{"id":18679,"date":"2022-07-16T12:24:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/?p=18679"},"modified":"2024-08-29T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:10:36","slug":"can-muslims-only-pray-to-god-when-they-are-in-a-state-of-ablution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/can-muslims-only-pray-to-god-when-they-are-in-a-state-of-ablution\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Muslims Only Pray to God When They are in a State of Ablution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>There are two different types of prayer. There is the prayer that Muslims have to pray five times a day, and this requires ablution, or wudu&#8217;, in order to perform. These five obligatory prayers have certain rituals one has to follow according to how the Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him) prayed them. The second type of prayer, also known as dua&#8217;, does not need ablution. This is when one wants to ask Allah for something that they need or want, and this type of prayer can be done at any time and any place. Additionally, in the five daily prayers, one has time to make dua&#8217; inside the obligatory prayer in any language he wants, and it&#8217;s not limited to Arabic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>And Allah Knows best.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two different types of prayer. There is the prayer that Muslims have to pray five times a day, and this requires ablution, or wudu&#8217;, in order to perform. These five obligatory prayers have certain rituals one has to follow according to how the Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him) prayed them. The &#8230; <a title=\"Can Muslims Only Pray to God When They are in a State of Ablution?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/can-muslims-only-pray-to-god-when-they-are-in-a-state-of-ablution\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Can Muslims Only Pray to God When They are in a State of Ablution?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":18680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[119,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misconceptions","category-responses-to-allegations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM.png","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM.png",1194,768,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM-300x193.png",300,193,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM-768x494.png",768,494,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM-1024x659.png",1024,659,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM.png",1194,768,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM.png",1194,768,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM.png",300,193,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM.png",400,257,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-16-at-12.41.26-PM.png",600,386,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ask A Muslim","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/author\/fulan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"There are two different types of prayer. There is the prayer that Muslims have to pray five times a day, and this requires ablution, or wudu&#8217;, in order to perform. These five obligatory prayers have certain rituals one has to follow according to how the Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him) prayed them. The&hellip;","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcT0IL-4Rh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6186,"url":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/first-level-lesson-8-ablution-wudoo\/","url_meta":{"origin":18679,"position":0},"title":"First Level [Lesson 8] &#8220;Ablution (Wudoo) &#038; Qibla&#8221;&#8221;","author":"Site Admin","date":"03\/30\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Things you should do before prayer 1. Make sure you have valid wudoo 2. Stand facing the direction of Qibla (which muslims stand while praying) 3. Women must cover the entire body except the face\ud83e\uddd5and the hands \u270b\ud83e\udd1a \u00a0 \u00a0 Let\u2019s see what is Wudoo? 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