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How Do We Perform the Prayer?
We perform the prayer as follows:
1. We stand facing the direction
of the qiblah (which is the
Ka'bah in Meccah), and we (specify
our) intention, or
niyyah.
This means that with awareness
and concentration
we resolve to perform the prayer
for the sake of Allah.
For
example, we resolve to perform
the four-unit noon (zuhr)
prayer "in nearness to Allah".
2. After having made this intention.
we raise our hands to
the level of our ears.
palms facing
forwards, and say the
words "Allahu akbar."
3. After this "takbir".
we recite
surat al-Hamd.
which is
as follows:
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim.
AI-hamdu lillahi Rabbil-'Alamin
Ar-Rahmanir-Rahim
Maliki Yawmid-Din
Iyyaka na'budu wa iyyaka nasta'in
Ihdinas-siratal-mustaqim
Siratal-Idhina an'amta alayhim
Ghayril-maghdubi 'alayhim waladh-dhallin
And after reciting Surat Hamd we
recite another
complete surah from the Qur'an,
for example:
Surat al-Ikhlas
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim
Qul Huwa-llahu Ahad,
Allahus-Samad,
Lam yalid wa lam yu lad,
wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan Ahad.
4. Next we move to ruku, which
is bowing before Allah.
This means that we bend forward
to the extent that we can
place our hands on our knees.
In
this position we say:
Subhana Rabbiyal Azimi wabihamdih,
Then we stand up straight and say:
Sami allahu liman bamidah,
5. Now we move to sujud.
the prostration.
This means
that we place our forehead on earth
or stone or wood and the
palms of our two hands.
our knees
and the tips of our two big
toes on the ground, In this position
we say'
Subbana Rabbiyal-'Ala wa bi hamdih.
Then we raise our head from the
prostration and sit still
for a moment.
and then we move
back to the same position
to perform a second prostration
just like the first.
6. After having performed the second
prostration.
we
stand up again to perform the second
unit.
While in the act of
standing up.
we say:
Bihawlil-lahi wa quwwatihi aqumu
wa aq'ud.
Then we recite Surat al-Hamd and
another surah just like
in the first unit.
After saying the two surahs in
the second unit now we say
"qunut".
This means that we raise
our hands to the level of
our shoulders, palms facing upwards,
and say a supplication.
For example, we say:
Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanah,
wa fil-akhirati
hasanah, wa qina adhaban-nar.
(Our Lord, grant us good in
the world and good in the Hereafter,
and save us from the
chastisement of the fire.)
Then we perform the ruku' and sujud,
just like in the first
unit.
7. After the two prostration of
the second unit.
we must
sit still and say the "tashahhud".
This means that we say:
Alhamdulillah.
Ashhadu anla ilaha illallah wah
dahu lasharikalah
wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan abduhu
wa rasuluh.
Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa
al Muhammad.
8. After saying this "tashahhud'.
we stand up to perform
the third unit.
In the third unit,
we don't recite surat aI-Hamd
and the other surah.
Instead, we
say three times:
Subhana-llahi wal-hamdu-lillahi
wa la ilaha illa-llahu
wallahu akbar.
Then we perform the ruku and the
sujud just like in the
other units.
We then stand up again
for the fourth unit and
perform it like the third.
9. After the two prostration of
the fourth unit.
we sit and
say "tashahhud", just like in the
second unit.
Then we say the
salams:
As-salamu alayka ayyuhan-nabiyu
wa rahmatu-llahi wa
barakatuh.
As-salamu alayna wa ala ibadiilahis
-salihin.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi
wa barakatuh.
And we have finished our prayer.
Notes
1. We perform the afternoon (al-asr)
and evening (al-isha)
prayers just like the noon (al-zuhr)
prayer.
but for the
niyyah we must have an intention
to pray al-'asr prayer.
or al-isha prayer.
"in nearness
to Allah".
2. The sunset prayer (al-maghrib)
has three units.
So we
make the niyyah to perform three
units of al-maghrib
prayer... and we say the second
tashahhud and the salams at
the end of the third unit and maghrib
prayer is finished.
3. The morning prayer al-fajr has
two units.
So we make
the niyyah, for two units, and
we say the salams of the prayer
after the tashahhud of the second
unit, and the prayer is
finished.
4. The time for the morning prayer
is from the first light
of dawn until sunrise.
5. The time for the noon and afternoon
prayers.
which
must be performed in the right
order, is from noon until
sunset.
6. The time for the sunset and
evening prayers, which
must be performed in the right
order, is from the beginning
of the sunset until the middle
of the night.
