# Ask the Muslim Guy, Part Deux **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-muslim-guy-part-deux/87339 "2001-10-14T05:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![pennylane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pennylane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pennylane)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-muslim-guy-part-deux/87339/81 "2001-11-15T11:04:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anubis \* > **The only time that Muslims would pray during the school day (while they’re at school, work) would be when the sun comes up and at noon, right? this is assuming that the day is from 8-3 o’clock.** Muslims pray five times a day (not really, but they’re supposed to). This link: [http://www.solat.net/cgi-bin/world/wsolat.shtml](http://www.solat.net/cgi-bin/world/wsolat.shtml) lists prayer times for different cities. > [@](#): > > \*\*Would a Muslim pray for the lives of the people in New York on Sept. 11, assuming that they weren’t the ones responsible for the attacks? > > Would a Muslim pray to Allah that everyone around him would realize that he wasn’t responsible for the attacks? Would he also ask Allah why they hated him??\*\* Yes, sure. > [@](#): > > **Would a Muslim use a watch alarm to let him know when to pray if a mosque isn’t within earshot?(assuming that mosques have bells to tell Muslims that it’s time to pray)** Mosques don’t have bells - they have a person who delivers the call to prayer (which is in Arabic and sounds very melodious, almost like a song). I’ve never seen a Muslim use a watch alarm. The timings don’t have to be followed to the second. > [@](#): > > **Would a Muslim have a friend tell him that the sun is coming up in the morning if the Muslim is busy enough not to notice?** Well, people living in the same house might remind each other but you normally wouldn’t get someone to 'phone you or anything. One of the points about praying is that a Muslim should lead an organised life, and should incorporate God into his daily routine. There are some Muslims who only pray in Ramadan, and these are usually the ones who need to rely on alarms and reminders from friends and family members. ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-muslim-guy-part-deux/87339/82 "2001-11-16T22:54:49Z")
Thanks, **pennylane**. As for the praying thing, I meant during a work day. So from 8 AM to 5 PM, the only times that they would pray during that time slot would be at sunrise and noon, right? That time site you gave me was confusing. 😕 ooh, my head is swimming… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-muslim-guy-part-deux/87339/83 "2001-11-17T00:39:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anubis \* > \*\*Thanks, **pennylane**. > > As for the praying thing, I meant during a work day. So from 8 AM to 5 PM, the only times that they would pray during that time slot would be at sunrise and noon, right? > > That time site you gave me was confusing. 😕 ooh, my head is swimming… \*\* No, absolutely not. Fajr is the morning prayer, asha is the evening payer, Maghrib is the sunset prayer. Or better, Today’s (November 16, 2001) Prayer Schedule Qibla = 56 34’ E (From True North) ----------------------------------------------------------- Fajr Shurouq Dhuhr `ASr Maghrib `Ishaa’ Dawn Sunrise Noon Afternoon Sunset Evening ------------------------------------------------------------5:35am 6:52am 11:53am 2:33pm 4:53pm 6:10pm The prayers are five times daily roughly along this schedule, but this is not fixed, it adjusts to the sun. You have up until about 15 min before the next prayer to do your prayer. (Although some folks thinks stacking prayers is not good practice and blah blah blah.) The prayer can be done pretty quickly (although again some folks don’t like that). There’s no one anwer as to what a Muslim kid would do. No more than there’s a single answer to what a Xtian kid would do. Depends on what kind of character you want him to be. Secularized? Observant Shiite? Sunni? What flavor of Sunni? Paki origin. American origin? Moroccan origin? Palestinian origin? Before writing the story, if you intend to include some real personal detial on the Muslim kid, you’d be well-advised to study a bit of the religion and practices. ---
**Author:** ![Kaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Kaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaya)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-muslim-guy-part-deux/87339/84 "2001-11-22T20:16:09Z")
hi i have a few questions which are not related to the wtc attacks but just some things im curious about can you please explain what gog and magog’s significance are in islam? also the antichrist’s (djaal) and is it true that the devil is locked up for the month of ramadan so whatever “wrong” a muslim does is based on their own will without the devils influence and wrt muttah, was it ever practiced in the shia sect, is it outlawed, and if it was under what circumstances and why? thank you again for providing some insight [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-muslim-guy-part-deux/87339.md?page=4)