Can Husband and Wife Pray Together in Islam?
Can Husband and Wife Pray Together in Islam? ~ Hi all readers! Are you looking for an explanation about "can husband and wife pray together in Islam?"? If your answer is “Yes”, congratulations! Now you are reading the right article. Why? Because that is what I will explain in this article. As Muslims, we must understand that. That's why I wrote this article. So, you have to read it to the end.
Specifically, there are four important points about “can husband and wife pray together in Islam?” which I will explain in this article. The four important things I mean are as follows:
Pray Together in Islam
The first important thing about “can husband and wife pray together in Islam?” what I will explain now is "pray together in Islam". I want you to understand that firstly before you read any more explanations in this article. In other words, I want you to understand “what is prayer together in Islam?”.
In general, we can understand praying together as praying with other people. That is one way to do prayer. So, in Islam, prayer can be done alone and can be done with other people.
In Islam, praying with other people is called salat al-Jama'ah. The sentence "Salat al-Jama'ah" is an Arabic-Islamic sentence. We can write it like this: صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ . There are two words in the sentence: prayer ( صَلَاةُ ) and al-Jama'ah ( الْجَمَاعَةِ ). The meaning of prayer (صَلَاةُ) is prayer, while the meaning of al-Jama'ah (الْجَمَاعَةِ) is a group of people. That is the reason why the salat al-Jama'ah is called a prayer that is done with other people.
In salat al-Jama'ah (صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ) there are two components that should not be separated: the Imam and the Makmum. The Imam is the person who leads the prayer. While the Makmum is the person who is led in prayer. In one prayer al-Jama'ah there is only one Imam. While the maximum number can be more than one person.
We can find an explanation of praying together or salat al-Jama'ah in the hadith below:
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ؛ صَلَاةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَذِّ بِسَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِيْنَ دَرَجَةً . مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ . وَلَهُمَا عَنْ أَبِيْ هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ؛ بِخَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِيْنَ جُزْءًا
From Abdullah bin Umar radliyallaahu anhumaa, that the Messenger of Allah sallaallaahu alaihi wa sallam said, "Salat al-Jama'ah (Congregational prayer) is more important than the prayer alone is approximately twenty-seven degrees." The hadith is narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim. They both also have another narration from Abu Hurairah, "Approximately twenty-five degrees."
The above hadith describes the salat al-Jama'ah. In the hadith it is also explained that the virtue of salat al-Jama'ah is more than praying alone (salat alone). The difference is 27 to 1 or 25 to 1.
That's a brief explanation of pray together in Islam. As Muslims, we must understand that.
Can Husband and Wife Pray Together in Islam?
The second important point about “can husband and wife pray together in Islam?” what I'm going to explain now is a specific answer about that.
I think you already know the answer. If we understand some of the previous explanations, then we can conclude that husband and wife can pray together. They may pray together at one time and one place.
Specifically, there are two reasons why husband and wife can pray together in Islam:
- Because praying together or salat al-Jama'ah is a prayer that is done with other people.
- Because praying together or salat al-Jama'ah can be done by both men and women. The point is that they can do it together. In Islamic legal literacy there is no explanation that praying together or salat al-Jama'ah must be done by men and men or women and women. So, men and women may pray together in one place and at one time.
That is a brief explanation of "can husband and wife pray together in Islam?". As Muslims, we must understand that.
How Do Husband and Wife Pray Together?
The third important point about “can husband and wife pray together in Islam?” What I will explain now is "how do husbands and wives pray together?". I want you to understand that so that you understand what a husband and wife must do who wants to pray together.
In general, there is no basic difference between the prayers performed by the husband and wife and the al-Jama'ah prayers. There are three things they both have to do if they both want to pray together:
- Husband and wife must perform the obligations before praying.
What is meant by obligations before prayer are things that must be done before Muslims pray, such as purifying the body from minor and major hadas, covering the genitals, and so on.
- The husband must be the Imam in prayer and the wife must be the Makmum in prayer (salat).
I want to remind you again that the Imam and the Makmum must be in prayer together or salat al-Jama'ah. So, the husband has to be the Imam and the wife has to be the Makmum if they both want to pray together.
- Husband and wife must perform the obligations in prayer (salat).
What is meant by obligations in prayer (salat) are things that must be done in prayer, such as takbir, reading surah al-Fatihah, bowing, prostration, and so on.
That is a brief explanation of "can husband and wife pray together in Islam?". As Muslims, we must understand that.
The Virtues of Husband and Wife Praying Together
The fourth important point about “can husband and wife pray together in Islam?” what I will explain now is the virtue of husband and wife praying together. Actually, there is not much difference between the virtue of salat al-Jama'ah and the virtue of salat that husband and wife do together.
If we read Islamic literacy about salat al-Jama'ah, then we will find an explanation that some of the virtues of salat al-Jama'ah are as follows:
- The virtue of salat al-Jama'ah is more than praying alone. The difference is 27 to 1 or 25 to 1, as the hadith I have quoted explains.
- The angels pray for the Muslim who prays al-Jama'ah (doing salat al-Jama’ah) so that he gets good.
- Muslims who pray al-Jama'ah will receive the shade of Allah on the Day of Judgment, because their hearts are always longing for the mosque.
- Every step to perform the salat al-Jama'ah is forgiveness for the Muslim who does it.
- The sins of a Muslim who pray al-Jama'ah (doing salat al-Jama’ah) are forgiven.
- Muslims who pray al-Jama'ah (doing salat al-Jama’ah) get a very large reward.
In other words, a husband and a wife who pray together will get these virtues. However, there is one other virtue that they both will get if they pray together. One other virtue I mean is that it will add romance to their lives.
That is a brief explanation of "can husband and wife pray together in Islam?". Do you understand? If you want to ask, please ask!
I think that's enough for this article. May be useful. Amen.
See you again in the next article!
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