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This is a little embarrassing, but I thought I would share it in the hopes that maybe someone else out there has experienced something similar and will be willing to share with the group ....

Anyway, as some of you may, or may not, know, the pre-dawn prayer for Muslims is like ... insanely early. The other day, I was awoken by my wife, who said I was asleep and snoring away on the prayer mat ... butt in the air, palms on the ground, but I was snoring.

It was kinda funny. She's used to me praying at some horrible hour of the early morning and she heard me droning on, but then I stopped. She checked on me about 30 minutes later and I was asleep in the prostration.

I guess I just got tickled by this. Falling asleep during prostration .... wonder if I'm going to Hell for that. :D

Yes.

I guess that settles it.

The fact that u were praying might cancel out the sleeping

but dude seriously sleeping while praying

uncool

however,

Ramadan Kareem, man

You should definitely write some fundamentalist cleric (In say, Saudi Arabia) with that and ask their opinion. And post the response here, for me to laugh at.

I shouldn't worry about it. After all, if sleeping while praying is a burnable ofence, there'd be a Hell of a lot of Christians who snooze during church services also getting a little toasty. ;)

you're going to hell anyway, cause you're not a christian. so you might as well enjoy your sleep while you can, and forget about all the praying-at-midnight bullsh*t.

you're going to hell anyway, cause you're not a christian. so you might as well enjoy your sleep while you can, and forget about all the praying-at-midnight bullsh*t.
*Plants DO NOT FEED TROLL sign*
Keruvalia, do I bill you for the work or should I send it somewhere else? ;)

I shouldn't worry about it. After all, if sleeping while praying is a burnable ofence, there'd be a Hell of a lot of Christians who snooze during church services also getting a little toasty. ;)
Yea, you'd have company, me, my friends, family, etc.

But, I hope the Big Guy understands.

*Plants DO NOT FEED TROLL sign*

Aww, now what am I supposed to do with this can of whoop-ass?

Aww, now what am I supposed to do with this can of whoop-ass?
Well, I have a teacher in my school who in all seriousness told me that Australia and New Zealand are the same country you could use it on.

Well, I have a teacher in my school who in all seriousness told me that Australia and New Zealand are the same country you could use it on.

Aaah, sugoi desu ne!

:D

i wouldn't worry.....islam is the religion of tolerance,sleeping while praying?pretty good trick...i perfected passing out during stations of the cross in grade school,i got to hang out in the parking lot smoking while everyone else suffered inside...woohoo..i am gonna burn baby.
nothing like being an altar boy in a catholic school during the 60's/70's,well the beatings from the holier then thous sucked...but an amusing exsperiance nonetheless.

just tell your sig other that you were overwhelmed by an epiphany and it wrecked you into complete exhaustion!

I don't suppose it is permitted to have coffee standing by while you're doing prayers? With coffee, all things are possible.;)

BLASPHEMY! Oh, sorry. Not the whole sleeping while praying issue, but rather the two SEPERATE countries of New Zealand and Australia. While both under the same Queen and Commonwealth, we are *quite* distinct.

This is a little embarrassing, but I thought I would share it in the hopes that maybe someone else out there has experienced something similar and will be willing to share with the group ....

Anyway, as some of you may, or may not, know, the pre-dawn prayer for Muslims is like ... insanely early. The other day, I was awoken by my wife, who said I was asleep and snoring away on the prayer mat ... butt in the air, palms on the ground, but I was snoring.

It was kinda funny. She's used to me praying at some horrible hour of the early morning and she heard me droning on, but then I stopped. She checked on me about 30 minutes later and I was asleep in the prostration.

I guess I just got tickled by this. Falling asleep during prostration .... wonder if I'm going to Hell for that. :D

:D

I've done something similar though I had a much bigger audience. I fell asleep in Mass once. I was an altar boy at the time. My mum said she had never been so ashamed in her life.

BLASPHEMY! Oh, sorry. Not the whole sleeping while praying issue, but rather the two SEPERATE countries of New Zealand and Australia. While both under the same Queen and Commonwealth, we are *quite* distinct.

Nah, not really. I don't think there's that big a difference. Our culture is the same. There's almost more differences over here between the different states than there is between your average Australian and New Zealander.

This is a little embarrassing, but I thought I would share it in the hopes that maybe someone else out there has experienced something similar and will be willing to share with the group ....

Anyway, as some of you may, or may not, know, the pre-dawn prayer for Muslims is like ... insanely early. The other day, I was awoken by my wife, who said I was asleep and snoring away on the prayer mat ... butt in the air, palms on the ground, but I was snoring.

It was kinda funny. She's used to me praying at some horrible hour of the early morning and she heard me droning on, but then I stopped. She checked on me about 30 minutes later and I was asleep in the prostration.

I guess I just got tickled by this. Falling asleep during prostration .... wonder if I'm going to Hell for that. :D

Just say Allah put you in Holy trance so he can communicate with you in your dreams. :p

:D

I've done something similar though I had a much bigger audience. I fell asleep in Mass once. I was an altar boy at the time. My mum said she had never been so ashamed in her life.

You should have said that God was talking to you and gave you a vision or something. Turn that shame to fame :p

ha! That's just a plain amusing thought.

ooooh, but a question. You called it the "pre-dawn" prayer... is it always pre-dawn? Cause where I am, in summer, dawn happens at 4am...