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Muslim cabbie prays on his cab during rush hour.By Wael Abdelgawad | IslamicSunrays.com
(If you haven’t seen part 1, it’s here: Muslims Praying in Amazing Places, Part 1).
Is there any blessing in this life greater than the opportunity to speak directly to God and be heard?
Salat (the Muslim prayer) is a command and a gift, and it’s something anyone can do at any place, anytime. The amazing photos below are proof of that.
Part 1 was published three years ago, and it’s taken me that long to collect these additional photos.
“Say: ‘My Lord hath commanded justice; and that ye set your whole selves (to Him) at every time and place of prayer, and call upon Him, making your devotion sincere as in His sight: such as He created you in the beginning, so shall ye return.’” – Quran 7:029
Muslim woman praying in the desert. 
Soldiers praying on the road. 
Muslims praying salat on Mt. Everest. 
Jum’ah prayer on boats. 
Rikshaw driver stops to pray. 
Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish salat. Salat precludes indecency and wrongdoing. And remembrance of Allah is greater still. Allah knows what you do. (Surat al-’Ankabut, 45) 
Construction worker prays on the roof. 
Muslims fill the street for Jum’ah. ![[Ibrahim said:] "My Lord! Make me and my descendants people who establish salat. My Lord! Accept my prayer." (Surah Ibrahim, 40)](/praying-in-narrow-street-150x150.jpg)
[Ibrahim said:] “My Lord! Make me and my descendants people who establish salat. My Lord! Accept my prayer.” (Surah Ibrahim, 40) 
Muslims pray in an ancient demolished mosque. 
Muslim graduate stops to pray. 
“And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way.” – Quran 2:186 
Muslim factory workers pray. 
Salat time at the mall. 
Pakistani army soldiers at prayer time. 
Pull over – time to pray. 
Muslim taxi driver prays beside a fast food outlet. 
Muslim travelers pray on a small boat. 
Worshiping Allah in a beautiful place. 
Praying in the snow, subhanAllah. 
Indonesian woman prays beside a rice paddy. 
Newly married couple praying in their hotel room. 
Muslim man prays in the rubble of his destroyed home. 
Man prays on a traffic island. 
Establishment of the salat is the hallmark of the Muslim. 
Man in a wheelchair prays at the park. 
Pakistani cricket team prays on the field. 
Football team. “Those who believe, and do deeds of righteousness, and establish regular prayers and regular charity, will have their reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.” – Quran 2:277 
Father and son praying, “The immensity of this honor is mind-boggling if we really think about it in its reality. Reciting Quraan, the Words of Allah — Speaking directly to Allah!” – Shariffa Carlo 
Disabled man with no legs leads the salat. 
Schoolchildren. “I challenge anyone to find one other activity so blessed by Allah or man.” – Shariffa Carlo 
So glory be to Allah when you start the night and when you greet the day. Praise be to Him in the heavens and the Earth, in the afternoon and when you reach midday. (Surat ar-Rum, 17-18) 
“Simple, efficient, and packed with benefit, this small amount of time that we spend in remembrance of Allah, speaking to Him, seeking from Him, gaining from Him..” – Shariffa Carlo 
Bedouins in the desert. The Prophet said, “A faithful believer while in prayer is speaking in private to his Lord…” – Bukhari 
“Establishing salat in awe means performing this religious observance in the presence of our Almighty Lord by feeling His might and grandeur, with fear and respect.” – Harun Yahya 
Cabbie prays on his cab during rush hour. 
Muslim man in New Delhi prays in an ancient mosque during Eid ul-Adha. 
Muslims in France praying in the street. The French government stubbornly blocks the opening of new masjids, or expansion of existing ones. 
This is not unusual, but is still beautiful and amazing, SubhanAllah. 
Daily prayer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2012. 
Muslim man prays under the scrutiny of non-Muslims. Location unknown. 
Russian Muslims pray Eid-ul-Adha in Moscow, 2012. 
A sea of Muslims fills the street for prayer in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
An injured Muslim man prays in his hospital bed. Location unknown. 
An Uighur woman in Xinjiang, China, takes a break from working in the fields to pray. 
Rohingya Muslims – refugees from Myanmar – pray in a detention camp in Thailand in Ramadan, 2013. The Rohingya are fleeing massacres of Muslims by Buddhists in Myanmar. 
Muslim scuba diver prays underwater. Pretty incredible, huh! 
Wael Abdelgawad is an Egyptian-American living in Fresno, California. He is the founder of several Islamic websites, including Zawaj.com and IslamicAnswers.com, and also of various technology and travel websites. He is a writer and poet, and has been a web developer since 1997. This project, IslamicSunrays.com, is very dear to his heart, as it has allowed him to express ideas that have growing inside him for many years. Wael is divorced and has one lovely young daughter. He practices and teaches martial arts (somewhat obsessively), and loves Islamic books, science fiction, and vanilla fudge ice cream. Wael is an advocate for human rights and blogs about these issues at AbolishTorture.com. He is also a volunteer with the MyDeen Muslim youth organization in Fresno. Wael tagged this post with: Muslims praying in amazing places, photos of Muslims praying, pics of Muslims praying, salat around the world Read 234 articles by Wael 
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