Prayer times in Non-Muslim countries.

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Re: Prayer times in Non-Muslim countries.

@TLK

I never talked to any of my bosses. I just go and find an empty conference room and do my prayers. I usually go at odd hours like at 1:18 pm, cause people schedule meetings at 1:00 or 1:30, so if the room is empty at 1:18, I know that I can say my prayers for next five minutes.

The reason I don’t ask is that then everyone and anyone can ask for a prayers break and boss can’t say no. One of my collegue jokingly once said that in his religion, he is suppose to take a ten minutes nap, two three times a day, so he should ask for that prayer break. He was joking, but he was right. If I can get mine then he is entitled for his. So I don’t officially ask because there is no need for it.

Did anybody ever walk in on you and start talking to you ? And then what did you do ? Carry on with the namaz feeling weird that you have a person looking on at you and you are not acknowledging them. AWKWARD Did they say “Are you okay, TLK ?”. Or did you break your namaz annoyed and tell them what you were doing ?

If this has not happened, are you constantly stressed that this might happen and then how should you respond ?
It must not be a very comfortable/peaceful offering of the prayer.
Do you rush through the prayer so you can get in and get out without being walked in on ?

Also do you take your shoes off ?
Do you pray on a prayer rug or just put your forehead to the dirty carpet.

Please tell.