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CONDITIONS FOR THE PRAYER ]ط الصالة
There are a number of conditions which need to be fulfilled for the prayer to be valid.
These are as follows:
)1 Acceptance of Islamic Faith:
Disbelievers are not required to establish Salah until they believe in Allah (S.W.T.) and
bear witness that there is no god but Allah and bear witness that Muhammad is His
servant and messenger.
2) Timing
Prayers are to be observed in their prescribed times.
Islam has prescribed specified time limits for each of prayer as can be noted from the following
verse of the Holy Qur’an:
ُ ْ َّ َٰ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ٰ َ َّ َّ
وتا
ًۭ ِإن ٱلصلوة كانت على ٱلمؤ ِم ِنين ِكت ًۭبا مو
ق
“Prayer is enjoined on believers at stated times” (Qur’an 4:103).
Thus, the arrival of the time for prayer is a fundamental condition for performing it and if,
therefore, a prayer is intentionally performed before or after its designated time it shall not be
acceptable in the sight of Allah (S.WT.). However, persons who may forget (without intention) to
perform any of the obligatory prayers within its ordained time or who are overtaken by sleep, then
such persons should perform the prayer as soon as they remember it and/or as soon as they wake
up from their sleep.
ZUHR:
Its time begins when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky and continues up to the time of
Asr Prayer.
ُل
ِ ُّ الر
َّج ِل َ ظ
َان
َك ْ الشَّم
ْسُ و الت َا ز
َ َ ِذِ إ
هرُُّْ الظ ْو
َقت
ِ ُِو
له َطك
The time for the afternoon prayer is as long as the sun has
not become pale
ASR:
Its time begins when the shadow of an object is equal to its own length, plus the length of its
noontime shadow and continues until sunset.
الشمس بيضاء تقية .1
الشمس مرتفعة .2
حين صارظل ش ئ مثله .3
حين صارظل كل ش ئ مثليه .4
MAGHRIB:
Its time starts from sunset and continues until the end of twilight. Twilight is the redness which
remains in the horizon after sunset.
َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ ْ َّ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ ُ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ ُ ْ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ
{ فقد أفطر، وغرب ِت الشمس، وأدبر النهار ِمن هاهنا، ِإذا أقبل الليل ِمن هاهنا
َّ
الص ِائ ُم
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: Allah's Apostle said, When night falls from this side and the day
vanishes from this side and the sun sets, then the fasting person should break his fast.
ISHA:
Its time starts when the twilight disappears.
FAJR:
Its time begins at dawn when morning light first appears in the horizon and continues until the
sun rises.
حين برق الفجر .1
اسفر .2
3)Sanity & Consciousness:
Prayer is required only from person of sound mind.
4)Ability to Distinguish
Prayer is required only where the person (child) is able to distinguish between good and bad, and
is able to understand and appreciate fully what is to be recited, performed etc.
5)Purification
This refers to the Wudhu (or Ghusl where it is required) prior to undertaking the prayer.
6) Covering the body:
One of the conditions of prayer is to cover the part of the body which is very important to cover
and to reveal it is ugly and shameful.
The part of a man (Hideable part) is from the navel to the knee.
The whole existence of a woman is capable of being seventy, that is, it is capable of being kept in
a veil, because the Messenger of Allah (saw) said:
اَ ْل َم ْرا َةُ ع َْو َرة
"The whole existence of a woman is worth seventy" –
[Jami 'al-Tirmidhi]
7)Facing the “Qiblah”
One of the conditions of prayer is "facing the Ka'bah".
8) Avoiding impurity:
This includes cleanliness of the body, the clothes and the place where the prayer
is to be performed.
9)Intention:
Intention by heart to perform the particular prayer.
SALAH
OBLIGATORY PILLARS PRESCRIBED
ُ ُّ ال
تصح الصالة بدونها وهي أربعة عشرركنا
PILLARS OF THE SALAAT []أركان الصالة
1.
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القيام في صالة الفريضة
“Al-Qiyam”; prayer is to be performed in a standing position if a person is physically capable.
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2. تكبيرة اإلحرام
“Takbiratul lhraam”; that is saying “ALLAHU AKBAR” at the commencement of the prayer.
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3. قراءة الفاتحة
”Al-Fatihah”; that is reciting the opening chapter of the Holy Qur’an in every Rakaat.
4.
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الركوع في كل ركعة
“Ruku”; this is bowing posture whereby the head and the back are positioned on the same level
and both hands are rested on the knees with the fingers spread apart.
5.
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الرفع من الركوع
A requirement to raise the head up from the Rukuu position.
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6. الطمأنينة في كل ركن
A requirement to stand up from the Ruku position in such a way that the person feels that all
his/her backbones are straightened. Fulfilling all the pillars should be in a state of tranquility.
ُ ّ
ُّ , الكفان ُ ْ ُ
7. وأطراف, والركبتان و, الجبهة مع األنف : السجود على األعضاء السبعة وهي
القدمين
“Sujood”; that is prostrating oneself in such a way that the following seven parts of the body are
firmly placed on the ground: the forehead together with the tip of the nose, both the palms, both
the knees, the bottom surface of the toes of both feet.
8.
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الرفع من السجود
A requirement to raise the head from the Sujuud position.
9.
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الجلوس بين السجدتين
A requirement to sit upright during the pause between the two prostrations.
10. األخي ُّ
التشهد ُ
الجلوس في
A requirement to take a sitting position for the recitation of the ” At-Tashahud ” (words of
witness).
11. التشه ُد األخير
ُّ
A requirement to recite the final “At-Tashahud “.
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12. األخير التشهد الصالة على النبي في
A requirement to recite the words of supplication for the Prophet (peace be upon him).
13. التسليم
A requirement to conclude the prayer with the words of peace ” Tasleem “, i.e. “Assalamu
Aleykum Wa Rahmatullaah”.
14.
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الترتيب بين األركان
A requirement that all the pillars should be in the prescribed sequence.
The above are the pillars of the prayer, wherein, if any of them is missed, it is required to repeat
the whole Rakaat in which the pillar is omitted, but if, the Takbirat-ul- lhraam is omitted, it
becomes necessary to repeat the whole Salaat.
