Fiqh as-Sunnah Prayer

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as-Salamu'alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Baraktuh

Alhamdulilah-hil Ladhi Bini'matihi Tatimmus-Saalihaat, was-salatu wasalaamu ‘ala Rasoolillah.

To proceed:

Same rules apply as the last thread, please pm any questions insha'allah.

This thread we will cover Salah - its preconditions, facing the Kabah, intention, takbeer, rukooh, and sajuud.

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Prayer part 1

The Preconditions of Salah are :

Having wudhu.
Knowing the time for the prayer.
Facing the Qiblah.
Covering the ‘awrah.
Being pure from Hadath - (ritualistic impurities, i.e. such as passing wind, being in the state of Janabah (sexual defilement), or menstruating, or generally being out of the state of wudhu’).
Being pure of Najasah - nothing having any impurities on your clothing, such as feces, dog etc).
Purity of the place of prayer (knowing the place that you are praying on is clean) .

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insha alaah will do shukran for the advice

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Prayer part 2

Facing the Qiblah:

When the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa salam stood for prayer, he would face the Ka'bah in both obligatory and voluntary prayers, and he sallahu alayhi wa salam ordered us, saying: 'when you stand for prayer, perform ablution perfectly, then face the qiblah and say takbeer. [Saheeh Bukhari and Muslim]

Allah Ta'ala said : 'Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah' [Surah al-Baqarah; 2:115]

As we know, the first qiblah in Islam was Jerusalem. After a while, Allah commanded the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam to turn to pray towards the Ka'bah.

'He sallahu alayhi wa salam used to pray towards Bait al-Maqadas [with the Ka'bah in front of him] before the following verse was revealed: 'We see the turning of your faces to the heavens; now shall we turn you to a Qiblah that shall please you: turn then your faces in the direction of the Sacred Mosque'

[Surah al-Baqarah;2:144]

When it was revealed he faced the Ka'bah. There were people at Masjid Qubaa' [in Madinah] praying Fajr when someone came to them and said, 'Verily the Messenger of Allah sallahu alayhi wa salam has had some of the Quran revealed to him last night and he has been ordered to face the Ka'bah, [verily] so face it'. Their faces were towards Shaam (Palestine, Jordan area), so they turned round [and their Imam turned round to face the qiblah along with them].' [Saheeh Bukhari and Muslim]

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i needed that,

thnx alot

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Salam alaikum could the brothers and sisters above me delete the comments please inshallah taa'la as this will cover the fiqh of the prayer and as in the previous thread its a non-comment thread, and if you have anything you wanna ask please msg me and muslim01 jazakallah khair

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Prayer part 3

Intention:

Having the intention to pray that particular prayer. He sallahu alayhi wa salam used to say: 'All actions are by intention, and every man shall have what he intended...' [Saheeh Bukhari & Muslim]

Imam Nawawi commented and said :

'The intention is the purpose, so the person about to pray brings to mind that prayer and what is relevant of its characteristics, such as which prayer it is, whether it is obligatory etc. & he brings these things together in his intention with the first takbeer.'

[Rawdah at-Taalibeen;1/224]

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Prayer part 4

Takbeer:

The Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam would start the prayer by saying:

الله اكبر

Allahu Akbar - Allah is the greatest.

The Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam said: 'Verily, the prayer of a person is not complete until he has made an ablution which has included the necessary parts of the body and has then said: 'Allahu Akbar' [at-Tabaraani]

He also used to say: The key to the prayer is purification, it is entered by takbeer and exited by tasleem. [Sunan at-Tirmidhi]

He also ordered us to say Allahu Akbar : when are praying behind an Imam.

'When the Imam says: Allahu Akbar, then say: Allahu Akbar.' [Musnad Ahmad & Sunan al-Bayhaqi]

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Prayer part 5

Raising the hands:

The Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam would raise his hands sometimes with the takbeer,sometimes after the takbeer, and sometimes before it.

'He would raise them with fingers apart [not spaced out, nor together]', and 'he would put them level with his shoulders', although occasionally, 'he would raise them until they were level with [the tops of] his ears.'

[Abu Dawood & Ibn Khuzaimah;1/62/2, 64/1]

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Prayer part 6

To Place the Right Arm on the Left Arm

'He sallahu alayhi wa salam used to place his right arm on his left arm' , and he used to say: 'We, the company of prophets, have been commanded to hasten the breaking of the fast, to delay the meal before the fast, and to place our right arms on our left arms during prayer.' [Saheeh Muslim]

Also 'he passed by a man who was praying and had placed his left arm on his right, so he pulled them apart and placed the right on the left.'