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Question: When I begin to pray, I am afflicted by a kind of whispering and thoughts, and sometimes I do not know what I have recited, not how many Rakā’ahs I have prayed. Please advice me.

Answer: It is prescribed for the worshiper, man or woman, to approach the prayer with humility towards Allah and to call to mind that he stands before his Lord, so that Shaytān will stay away from him and the whispering will be reduced, in implementation of Allāh’s Words: 

“Successful indeed are the believers. Those who offer their prayers with all solemnity and full submission.”

(Soorah Muminoon, 23:1-2)

If the whispering become frequent, it is prescribed to seek refuge with Allāh, from Shaytān, as the Prophet (sallAllāhu ‘alaihi wa sallam) ordered Uthmān Ibn Abi al-Ās when he informed him (sallAllāhu ‘alaihi wa sallam) that Shaytān had confused his prayers. And when the worshiper becomes confused as to the number of Rakā’ahs he has prayed, he should assume the minimum, base his estimation upon what he is sure of, and then complete his prayer. 

Afterwards, he performs two prostration of forgetfulness before making the Tasleem, based upon the narration of Abu Said (radhi Allāhu ‘anhu) from the Prophet (sallAllāhu ‘alaihi wa sallam) in which he said: 

“If any of you is in doubt regarding his prayer, and he does not know how much he has prayed, three or four (Rakā’ahs) then let him cast aside doubt and base his estimation upon what he is sure of. Then prostrate twice before making the Tasleem; if he has prayed five, his prayer will be an intercessor for him, and if he has completed the prayer correctly, it will be a humiliation for Shaytān.”

[Saheeh Muslim, no. 571]

And Allāh is the Grantor of success.

— Shaykh ‘Abd Al-’Aziz ibn Bāz (rahimahullāh)

[Reference: Fatāwah Islāmīyyah Vol. 1 and 2. Published by Dār-us-Salām Publications]

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Say, to them: ‘Nothing shall afflict us but that which God has decreed for us, that we be afflicted thereby; He is our Protector, our Helper and the One in charge of our affairs; in God let the believers put their trust’.

At 95, a Lifelong Skier Says the Source of His Vitality Is His Workout!

Klaus Obermeyer, the founder of Sport #Obermeyer and at 95 still an avid #skier, #swims every day at the Aspen Meadows Resort in #Colorado.

Mr. Obermeyer practices #aikido with an instructor at Aspen Meadows Resort #fitness facilities or at his home, where he has a #gym and mats. He works on the fundamentals of #balance, position and #breathing. Aikido technique requires one to extend #power, join with the direction of an opponent’s attack and end the attack with a pin, a #throw or other form of #immobilization. “The idea is to become one with the attacker,” Mr. Obermeyer says.

Another place the principles of aikido apply are the swimming #pool, Mr. Obermeyer adds. He swims a bit more than a mile every day, either in the pool at his home, the #solar-heated lap pool at the Sport Obermeyer offices or in the 25-meter heated #saltwater pool at the Aspen Meadows Resort.

“I find it easy to take a mindless state in the pool,” Mr. Obermeyer says. “When I swim, I’m forced to breathe deeply, and I like that I can stretch out my whole #body.”