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PROPHET

MANNEROF
PERFOMING

IP]R"&VEIRS
By, SHEIKH
ABDULAZIZ IBN BAZ
PROPHET MOHAMMAD'S
PROPHET
MANNER OF
MANNER PERFORMING
OF PERFORMING
PRAYERS
PRAYERS
peaceand
(May peace and blessings
blessingsof Allah be
be on
on him)
PROPFMT MOHAMMAD'S
PROPHET
ffi
MANNER PERFORMING
OF PERFORMING
OF
PRAYERS
PRAYERS
(May peace
peaceand
and blessings
blessingsof Allah
Allatr be
be on
on him)

By His Eminence
'HETKH
*ourtl#*r?iltffiT;tr* rBNBAz
SHEIKH ABDUL AZIZ IBN ABDULLAH IBN BAZ
Muhammad's Manner of
Prophet Muhammadts of Per-
Prayers
forming Prayers
(May peace
peace and
and blessings of Altah
blessings of Allah be
be upon
upon
Him)
All praise
All praise be alone, and
be to Allah alone, may His
and may
peace and
peace and blessings
blessings be upon His messenger
be upon messenger
and bondman
and bondman our Prophet Muhammad, his
Prophet Muhammad, his
family and his companions.
and his companions.
The
The objective
objectiveof this concisepamphlet
this concise pamphlet is
to explain how prophet
explain how Muhammad (Peace
prophet Muhammad (Peace
and blessings of Allah be
and blessings upon him)
be upon usedto
him) used
perfonn
perform his would like to
prayers.I would
his prayers. present
to present
this
this explanation
explanation to every male and
every male female
and female
muslim soso that
that they may strive
they may to take
strive to take up the
up the
Prophet's
Prophet'smanner performing their
mannerin performing prayers
their prayers
as
as aa model
model for them. was narrated
them. It was narratedby Al
Bukhari
Bukhari that
that Prophet Muhammad(Peace
ProphetMuhammad (Peaceand
and
blessings
blessingsof Allah
Allah be
be on
on him) had said:
him) had said:
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"Perform your
"Perlonn prayersin the
your prayers the same
samemanner'
manner
you had
you had seen
seenme
me doing." Therefore,here
doing." Therefore, is
here is
th€ explanation
the the Prophet's
explanationfor the mannerof
Prophet'smanner
prayer:
prayer:

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1.
1. To perform
perform completely
completely the
the ablution,
ablution,
adopting
adopting the
the method
method commanded Allah in
cornmandedby Allah
the
the Quran:
Quran:
~Y;:--'
frrt !.tl-J;li .tl ~
i>L.allJI
!/*;U o')l..aJi *:*i 1'lil;1 ~r ~.lJ1 let
!r:,id,iJl ~~
t*l t*)
~I
nh <JlJI.tl ~jb
ffl-rL ~j.r. bp...-lr&1)'
fr1, !,-at, #!/l JI ~~b
J fl+b
(t: 0)
(1: ~~~\.' .'
o) {t:Yl
"O ye
"0 ye who believe,
believe, when
when ye prepare
prepare for
prayer,
prayer, wash
wash your faces
facesand
and your hands (and
hands (and
arms)
arms) to thethe elbows,
elbows, rub your heads(with
heads(with
water)
water) and (wash) your feet
and (wash) feet to the
the an-
an-
kles.
kles."(5:6)
"(5:6)
The
The Prophet (peaceand
Prophet(peace and blessings
blessingsof Allatt
Allah
be
be on
on him) said:
said:
. - .. L . o~ L ~-: ':J»
I\r*4f{;f," Yt
Jiu
~~~
~

"Prayer without
"Prayer without ablution
ablution is invalid."
2.
2. To turn one's
one's face
face and whole body
and whole body to-
wards
wards the
the Ka'aba,
Ka'aba,The House at Mak-
The Holy House
kah,
kah, intending by heart perform the prayer
heart to perfonn
which he wants to fulfil,
he wants fulfil, whether
whether it is an
an
obligatory prayer supererogatoryprayer,
prayer or aa supererogatory prayer,
the worshipper in all cases,
the worshipper should not pro-
cases,should
nouncehis intention
nounce intention openly, becauseneither
openly, because neither
the Prophet
the companionsused
Prophetnor his companions used to utter

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the intention
the for prayer.
intention for Thus, pronouncing
prayer. Thus, pronouncing
the intention for prayer
prayer in audible voice is a
in audible
'Whether
heresy and
heresy and an illicit action. Whether the indi-
illicit action.
performes his prayer
vidual be an Imam or perfofines prayer
make (A
should make
individually, he should Sutra) i.e.
(A Sutra) i.e. a
prayer. Directing the face
curtain for his prayer. face to-
wards the
wards Qibla (The Ka'aba
the Qibla Makkah) is
Ka'aba at Makkah)
an imperative
an imperative condition every prayer.
condition for every prayer.
However, there
However, there are exceptions for this
are few exceptions
rule explained
rule explained in authoritative books for
authoritative books
whom who wish to refer.
whom refer.
3.
3. To pronounce "Takbirat Al
pronounce"Takbirat Ihram" that
Al Ihram" that
is to say~t~I"Allahu
is celebratingby
Akbar" celebrating
sayrsl.iit"AllahuAkbar"
that
that the greatnessof Allah and
the greatness looking
and looking
meanwhile,
meanwhile, downwards
downwardstoto the where
place where
the place
he
he will prostrate.
prostrate.
4.
4. To raise
raiseone's handsup
one'shands to the
up to level of
the level
the
the shoulders
shouldersor
or near
nearto lobesof his
the lobes
to the ears,
his ears,
while
while pronouncing "TakbiratAI-Ihram".
pronouncing"Takbirat Al-Ihtam".
5.
5. To
To put
put one's
one'sright
right hand over his
hand over left
his left
hand
handandand left
left wrist,
wrist, and put them
and put them both over
both over
his
his chest,
chest,as
asthe
theProphet (peaceand
Prophet(peace blessings
andblessings
of
of Allah
Atlah be
beupon
uponhim) usedto
him) used do.
to do.
6.
6. It
It is
is advisable
advisablethat
thatthe recite
worshipperrecite
theworshipper

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thisopening
this openingsupplication
supplicationsaying:
saying:
,air:It~ 'I'~ u~L
"-'..r- tS<: ,f'Llk:>-'r4.tJ ·...l&-L
.lJet{. I\c""" ~"
ft-t.L- ~J ~ q*i -r.eL ~., U\
. r-a-
+ f.6'lJl
~~I ~'p1 ~ \j ~4lb- o.,.,r-..u
--/~ l ,~.;J.!J
j".rn$t .,!..Jt
&_[s +u-t!;(f l-.r,tt,
(f r.€xi
..#treI:Jb'tIL,jtr|.ti
.)~!J~!J trU~ l:?4lk.> ~
,t' ~I
#i r-..u'
a*t,',~..u,
rr,*;-rlt
"Allahummabald
"Allahumma baid bayni
bayni wa
wa bayena
bayenakha-
kha-
tayayakama
tayaya kamabaadta
baadtabayena
bayenaal-mashriki
al-mashriki wal
wal
maghribi, Allahumma
maghribi, Allahumma naqqiniy
naqqiniy min
min kha-
kha-
tayaya kama
tayaya yonaqa al thawbo
kama yonaqa thawbo alabyado
alabyado
min aldans..
min aldans..Allahumma
Allahummaigysilniy
igysilniym'in
min kha-
kha-
tayayabilmai
tayaya bilmai wathalgi
wathalgiwalbarad. "
walbarad."
This supplication
This supplicationmeans:
means:
"O Allah,
"0 Allah, separate
separateme from my
me from my sins
sins as
as
You have
You haveseparated
separatedthe
the east
eastand west.0O Al-
and west. Al-
lah, cleanse
lah, cleanseme of my
me of my sins
sinsas
as the
the white
white rope
rope
is cleansed 0 Allah, wash
cleansed from dirt. O wash off
off my
my
sins
sins with
with water,
water, snow
snow and
and hail."
Or,
Or, he
he may
may say
say instead:
instead:
~J iJ-r+
Y_l!.L~ Jtu_l ~I ilrt
JWJ dl*-,l !J~J
t-l :J-r^*,_l
!J.,;L;J r-..u
l ct;~»
,*eut d,lit-*--.,rr
((!J~Jl
tt:l+P d!
"Sobhanaka
"Sobhanaka Allahumma
Allahumma wa bihamdika
bihamdika
watabaraka
watabaraka Ismoka wata'la jaddoka
Ismoka wata'la jaddoka wala
ilaha ghayroka"
ghayroka"

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This supplication
This supplication means:
means:
"Praise and glory
"Praise glory be
be to
to Allah. Blessed be
Allah. Blessed be
Your Name, exalted be
Ir,lame,exalted Majesty and
be Your Majesty and
Glory. There
Glory. There is no god but You."
You."
Or he
he may say say any
any other
other supplications
supplications
which the
which Prophet, (peace
the Prophet, (peace and blessings of
and blessings of
Allah be
be on him) used say in his prayers.
used to say prayers.
better to recite
It is better recite these supplications alter-
these supplications alter-
nately, the
nately, the first one
one in the morning prayer
the morning prayer
"Fajr",
"Fajr", the
the second
secondin thethe noon prayer "Zuhr",
noon prayer
each
each one
one by tum, conformity with what
turn, in conformity what
the
the Prophet
Prophetused
usedto do.
do.
After reciting
reciting the
the opening supplication,
opening supplication,
the
theworshipper
worshippersays:
says:
((~)I
t*3Jl iJ~1
;tLri'll ~ .JJ~ ';yh
;r.JJtt 4o1n
"Aouzo
"Aouzobillahi
hillahi min al-shaytani-r-ragim"
min al-shaytani-r-ragim"
Which
Whichmeans:
means:
"I seek
"] protectionof
seekprotection againstthe
Allah against
of Allah oc-
theac-
cursed
cursedSatan. "
Satan."
Then
Thenhe
hesays:
says:
tt*eJl JFJI +lll ('*,*tt

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"Bism illahi-Rahmani
"Bism illahi-RahmaniRaheem"
Raheem"
Which means:
Which means:
the name
"In the nnmeofAllah,
of Allah, the
theAll
All Merciful,
Merciful, the
the
All Compassionate.
All Compassionate.""
and recites
and recites the
the Fatiha (The opening
Fatiha (The opening Sura
Sura
glorious Quran).
the glorious
of the Quran).Prophet
ProphetMuhammad,
Muhammad,
may peaceand
may peace andblessings
blessingsbebe upon
upon him,
him, said:
said:
n,_,Klt~~
«~~I ~ fl;l;X-r
e;lh.'!F jl o~ ~»yn
"Prayer without
"Prayer reciting the
without reciting the Fatiha
Fatiha is
is in-
valid".
valid".
The worshipper
The worshippershould
shouldsay "A'meen"after
say "A'meen" after
reciting the
reciting the Fatiha
Fatihaloudly if the
loudly if prayeris
the prayer is said
said
loudly, and
loudly, and whisper
whisperit in inaudible prayers.
inaudibleprayers.
be in confonnity
To be conformity with thethe traditions
traditionsof the
the
Prophet,the
Prophet, the worshipper
worshipperis is advised
advisedto recite
recite
versesfrom medium
verses medium size
size Suras
Surasof the
the Quran
Quran
in the (noon), Asr (late
the Zuhr (noon), (late afternoon),
afternoon),andand
(night) prayers.
Isha (night)
Isha prayers. As for the the Fajr
(morning) prayer,
(morning) prayer, the
the worshipper
worshipperis advised
advised
recite aa passage
to recite passage from the long Suras
the long Surasof thethe
Quran. He has
Quran. the choice
has the Maghrib prayer
choice in Maghrib prayer
(Evening prayer)
(Evening prayer) either recite passages
either to recite passages
from the Surasor from the
the long Suras the short
shofi Suras
Suras

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of the
the Quran.
Quran.
Then, the
7. Then, the worshipper bows in "Ruku"
worshipper bows
raising his hands
raising hands up to the of his shoul-
the level of shoul-
ders or ears
ders saying "Allahu Akbar"
ears while saying
"Allah
"Allah is Great"
Great" then bends down,
then bends down, making
making
head and
his head and back
back on one and putting
one level and
hands with the
his hands the fingers spread on his
fingers spread his
knees. The
knees. The worshipper should feel
worshipper should serenity
feel serenity
and bowing, he
and tranquility while bowing, he should say
should say
thrice
thrice at
at least:
least:
(
«~,
{-:li^ll <:?J ~~»
g.-1rJb.-..,1

"Subhana
"SubhanaRabbiayl A'zim"
RabbiaylA'zim"
Which means:
means:
"Glory be
"Glory be to
to my
my Lord,
Lord, the Almighty."
theAlmighty."
It is
is advisable
advisableto
to say bowing in ad-
say while bowing ad-
dition toto that:
that:
tJiobl{-dJl!.\~J
IJp1~' :J-t*',.,_l~j~'
f*Jl ~~J
ti, dil^*,r
"subhanak-AllahummaRabbana
"Subhanak-Allahumma Rabbana wa bi
wo hi
hamdika,
hamdilm,Allahumma
AllahummnIghfir
lghftr liy"
liy"
Which
Whichmeans:
means:
"Glory be
"Glory be to
to Thee,
Thee,0O Allah, and praise
and I praise

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Thee; forgive me
Thee;forgive me my
my sins."
sins."
8.
8. To raise
raise one's
one's head
head up
up from
from bowing,
bowing,
raising
raising one's handsto the
one'shands the level
level of his
his shoul-
shoul-
ders
ders or ears,
ears,saying,
saying,in case
caseof being
being Imam
Imam
praying alone:
or praying alone:
«o.1A"- J. 4.lJ'
(oJ.+,'t *IJl ~»
gn*.,)
"Sami'aAllahu
"Sami'a liman hamidah"
Allahu timan hamidah"
Which means:
Which means:
"Allah listens
listensto him who praisesHim"
who praises
While resumingthe
While resuming the standing position,he
standingposition, he
should
shouldsay:
say:
~~\ 'J* ~
..:!rJl ~~ [5;t* ~
np lS"Jl.:--o t*t ~ l"r,+.M.;l.\
h{ \.L?- "rJl ~Jt'Jb ~J»
Q-rD
(( .. ~
It ~~
.d ~
rJr.~1.A
c-t[, ~JoJ
'J*J ~
t{+ 1.t"A ~Jo-,
.JrJ ~;':J' ~Jo-,
.r}J
"fr!t
"Rabbanowa
"Rabbana wa laka
laka al hamdu
hamdu hamdan
hamdanka- ka-
theera'n
theera'n tayyiban
tayyiban mobarakan feehiy mil'a
mobarakanfeehiy
ssamawati
ssamawatiwa wa mila alardhi wa
wa mil'a rna
ma bay-
bay-
nahoma
nahomawa wa mil'a rna
ma Shita
Shitamin
min shiyin
shiyin ba'ad"
ba'ad"
This
This supplication
supplicationmeans:
means:
Lord, praise
"Our Lord, praise be fore Thee
be fore Thee only,
only,
praises
praises plentiful and
and blessed
blessedasas to fill the
to fill the
heavens,
heavens,the
the earth,
earth, what
what in between,
between,and fill
andfill

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which will please
that which please Thee besides them."
Thee besides them."
But ifif the worshipper is a follower,
the worshipper follower, and
and
prayer by the Imam he
led in his prayer should say
he should say
when rising up "Rabbana
when "Rabbana wa laka
laka alhamd...
alhamd...
etc.
etc.
(( \..lAj Lo t:J\...
ofsL"dl ... .rJt
...l4.::l\ dllE;)
~J ~J))

advisable for the


It is advisable the Imoffi, the follower,
Imam, the follower,
prays alone
or who prays alone to add
add also:
also:
~I e
Y '**JJt
'1 ~ t'JI
(. r..p ~ lli lrlSt
J r-Jl Jli t,
¥I JU Lo ,*1 ~L, *L.iJl
J;--\ r+IlJ ~~I J^1'
jAh
(+l ,.iI"
((4\ ~ $l wlJ:-\ li\~ C!
~ 'lJ ~ Itr
!, c^'.rrU +I*, 'lJ ~t It
YJdalei ~Lo
Ugt"
fly ou Allah who
"Yott deserveall praises
who deserve and all
praises and
glory, your praising
glory, lour praising is the best
fs the bestandand most true
mosttrue
of whatever
whateverYour Your servant
servantcan say,we
can say, are
we all are
Your
Your servants,
servants,Our Our Lord,
Lord, no no one
one can ever
can ever
deprive
deprive aught aught of what what You
You have bestowed
have bestowed
and
and no no oneone can can ever give aught
evergive aughtof what You
what You
have
havedeprived."
deprived."
The
The worshipper
worshipperis
is advised
advisedto put his
to put hands
his hands
on
on his
his chest,
chest, as
as he
he had
had done before he
done before he
bowed.
bowed.Both
Both Wa'il
Wa'il Ibn
Ibn Haggar
HaggarandandSahl Ibn
SahlIbn
Sai'yd
Sai'ydreported
reportedthat
that this was the
this was mannerof
the manner
the
the Prophet
Prophetwhen
when hehe used
usedto raisehis
to raise head
his head
up
up after
afterbowing.
bowing.

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9. To
9. prostratesaying
To prostrate saying~l.dsl "Allahu Ak-
,sidrt"Allahu Ak-
bar" "Allah is
bar" "Allah is Great".
Great".He He should
shouldtouch
touch the
the
ground
ground withwith his
his knees
kneesbefore
before touching
touching itit
with his
with his hands,
hands,ifif that
that is possibleto
is possible to him.
him. If
If
not, he
not, he is permittedto
is permitted to touch
touch the
the ground
ground byby
his hand
his hand before
before his
his knees.
knees.HisHis fingers
fingers and
and
toes should
toes should bebe directed
directed towards
towards the
the Qibla
Qibta
Makkah, and
Makkah, and his
his hands
handsshould
shouldbebe stretched,
stretched,
and the
and the fingers
fingers close
close together
togetherand
and not
not separ-
separ-
ated.In prostration,
ated. prostration,the the worshipper
worshippershould;
should
use these sevenorgans:
use these seven organs:
The forehead,
The forehead,the
the nose,
nose,both
both hands,
hands,both
both
kneesand
knees and the
the internal
internalparts
partsof the
the toes.
toes.
These seven
These seven organs
organs should
should touch
touch the
the
ground. Then
ground. Then the
the worshipper
worshipper should
should say
say
thrice
thrice or more:
more:
((~':JI g:
nplt 0~))
C::J...> .l[..*..,n

"SubhanaRabbiyal
"Subhana Rabbiyal A'ole"
A'ala"
Which means:
means:
"Glorified is my Lord, the
the Exalted."
Exalted. "
It
It is advisable
advisable to say:
say:
"Subhanaka
"Subhanaka Allahuma
Allahuma Rabbana
Rabbana wa bi

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hamdika, Allahuma
hamdika, ghfir-liy."
Allahuma IIghfir-liy."
uJ
«Jpl ~I_!J~-,~..>~I
r;bl ,*sul- ~~»
J-r^.-,-lQ-rf-€!l 4;t .-,,r
This means:
This means:
"Glory to Thee,
be to
"Glory be Thee, Our Lord, and I praise
Lord, and praise
Thee. Our Lord,forgive
Thee. me my
Lord, forgive me sins."
my sins."
recommendable for the
It is recommendable worshipper to
the worshipper
exceed more and
exceedmore more in supplications
and more and
supplicationsand
ask for more
ask his Lord,
more from his because the
Lord, because the
Prophet,
Prophet,may peaceand
may peace and blessings
blessingsof Allah
be on
be on him,
him, said:
said:
~
+ L,~l;
br{;*u .)~\
:35*ll ~l,
t"'b ~,,-,.J1
~)I ~ + ~ if)
!9^!'i p5JtI ~\»
L"ir
tt'f ~~
((~ .li;;~ ...'l.erJl
.-,Lau*10\ ls....ul

Which
Which means:
means:
"Asfo,
"As for bowing "Ruku"you
bowing "Ruku" you should glorify
shouldglorify
your
your Lord during performingit,
during performing it, as
asfo, pros-
for pros-
tration, yott should
tration, you should do your best
do your to suppli-
best to suppli-
cate
cate and
and ask more from
for more
ask fo, Him, because
from Him, because
your supplications
your supplicationsduring prostration are
during prostration are
more
moreworthy
worthy to
to be
beaccepted.
accepted.""
The
The worshipper
worshippershould
should ask his Lord
ask his for
Lord for
prosperity
prosperityboth
both in this
this worldly life and the
andin the
Hereafter.
Hereafter.Whether
Whetherit is is an
an obligatory prayer
obligatoryprayer

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an optional
or an prayer,the
optional prayer, the worshipper,
worshipper,while
while
prostrating,should
prostrating, neither bring
should neither bring his
his hands
hands
closeto
close his sides,
to his sides,nor
nor stick
stick his
his abdomen
abdomento to
his thighs,
his his thighs
thighs,or his thighsto to his
his legs.
legs.The
The wor-
wor-
shipper'sarms
shipper's arms should
shouldbe be raised
raisedupup from
from the
the
groundbecause
ground becausethethe Prophet,
Prophet,may peaceand
may peace and
blessingsof Allah be
blessings be on
on him, prohibitedput-
him, prohibited put-
ting the
ting the arms
arns and
and stretching
stretching them
them onon the
the
ground, ordering
ground, ordering that "adjust your
that "adjust your prostra-
prostra-
tion, keep straigtht
tion, keep straigthtin it, and
and stretch
stretchnot your
not your
handson
hands on the groundas
the ground asdogs
dogsdo."
do."
10. He
10. He should
shouldraise
raisehis
his head
headfrom
from prostra-
prostra-
saying:
tion saying:
tion
~r.&\
;l'iit "Allahu
"Allahu Akbar" and
and lays
layshis
his left foot
left foot
flat on
flat the ground
on the ground and sits upon
and sirs upon it, keeping
keeping
his right foot erected,
his erected,his
his hands
handson
on his
his thighs
thighs
and knees,
and knees, and,rays.'
and says:

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"O my Lord,
"0 Lord, forgive
forgive lfl€,
me, have mercy on
me, guide ftt€,
tnt€, me, provide
provide me with your
your bless-
bless-
ings console me."
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The worshipper
The worshippershould
should feel
feel tranquillity
tranquillity
duringthis
during pause.
thispause.
I 1.To
11. prostrate
To prostrate againsaying~i
again .&1" Allahu
sayingrsi'i,l"Allahu
Akbar" and
Akbar" repeatingduring
andrepeating during his
his prostration
prostration
whathe
what hedid
did and saidin
andsaid in the
thefirst prostration.
first prostration.
12. Then
12. Then the worshipperraises
the worshipper raiseshishis head
head
saying.;;5'
saying irt
,sf 41 "Allahu
"Allahu Akbar"
Akbar" taking
taking aa pause
pause
similar to
similar to the pausebetween
the pause betweenthe prostra-
the two prostra-
tions;this
tions; this isis called "the pause
called"the pauseforfor rest."
rest." It is
is
recommendedfor the
recommended worshipperto
the worshipper to do
do such
such
pause,but
aa pause, but there
thereis is no
no sin he desists
sin if he desistsfrom
from
it. Then
it. Then thethe worshipper
worshipperrisesrises up
up and
and stands
stands
supportingon
supporting on his
his knees,
knees,or on on the ground if
the ground if
he cannot
he cannot support
support himself
himself on on the
the knees,
knees,
readsthe
reads the Fatihah
Fatihah(The (The opening
openingSura the
Sura of the
gloriousQuran)
glorious Quran)and and some
someother
otherverses
verses of the
the
Quran
Quran and and do do asas just as
as he
he did in thethe firsr
first
Rakaah(unit
Rakaah (unit of prayer).
prayer). Those
Those who
who pray
pray be-
be-
hind
hind the
the Imam
Imam should
should not
not compete
compete with him
in the
the prayer
prayer actions
actions asas the Prophet (peace
the Prophet (peace
and
and blessings
blessings of Allah be be upon
upon him) said:
said:

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Which means:
means:
The Imam is to be
The followed, ifif he
be followed, he says:
says:
"Allahu Akbar" which means means "Allah is
Great" then
Great" then say
say the
the same after him. If
same after If he
he
bows in "Ruku"
bows "Ruku" bow
bow after him. If
after him. If he
he says:
says:
"Samia-l-latru
"Samia-I-Iahu liman hamidah" which
liman hamidah" which means
means
"Allah hears who praises
hears him who praises Him", then
then
say:
say: "Rabbana laka-I-hamd" which
"Rabbana wa laka-l-hamd" which
means
means"Our Lord! AllAll praises
praises are Thee";
are for Thee";
and if
and if he then prostrate
prostrates, then
he prostrates, after
prostrate after
him". (BukhariV:l
him". (Bukhari V:1 P.37)
P.37)
13. If
13. If the
the prayer
prayer consists Rakaat
consistsof two Rakaat
(two units
units of prayer)
prayer) asas the
the morning prayer
morning prayer
"Fajr", Feast
"Fajr", Feast prayer
prayer "Eid", or the Friday
the Friday
prayer "Jumu'a",the
prayer "Jumu'a", the worshipper
worshippersitssits after the
after the
second
secondprostration,
prostration,with hishis right foot erect,
right foot erect,
sitting
sitting on his left foot laid ~own,
on his putting his
down, putting his
right hand
hand on
on his
his right thigh, his fingers
thigh, all his fingers
close-fisted
close-fistedsave
savethe
the index
index finger which he
finger which he
uses
usestoto point
point out
out as
asaa sign his monotheis-
sign for his monotheis-
tic belief,
belief, and
and his
his left hand
hand is put on
is put his left
on his
thigh. There is'
thigh. There is nothing
nothing in the way, if
the way, if the
the
worshipper
worshipperkeeps
keepsboth
both the
the little and ring fin-
and ring
gers
gers closed,
closed,while
while rounding
rounding hishis thumb
thumb and and
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middle finger
middle finger in
in aa ring-shape,
ring-shape,andand uses
useshis
his
index finger
index finger ot point out
ot point out as
as aa sign
sign for
for his
his
monotheisticbelief.
monotheistic belief. It has
hasbeen
beenrelated
relatedthat
that
the Prophet,
the Prophet,may peaceand
may peace andblessings
blessingsof Al-
lah be
lah be on
on him,
him, had practisedboth
had practised both of these
these
ways,thus,
ways, thus,it is
is advisable
advisablefor the
the worshipper
worshipper
to perform the
to perfonn the first way
way once
once and
and the
the other
other
on the
on the second
secondtime.
time.
The worshipper
The worshipperreads
readsthe
the Tashahud
Tashatrudwhile
sittingand
sitting andsays:
says:
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"Al-tahiyatu lilahi wasalawatu
"Al-tahiyatu wasalawatu watayibatu
watayibatu
Assalamu
Assalamu alayka
alayka ayuha-n-nabiyu
ayuha-n-nabiyu wa rah-
mat-u-llahi
mat-u-llahi wa barakatuhu.
barakatuhu. Assalamu
Assalamu alayi-
alayi-
na wa ala ibadi-l-lahi-s-salalihiyn.
ibadi-l-lahi-s-salalihiyn. Ashadu
Ashadu
ala ilaha
ilaha ila lahu
lahu we
wa ashadu
ashadu anno
anna Muham-
Muham-
madan
madan abdoho
abdoho wowa raswuloh.
raswuloh. Allahuma
Allahuma sal-
sal-
liy ala Muhammad
Muhammad wa ala aali Muhamad,
Muhamad,
kama salayata ala lbrahima
kama salayata Ibrahima wa aali lbra-
Ibra-
him. Inaka
lnaka Hamidon
Hamidon Majid. Wa Wa barik ala
1155
Mohammad wa
Mohammad wa ala Muhammad kama
aali Muhammad
ala aali kama
barkta ala
barkta ala lbrahima
Ibrahima wa
wa aali Ibrahima. Inaka
aali lbrahima. Inaka
Hamidon Maiid."
Hamidon Majir1."
This means:
This means:
"Greetings, the good
prayers and the
"Greetings, prayers things of
good things of
life belong
tife mercy and bless-
Peace, mercy
belong to Allah. Peace, bless-
ing ofof Altah
Allah be you, O
be on You, Prophet. MaY
0 ProPhet. May
peace be
peace be upon
upon us the devout
us and on the slaves of
devout slaves of
Allah. II testify
Atlah. there is no god but Allah
testify that there
and II testify Muhammad fs
testify that Muharnmad is His slave
slave
messenger. 0
and messenger.
and O Allah, bless Muhammad
Allah, bless Muhammad
and
and his family as
hisfamity as You blessedlbrahim
You blessed and
Ibrahim and
his family. You
his family. You are
are the Most-Praised,The
the Most-Praised, The
Most-glorious.0
Most-glorious. O Allah, bestowYour
Allah, bestow Your grace
Srace
on
on Muhammad
Muhammadand and his You best-
as You best-
his family as
woed
woed it on on Ibrahim
lbrahim and his family.
and his family. You ore
You are
the
theMost-Praised,
M ost-Praised, The M ost-glorious."
TheMost-glorious."
After
After reciting
recitingthe
the Tashahud,
Tashahud,the worship-
the worship-
per
per asks
asksAllah's
Allah'sprotection 'from four
protection'from evils,
four evils,
he
heshould
shouldsay:
say:
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.;li-e ,fJ f-{+ ~\..is. i/ ~
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t3,I~\
t;t~\»
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. J~..ul ~I 0i*,,,s.)tJlJ
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"My
"My Lord,
Lord, II ask
askyour protectionfrom
your protection tor-
from tor-
ment
mentof
of the
the Hell,
Hell, torment
tormentof gravethe
the grave
of the the
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trials in life-time and
trials and after
after death,
death,and
and from
from
the imposter
the imposter Antichrist."
Antichrist." The
The worshipper
worshipper
may ask
may prosperityin this
ask Allah for prosperity this worldly
and in the
life and the Hereafter,
Hereafter,supplicate
supplicateAllah to to
bestow His favors
bestow favors on
on his parentsand
his parents and other
other
muslims.He
muslims. He could
could do
do this
this in both
both obligatory
obligatory
andoptional
and prayers.It has
optional prayers. hasbeen
beenreported
reportedby
Massoud that
Ibn Massoud that the
the Prophet, peace and
Prophet, peace and
blessingsof Allah be
blessings be on
on him,
him, taught
taught him
him
how to recite
how recite the
the Tashahud
Tashatrudand and told
told him that
that
the worshipper
the worshippershouldshould invoke
invoke Allah and and ask
ask
Him for the the more
more beloved
belovedwishes
wisheswhich
which hehe
likes, or,
likes, or, as
as it has
hasbeen
beenrelated
relatedin other
other word-
word-
ings, the
ings, the worshipper
worshipper should
should askask Allah for
whateverhe
whatever he wishes.
wishes.In this
this manner,
mannerothe the ser-
ser-
vant can
vant can ask
ask Allah for all thethe prosperities
prosperities of
this worldly life and
this and the
the life to come.
come. The
The
worshipper terminates
worshipper terminateshishis prayer
prayer by turning
turning
his the right saying:
face to the
his face saying:
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ia'ts ~ \~1»
,5.t" f'l*Jtr
"As-salamu
"As-salamu alai
alai kum wa rahmatu
rahmatu Allah"
and the left saying
and to the saying this
this salutation
salutation which
which
means "Peace
means "Peace and
and mercy
mercy ofof Allah be
be on
you."
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14. In case
14. of a three
case of three Rakaat
Rakaat prayer
prayer
17
17
(prayer consisting
(prayer consisting of of three units) as
three units) that of
as that of
Maghrib prayer,
Maghrib (evening prayer),
prayer, (evening prayer), oror aa four-
four-
Rakaat prayer
Rakaat prayer like that of
like that noon prayer
of noon prayer
afternoon prayer)
prayer (late afternoon
(Zuhr), Asr prayer prayer) or,
Isha prayer prayer), the worshipper
prayer (night prayer), worshipper
stands Tashahud accord-
stands up after reciting the Tashatrud accord-
manner stated
ing to the manner before, and
stated before, and raises
raises
hands Fp
his hands the level of
up to the of his shoulders
shoulders
saying ~t 4\ (Allahu Akbar).
saying ;l*irt Akbar). The worship-
worship-
puts his hands
per puts hands over chest as
over his chest as it had
had
been explained
been explained befsre,
before, and recites only the
and recites the
Fatiha.
Fatiha. There objection if
There is no objection if he addsto the
he adds the
Fatiha
Fatiha some
someother versesof the
other verses the Quran
Quran while
performing the the third or fourth Rakaat (units
Rakaat (units
of prayer)
prayer) of noon
noon prayer (Zuhr), because
prayer (Zuhr), because
this
this was
was stated
stated to be one of the
be one manners
the manners
adopted
adopted by by the
the Prophet,
Prophet, may peace and
may peace and
blessings
blessingsof Allah be be onon him, accordingto
him, according to
the
the tradition
tradition reported
reportedby Saied.
by Abi Saied.
After the
the third Rakaah
Rakaahof Maghrib prayer
Maghrib prayer
(evening
(evening prayer),
prayer), and
and the Rakaahof
fourth Rakaah
the fourth of
Zuhr
Zuhr (noon),
(noon),Asr (afternoon)and
Asr (afternoon) andIsha (night)
Isha(night)
prayers,
prayers,the
the worshipper
worshipperrecites Tashahud
theTashahud
recitesthe
and
andtenninates
terminateshis
his prayers saying:
by saying:
prayersby
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"Assalamu-alaikumwa
"Assalamu-alaikum wa rahmatu
rahmatuAllah"
while turning
while turningfirst
first to
to the
the right,
right, and
andsecond
second
to the
to the left as
as it has
hasbeen
beenexplained
explainedbefore.
before.
is not
It is not an
an obligatory
obligatoryduty,
duty, but
but it is
is aa rec-
rec-
ommendableprophetic
ommendable prophetic tradition
tradition to
to invoke
invoke
after terminating
Allah after terminatingthe prayerby
the prayer by asking
asking
forgivenessthrice
Him forgiveness thrice and
and saying
saying before
before
turning one's
turning one'sface
facetowards
towardshis
his followers
followers if if he
he
is the
is theImam:
Imam:
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Which means:
Which means:
"O Allah, Thou
"0 Thouart peace
peace andfrom
andfrom Thee
Theeis
is
peace, Thou art blessed,
peace, Thou blessed,0
O possessor
possessor of
Glory and
Glory and Honour."
Honour."
It is advisable
advisable for the
the worshipper
worshipper to say:
say:
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Which means:
Which means:
"There
"There is no god but Allah.Allah. He is thethe One-
One.
has no partner.
He has His is the
partner. His dominion and
the dominion
to Him alone
alone is the praise. He has
the praise. has power
power
over all
over all things.
things. O0 Lord, none none maymay withhold
withhold
what You
what have given
You have given and none may
and none may give
give
what You
what You have withheld and
have withheld and the riches can-
the riches can-
wealthy person
not avail a wealthy person with Thee. Thee. There
There
might or power
is no might except by the
power except support of
the support of
Allah, There
Allah, Thereis no god
is no god but but Allah andand we
we do
do
not worship
not worship butbut Him alone.
alone. To alone
To Him alone
belong
belongall bounties,
bounties,to to Him alone belongall
alone belong
grace, and
grace, and to worthy praise
to Him worthy praise isis accord-
accord'
ed.
ed. There
There isis no god but
no god Allah, to
but Allah, to Whom
Whomwe we
are
are sincere
sincerein in devotion,
devotion,even thoughthe
eventhough un-
the un-
believers
believersmay
moydetest it.""
detestit.
It is
is also
also advisable
advisableto worshipperto
the worshipper
to the to
extol
extol Allah 33 times by
33 times saying .&\0~
by saying 4i'l,lt**,
(Subhana
(SubhanaAllah). praiseHim by
Allah). praise by saying...tJ....:1..\
saying+ir-rJt
(Al Hamdu
(AI Hamdulil-Allah) 33 times
lil-Allah) 33 alsoby
tiines also by say- say-
ing: ~'41
ing: ;l.iir "Allahu Akbar"
"Allahu andthe
Akbar" and wor-
the wor-
shipper
shippercompletes
completeshis supplicationsto
his supplications to bebeone one
hundred
hundredby by saying once:
sayingonce:
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Which means:
Which means:
"Thereis
"There is no god but
no god but Allah.
Allah. He
He is
is the
theOne.
One.
He has
He has no partner.His
no partner. His is
is the
the dominion
dominion and
and
to Him alone
to alone is
is the praise.He
the praise. He has
has power
power
overall
over all things."
things."
The worshipper
The worshipperaddsaddstoto that
that the
the recitation
recitation
the verse
of the verseof the
the Throne
Throne "Ayat AI-Kursiy",
Al-Kursiy",
.Surat
Al-Ikhlas, Surat
'Surat AI-Ikhlas, Surat EI-Falaq,
El-Falaq, and
and Surat
Surat
Al-Nas. It is
AI-Nas. is recommendable
recommendabl.e to
to recite
recite these
these
Surasthrice
Suras thrice after
after the
the Fajr prayer (Morning
Fajr prayer (Morning
prayer), and
prayer), and the
the Maghrib (evening
prayer (evening
Maghrib prayer
prayer) because
prayer) becausethis
this was
was reported
reportedto bebe one
one
the traditions
of the traditions of the
the Prophet,
Prophet,peace
peaceandand
blessings
blessings of Allah be be on him. As it had
on him. had been
been
statedbefore,
stated before, all these
these after-prayer
after-prayersupplica-
supplica-
tions
tions are
are optional
optional and
and not obligatory.
obligatory.
Every
Every muslim,
muslim, whether
whether be
be male
male or female,
female,
is recommended
recommended to praypray 12 Rakaat of super-
12 Rakaat super-
erogatory prayers
erogatory prayers every
every day: of these
day: four of these
Rakaat (units
Rakaat of prayers)
(units of prayers) are
are before
before noon
noon
prayer,
prayer, two after
after it, two after
after Maghrib
Maghrib
prayer,
prayer, two after Isha (night)
after Isha (night) prayer
prayer and
and two
before the
before morning prayer
the morning prayer - These
These supere-
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rogatory rr:ayers
rogatory prayers are
are called (Rawatib) which
called (Rawatib) which
means: "Certain
means: "Certain Supererogatory exercises of
supererogatory exercises of
optional prayers."
optional prayers." The Prophet peace
The Prophet peace and
and
blessings of
blessings of Allah
Allah be on him,
be on preserved the
him, preserued the
performance of
performance of these optional prayers
these optional prayers
wherever he
wherever he settled. During his
settled. During travels, he
his travels, he
used to practise
used Rakaat be-
practise the two optional Rakaat
fore the morning prayer and also the Witr
and also Witr
prayer (after
prayer (after the
the Isha There is no ob-
prayer). There
Isha prayer).
these optiorial
perform these
jection to perform prayers in
optiorial prayers
the mosque,
the mosque, but it is better perform it at
better to perform
home, because
home, because the Prophet, peace
the Prophet, ~d bless-
peace And bless-
ings of Allah be
ings be onon him,
him, said "The best
said "The best of
the
the prayers
prayers are
are those
those which areare fulfilled atat
one's
one'sown
own home,
home,with exception
exceptionto obligato-
to obligato-
ry prayers
prayers which
which should
should be performed in
be performed
congregation
congregationat at the
the mosque."
mosque."
Observance
Observanceof of fulfilling
fulfilling these optional
these optional
prayers
prayersisis aa means
meansfor gainingadmission
for gaining admissiontoto
paradise.
paradise.The
The Prophet,
Prophet,may peaceand
may peace bless-
andbless-
ings
ingsof
of Allah
Allatrbebeon
onhim,
him, said:
said:
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Which'means:
Which means:
"Whoeverprays
"Whoever prays optionally
optionallytwelve
twelveRakaat
Rakaat
every one day
everyone day and
and night,
night, Allah will reward
reward
him by
him an established
by an establisheddwelling
dwelling in
in the
the para-
para-
dise."
dise. "
is also
It is advisableto
alsoadvisable to the
the muslim
muslim to pray
to pray
four optional
four optional Rakaat
Rakaat before
before Asr prayer
prayer
(afternoon prayer),
(afternoon prayer), two before
before Maghrib
Maghrib
prayer (evening
prayer (eveningprayer),
prayer),and
and two before
before Isha
Isha
prayer (night prayer),
prayer (night prayer), because
becausethis
this manner
manner
was reported
was reportedtoto be
be one
one of the
the traditions
traditions of
the Prophet.
the Prophet.Allah,
Allah, the
the Almighty says:
says:
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have indeed
"Ye have indeedin the
the Messenger
Messengerof Al-
lah an
lah an excellent
excellentexempler" (33:21).
exempler"(33:21).
And the Prophet (May the
the Prophet the peace
peace and
and
blassings
bIassings of Allah be upon him) said:
be upon said:
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Which means:
means:
"Perform
"Perform your prayer
prayer in the
the same
same manner
manner
as you had
as had seen
seen me doing."
doing."
Allah is He Who is Able to render
render us
us suc-
suc-
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cess and
cess and prosperity,
prosperity, and Allah give
may Allah
and may give His
His
blessings and
blessings and peace to our
peace to Prophet Muham-
our Prophet Muham-
mad son
mad son of
of Abdellah, his family,
Abdellah, his his com-
family, his com-
panions and
panions and whoever follows his
whoever follows way till
his way till
doomsday.
doomsday.
President of
President of
Supreme Head
Supreme Religious Resea-
Head Office for Religious Resea-
rches, Ifta, Call and
rches, Guidance Departments.
and Guidance Departments.
(Shiekh Abdul Aziz Abdullah Bin Baz)
(Shiekh

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