Not many people believe people pray or can pray while asleep. In some cultures and religions, however, dreams have a very high significance and can be interpreted as contact with a spirit world or the divine. Because the mind is somewhat conscious as people dream, this could be interpreted as communicating with the spirit world or the divine - which is what can be defined as prayer.
If you meant why people pray before they go to bed, there can be different reasons for that. People often ask their Deity to watch over them and possibly people that are on their mind during the night. Another reason is that the moment before bed is a moment of relative calm and evaluation of the day past and ahead, where people like to include their spiritual needs.
After the first stages of sleep, your mind doesn't really work in a way which allows you to have a coherent conversation with anyone, you're basically on stand-by and therefore I don't think it's possible to pray while fast asleep. I beg to differ with you,but i have said coherent and specific prayers while asleep. Call it what you will but i clearly remember praying for deliverance from evil more than once in my life,while sound asleep. My spouse at the time said i was talking in my sleep,but in a language she didn't understand.
The past tense is prayed.
There is no excuse at all for any adult mindful Muslim (man or woman) for not praying. Any one denying praying intentionally is considered out of Islam faith. Praying is the most important pillar of the five Islam pillars (after Shahada or testimony).
A two-word category for this from the Bible is 'vain repetition'.
Vernacular Prayer is bringing God's name back into everyday language - 'Thank God' or 'Thanks be to God' during conversation.
Talking to God is known as prayer, while listening to God is considered being in a state of meditation or receiving divine guidance.
Jesus felt that He was praying by Himself. He was with a few of His apostles but He asked them to stay back and He went to pray by himself. Then when He returned to His apostles He found them sleeping. So, He was praying by himself.
Peter, James, and John accompanied Jesus to the Garden of Gethsemane. They did more sleeping than praying.
Yes, it is permissible to pray Tahajjud without sleeping beforehand. Tahajjud is a voluntary night prayer that can be performed at any time during the night, and it is not a requirement to have slept before praying it.
The plural of praying mantis is praying mantises or praying mantes. The plural of grasshopper is grasshoppers.
Working, eating, sleeping, shopping, cooking, enjoying their leisure, doing the housework and praying when their religion requires it - a bit like most other religious believers, really.
even the sleeping of an alim is a lot more blessful and rewarding in the life here after than the whole night of praying of an ordinary man, and and Alim and an ordinary person can never be equal
The question is not well stated. Although, there could be many reasons: - he is busy? - he is not on the computer at the moment? - he is working? - he is studying? - he is praying? - he is out of city? - he is sleeping? there could be a hundred reasons! i dont know!
Assuming that you are referring to pious Jews, four activities would include: (1) praying, (2) fasting, (3) sleeping, and (4) spending time with the family.
ok, first of all, i love them. (praying mantis) there is two proper names for a praying mantis. Praying mantids or praying mantises. Personally, i think mantises is better!
The praying is called "Salah". The called to the praying is called "Moathen"
praying. praying.
where do praying mantis live