nisa 04:43 O you who believe! Approach not As-Salat (the prayer) when you are in a drunken state until you know (the meaning) of what you utter, nor when you are in a state of Janaba, (i.e. in a state of sexual impurity and have not yet taken a bath) except when travelling on the road (without enough water, or just passing through a mosque), till you wash your whole body. And if you are ill, or on a journey, or one of you comes after answering the call of nature, or you have been in contact with women (by sexual relations) and you find no water, perform Tayammum with clean earth and rub therewith your faces and hands (Tayammum). Truly, Allah is Ever Oft-Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.

ayat tu membawa maksud mesti dlm keadaan waras dan boleh berfikir, not in drunken state

slowly go through the meanings of bacaan solat, insyaAllah u can get khusyuk dlm solat insyaAllah

The context of the verse is regarding the prohibition of intoxication. Arak was prohibited in stages (because it had been a rooted culture). First stage an ayat stated the evils of intoxicants, 2nd stage (the above ayat) about you cannot perform solat when in drunken state because you don't know what you're doing (and solat is wajib 5 times daily, it will be difficult for Muslims to find the time in between solat to drink liquor. At this stage most already abandon liquor). The next/last stage was the total ban on intoxicants. That's about the reason behind the above ayat.

About full understanding of what we perform in Solat, (I assume u mean for someone who is fully sober, not under influence of liquor or drugs, right?) the ayat is not relevant because it deals with different situation.

Regarding your question, there are three types of rukun solat, fi'li (the physical movement), qauli (the verbal), qalbi (i.e. niat and proper sequence of rukun). For verbal, there are only 5 things that are wajib in solat: takbir, reciting al-faatihah, reciting tahiyat akhir, salawat in tahiyat akhir and salam. Other than that are rukun fi'li and qalbi and you don't need to recite anything else to make the solat valid (all the bacaan during sujud and all are sunat, although it is very very recommended not to skip). So you see there is no requirement to understand the meaning of the Arabic words for the rukun qauli (which are really not many).

What I am trying to say is, it is not about priority of reciting in Arabic, it just the matter of fulfilling the rukun. Do all the rukun then the solat will be valid (it happen that all the qauli part is required in Arabic).

But, I understand and agree with your concern. By merely perform all the rukun, your solat is valid and you absolve yourself from the obligation to perform solat. That part is settled. But not understanding the meaning of what you're saying (or doing), your solat is less meaningful and solat will become nothing less than a habit. One way to attain khusyu' in solat is by understanding fully the meaning and reason of all the sayings and doings in solat. I'm sure when we (non Arab speakers) first learn to perform solat we all learn the translations as well but as we grew older, we take things for granted and solat becoming more mechanical.

In the end it is up to the individual, either to make the solat something meaningful (the opportunity to get up close with your Creator) or something that one want to get it done quickly with.

Cuba tengok terjemahan yang lain pulak. Compare 4-5 terjemahan dalam English lepas tu yang dalam bahasa Melayu. Anyway, solat bukan satu yang cuma datang masa zaman Muhammad tapi dari zaman nabi nabi terdahulu termasuk Nabi Musa dan Isa dan even ada tertulis cara cara yang sama dalam Bible sama macam yang kita buat.

Cakap patung berhala, aku teringat kat seremban dulu ada jalan bernama jalan berhala tetapi sebenarnya jalan itu sehala. Ada kuil hindu disitu.
Sekarang sudah bertukar nama kepada jalan kuil.
kerap juga aku ketawa bila pandu kat situ.

Back on topic...

Pada pandangan aku, hanya segelintir sahaja muslim negara ini yang berkelakuan ekstrim. Segelintir munafik.  Segelintir jahil. Tetapi ramai yang moderate... cuma yang moderate ini tak beberapa nak bersuara.

Bagi ustaz2 lama, mungkin masa mereka belajar dahulu  ada perkara2 yang telah mereka saksikan dan alami juga dari guru2 mereka sendiri akibat dari mereka yang non- muslim. Maka mereka menyampaikan kepada kita.

Namun kini, aku rasa perkara2 yang memisahkan manusia bukanlah agama, darah, keturunan, warna kulit.

Tetapi hati... hati yang tidak dijaga dengan baik, maka lahirlah golongan ekstrimis, taksub, fanatic dan sebagainya.

Assalamualaikum,

nak tnya saudara-saudari semua.

1) mengenai kisah seorang pelacur memberi minum anjing, dikatakan dia masuk ke syurga. Jadi disini sy nk tnye, adakah walaupon dosa kita bnyk tp disebabkan 1 perbuatan yg ikhlas dpt memberi kita syurga?


2) Semasa Isra' dan Mikraj Nabi SAW melihat penghuni syurga dan neraka. Siapa yg menghuni syurga dan neraka itu sebenarnya? ataupun itu hanya gambaran yg Allah beri kpd Nabi SAW?

3) Semasa di pdg masyar kita akan meminta syafaat bermula dr Nabi Adam dan seterusnya, msing2 akan mengatakan mereka ada membuat kesalahan. Bknkah nabi2 ini terpelihara dr dosa?

4) Pada zaman skrg kita dpt lihat rmai yg menunjukkan aurat mereka padahal mereka juga solat 5 waktu. Solat adalah tiang agama jd adakah solat mereka tidak diterima yg menyebabkan mereka msih lg melakukan perbuatan munkar?

Mohon penjelasan kpd setiap pertnyaan. Kalau ada uztaz dlm ni lg bgus