What are the most important points Islam teaches about prayer?
Among many other important points about prayer, the first is that a person should say his prayers “as if he is seeing God”, or at least be conscious that he is in God’s presence. This means that prayer should be said with full attention, concentration of mind, and feeling of heart, just as if we were talking to someone in front of us. Another very important point Islam teaches is that a main purpose of prayer is to lead one to do good, to refrain from evil, and to behave better towards others. If prayer does not have this effect on a person’s daily life and conduct, it means that he or she is not performing prayers properly, in the way required by Islam. How does one pray in Islam? Prayer, of course, is a general turning towards God. Islam has prescribed a particular form of prayer in order to make it systematic and to enable the whole community to pray together. The details of the Islamic prayer are available separately in many books. Briefly, certain bodily postures are adopted (stan
