Method of Salah
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Where can we pray Salah?
Narrated Abu Sa’eed Al-Kudri: The Prophet pbuh
said, “The whole earth is a masjid (to pray on)
except a graveyard and a toilet.” [At-Tirmidhi]
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Which way do we face when we
pray Salah?
"Wherever you go, you shall turn your face (during Salat)
towards the Sacred Masjid; wherever you might be, you
shall turn your faces (during Salat) towards it." [Surah
2:150]
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Do we need to make the intention to
pray Salah?
Before we carry out any act of worship, it is important to
correct our intention
You’re praying for the sake of Allah swt alone, the number
of Rakahs you intend to pray, the Salah you’re praying, if
you’re intending on being led by an Imaam and that you’re
facing the House of Allah swt.
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Where should we look whilst
we’re praying Salah?
The Prophet pbuh used to incline his head during
prayer and fix his sight towards the ground [Baihaqi
and Haakim]
Aisha (ra) narrated that: ‘I asked Allah's
Messenger pbuh about looking here and there in
As-Salah (the prayer). He replied, "It is a way of
stealing by which Satan takes away (a portion)
from the Salah (prayer) of a person."’ [Bukhari
1.718]
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What is Fard in Salah?
•Qiyam (Standing) in every Rakkah.
•Qirat (Quranic Recitation) - in two Rakkahs of Fard, and all
Rakkahs of Sunnah, Wajib, and Nafl
•Ruku in every Rakkah.
•Two Sajdahs in every Rakah.
•Qa'adah Akhirah (Last Sitting)
•Salaam (To end the salat).
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What is Wajib (necessary) in Salah?
•Takbir at-Tahrima
•Reciting Surah Al-Fātiha
•Reciting at least 3 verses of the Quran after it
•Doing the fard acts in their specific places
(e.g. doing ruku before doing sajdah)
•Doing Qawmah; standing up after ruku
•The nose in Sajdah
•Doing Jalsah; sitting between the two
sajdahs
•I’tidal; being still
•Sitting down after two rakkahs for the
duration that one can read tashahhud
•Reciting tashahhud in both sitting postures
(applies to salah with 3 or 4 rakkahs)
•Ending the Salah with Salaam
•Reciting Du'a Qunoot in witr salah
•The Imaam’s loud / silent recitation
•Additional Takbirs of the Eid Prayers
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What are the Sunnahs of Salah?
1. Raising the hands in Takbir
2. Right hand over left in Qiyam
3. Thana
4. Ta’awwudh and Bismillah
5. Saying Amin
6. Making the Takbirs
7. Reciting the Tasbihs
8. Performing the Ruku correctly
9. Reciting in Qaumah
10. Performing Sajdah correctly
11. Jalsa between Sajdahs
12. Sitting correctly
13. Recitation in the final Rakkahs of fard the Salah
14. Salawat and dua in the final sitting
15. Saying the full Salaam
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What happens if you make a mistake
in Salah?
“If a mistake has been made in a Wajib act, in the last Rakaah
the person should recite the at-tahiyyaat only and thereafter
make salaam towards the right only and thereafter make two
Sajdahs (Sajdah Sahu). He should then repeat the at-tahiyyaat
and thereafter recite the durood, dua, make salaam to both
sides and thereby complete his prayer“
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What breaks the Salah?
•Speaking intentionally or unintentionally. This includes giving
salaam to someone, or replying to someone who sneezes by
saying 'Yarhamukallah'
•Laughing out loud
•Eating or drinking. The exception is that if someone had a
food particle stuck between their teeth and they swallowed it
•Excessive movement
•Crying or moaning in pain (due to worldly reasons)
•Breaking the Wudu
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Is your Salah broken if somebody
walks past you?
It is related that the Prophet (pbuh) said ‘If the one
passing in front of the one praying knew what was
against him, his waiting forty would be better for
him than passing in front of him’ [Bukhari] Abu alNadr, one of the sub narrators, said ‘I don’t know
whether he said forty days, or months or years’.
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Can you pray in your own row when
praying in Jamah?
The Messenger of Allah pbuh was asked about a
man who prays by himself behind the rows and
he said: "He is to repeat his salah." [Ahmad & AtTirmidhi]
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What happens if there is nobody to
pray next to in Jamah?
If there is no space available then, if he can, he
should pull someone from the row in front
backwards so that they can stand adjacent to each
other.
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What happens if the row infront of
you has a gap in it, and you’ve
already started praying?
Jabir ibn Samrah said: "The Prophet pbuh came to
us and said: 'Why don't you make the rows like the
angels make their rows in the presence of their
Lord?' We asked: 'O Messenger of Allah, how do
the angels make their rows in the presence of their
Lord?' He replied: 'They complete the first row and
stand closely together, side by side, in the row.'"
[Bukhari & Tirmidhi]
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What happens if you join the Jamah
late?
Remember that a Rakkah ends when the Imaam
rises from Rukkuh.
When you enter the Salah late, Make the Takbir,
and stand for a moment before entering the
Rukkuh and joining the Imaam (if the Imaam is in
Rukkuh).
You must make up the Rakkahs you have missed
AFTER the Imaam has said BOTH salaams. Begin
the first Rakkah you’re making up with the Thana.
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Which prayers have loud recitation
when praying in Jammah?
Prayers which occur in daylight hours (Zuhr and
Asr) are silent prayers (EXCEPT the Jummah
Prayer and the Eid Prayer) when prayed in
Jammah.
Prayers which occur when it is dark have loud
recitation when being prayed in Jammah.
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What happens if the Imaam makes a
mistake in the Salah procedure?
A member of the congregation will usually say
‘Subhanallah’ to alert the Imaam that he has made
a mistake. The Imaam will correct the mistake
(usually with Sajdah Sahu).
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