What do beads rugs mosque the qibla muezzins and imams have to do with worship?

Answer 1

Each of the items serves a different purpose in worship:

1. the Beads : some use them to do "thikr", because worship isn't only a feeling, you have to do something for it. Now thikr is a kind of worship, it's praising Allah (God) and thank him for example. Obviously you don't NEED breads for that, but you CAN use them if you like to.

2. the Rugs : the rug is used while praying. The prayer in Islam takes many positions, one among them is the sujud. (I wanted to insert an image here, but it seems impossible…) In english they call it prostration.

I don't know if you would like to do this anywhere on the ground… Also one of the conditions to pray in Islam is to do it in a clean place. Thats why rugs are used. But if the place is clean you are not obliged to use it. It's additional. Like having a car..

3. the Mosques : That's where the muslims come together to pray. You can pray alone, but it's better to pray in a group, that's what the Mosques are for in a first place. But they are also like some second living room… people read or learn the Quran together, sit there to chat a little after the prayer… and children are playing. It's great to run around there, trust me. Because there are carpets everywhere… Of course everyone has to take off his shoes before coming in. Then, when it's time to pray, everyone lines up in rows behind the Imam. Sometimes people pray outside because there is no place left inside the mosque, and happy are those who toke a rug along with them…

4. the Qibla : the Qibla is the direction where we pray to. Every muslim in the world is praying to one direction ; the Kaaba. It was built by Abraham thousands of years ago. Just to say it, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed (3alayhim assalam) all where of his descendants.

5. the Muezzin : he is calling for the prayer 5 times a day, so we don't forget it. Every Mosque has a Muezzin. What he is saying is called Athan. The minarets where built for the Muezzin, when there where no microphones…

6. the Imam : every person "leading" the prayer is called Imam. When Muslims pray together, one is always in the front. He is the Imam. During the prayer, the others are following him in his movements. In some prayers, he is reading some parts of the Quran aloud and the others are listening. The Imam in a Mosque normally has done islamic studies at the university, that's why people are consulting him about religion and everything related to it. Every Friday, he is doing a Khotba, kind of a speech where he is talking about a specific theme, advising, warning, instructing, explaining and so on.