Salah - Important Points

Ihya al Islam - Important Points of Salah

Date: 21st Rabi al Awwal 1442


بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين اللهم صلى وسلم على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه و من ول و بعد

In the name of God The Infinitely-Good The Merciful, all praise to God, The Lord of all creation. Oh God grant blessing and peace to our master Muhammad and his family and his companions and the righteous and those who come after.


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Daily Prayer:-


4 Conditions for Obligation of Prayer

  • Sane
  • Muslim
  • Adult
  • Purity

7 Conditions for Validity of entering into Prayer

  • Certainty that the time has entered
  • Facing the Qiblah (except voluntary prayers during travel)
  • Ritual Purity
  • Physical Purity
  • Covering
  • Knowing the Integral and Recommended Acts of Prayer
  • One must know how to pray in order to enter the prayer

13 Integrals of Prayer

  • Standing
  • Intention
  • Takbir al Ihram
  • Reciting Fatiha including basmallah (14 points of stressed vowels and differentiating dal and dhal)
    • Bowing so that palms reach knees
    • Returning to standing
    • Two protestations
    • Sitting between two prostrations
    • One must pause in each of these
    • One repeats these in each cycle
    • First tashahud is sunnah not integral. Second tashahud is obligatory as is sitting during it
    • And solawat after tashahud and before salam
    • Final salam, minimal is salaamu alaikum

    4 Invalidators of Prayer

    • Eating or drinking
    • Speaking
    • Exposure of awrah unless immediately covered up
    • Impurity touching you unless immediately removed without picking it up or holding it



    Friday Prayer:-


    6 Conditions for Obligation of Jumu’ah

    • Sane
    • Muslim
    • Adult
    • Free
    • Healthy
    • Resident

    1 Condition for Solah of Jumu’ah

    • 40 men excluding the imam must be present

    1 Excuse for Absence from Jumu’ah

    • Rain

    5 conditions for Khutbah of Jumu’ah

    • Khatib is standing
    • Khatib is in Tahara
    • Khatib has his Awrah covered
    • Khatib must sit between two sermons for a length of time between saying subhan Allah and making two brief rakat
    • Succession between acts

    5 Integrals for Khutbah of Jumu’ah

    • Alhamd praise Allah in both sermons
    • Solawat ala Nabi prayers upon Prophet saw in both sermons
    • Biltaqwa call to fearing Allah in both sermons
    • 2 ayat of Quran total
    • Prayer for believers in 2nd sermon



    FAQ:

    1. Wearing tight clothes do not invalidate prayer
    2. Carrying small children with soiled diapers invalidates prayer
    3. Standing is a condition of prayer
    4. Intention for prayer is what is in the heart even if the tongue says something else
    5. It is not obligatory to distinguish a current prayer from a make up prayer when making the intention
    6. Is the follower’s takbiratul ihram is at the same time as the imam’s takbiratul ihram the followers prayer is invalid
    7. Continuity is a condition when reciting the Fatiha in prayer
    8. If a congregation has less than 40 followers and 1 Imam they must pray Dhuhr instead of Jumu'ah.
    9. The first Tashahud is not an integral of prayer, rather it is a sunnah
    10. It is not an integral of prayer to make any dhikr during ruku or sujud
    11. Turning the head during the tasleem of prayer is not obligatory
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    Anything I said here which is true, is from Allah. Anything I said here which is false if from myself. I ask forgiveness for my shortcomings. I seek refuge in Allah from knowledge which does not benefit. May Allah grant us understanding of things as they are. May Allah bless and grant peace to our master Muhammad and his family.
    Abu Ismaail

    Ibrahim is a student of knowledge with two specializations in 1) Shafi'i Fiqh wa Usool and 2) Classical Theology. He has been teaching Islam since 1439 AH (2018 CE).

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