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Supplication (Du’ā) after Prayer
After the completion of the Prayer the following Du’ā is recited:- اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُحَیِّنَا رَبَّنَا بِا لسَّلَامِ وَ اَدْخِلْنَا دَ اَر السَّلَامِتَبَارَکْتَ رَبَّنَا وَ تَعَالَیْتَ یَا ذَا...
Method of Prayer
When performing Prayer it is enough to make the intention that I am going to offer a certain number of rakats in front of Allah. When in a congregational Prayer it is important to keep the following of the Imām in mind. If one does not know the A...
Overdue Prayers (Qaża)
Prayers that are not offered during their appointed times are called Qaża. If a Prayer cannot be offered at its due time it should be offered as soon as one gets the opportunity. When offering Qaża Prayers it is important to take care of the...
Sajdah Sahev (Prostration of Forgetfulness)
If one or more of the actions that are wājib (the status of slightly less that obligatory, but still necessary) in Prayer are missed out by mistake, Sajdah Sahev becomes wājib. By performing Sajdah Sahev the Prayer is rectified and becomes comple...
Actions that Invalidate the Prayer
There are eighteen actions that invalidate the Prayer:- 1.                   To talk whilst Praying, whether it is deliberate or by mistake, little or a...
Prayer Timings
It is the declaration of Allah:اِنَّ الصَّلوٰۃَ کَانَتْ عَلَی الْمُؤْ مِنِیْنَ کِّبًا مَّوْقُوْتًا(Surah Nisa, 103) ‘Prayer at fixed hours hath been enjoined on the believers’ Because the offering of Prayer is related to timings, it is importa...
Farż, Wājib, Sunnat and Nafl
Farż is an action that is obligatory on every Muslim. No person can reject this. The status of a Wājib is slightly less than that of a Farż but to fulfil it is also essential. A Sunnat is that action which the Holy Prophet (pbuh) himsel...
On the Subject of Performing Prayer
There are seven terms and conditions that must be fulfilled in order to establish Prayer:- 1. For the body to be clean.2. For it to be the time for Prayer.3. For the place of performing Prayer to be clean.4. For men, the place between the na...
Having a Bath (Ghusl)
وانْ کنْتمْ جنبا فاطھروْا وَاِنْ کُنْتُمْ جُنُبًا(Surah Ma'idah, 6) ‘And if ye are unclean, purify the whole body’Having a bath becomes obligatory after the menstrual cycle, childbirth, sexual intercourse and wet dreams. It is a Sunnat to hav...
On the Subject of Ablution (Wużu)
  یایھا الذیْن امنوْآ یَاَیُھَّا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْآ اِذَاقُمْتُمْ اِلَی الصَّلوٰۃِ فَاغْسِلُوْا وُجُوھَکُمْ وَاَیْدِیَکُمْ اِلَی الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوْا بِرُعُوْ سِکُمْ وَاَرْجُلَکُمْ اِلیَ الْکَعْبَیْنِ (Surah Ma'idah, 6) ‘Oh y...
Supplication (D’uā) after the Adhān
  اَللّٰھُمَّ رَبَّ ھٰذِہِ الدَّعْوَۃِ التَّآمَّہِّ وَالصَّلوٰۃِ الْقَآءِمَہِّ اٰتِ مُحَمَّدَا نِ الْوَسِیْلَۃِ وَالْفَضِیْلَۃِ وَابْعَثْہُ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُوْدَا نِ الَّذِیْ وَعَدَتَّہٗ اِنَّکَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِیْعَادَ ...
Supplication (D’uā) after the Adhān
  اَللّٰھُمَّ رَبَّ ھٰذِہِ الدَّعْوَۃِ التَّآمَّہِّ وَالصَّلوٰۃِ الْقَآءِمَہِّ اٰتِ مُحَمَّدَا نِ الْوَسِیْلَۃِ وَالْفَضِیْلَۃِ وَابْعَثْہُ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُوْدَا نِ الَّذِیْ وَعَدَتَّہٗ اِنَّکَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِیْعَادَ ...
Adhān (Call to Prayer)
  اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُO اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُOاَشْھَدُ اَنْ لَّآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ O اَشْھَدُ اَنْ لَّآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ Oاَشْھَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدً ا رَّسُوْلُ اللّٰہِ O اَشْھَدُ اَنَّ مُحَمَّدً ا...
Imān-I-Mujmal
  اٰمَنْتُ بِاللّٰہِ کَمَاھُوَ بِاَسْمَآءِہٖ وَصِفَاتِہٖ وَقَبِلْتُ جَمِیْعَ اَحْکَامِہٖ اِقْرَارٌ بِا للِّسَانِ وَتَصْدِیْقٌ بِالْقَلْبِ ‘I believe in Allah as He is, with His Names and Qualities, and I have accepted all His...
Imān-I-Mufassal
  اٰمَنْتُ بِاللّٰہِ وَمَلٰٓءِکَتِہٖ وُکُتُبِہٖ وَرُسُلِہٖ وَالْیَوْمِ الْاٰخِرِ وَالْقَدْرِ خَیْرِہٖ وَشَرِّہٖ مِنَ اللّٰہِ تَعَالیٰ وَالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ  ‘I believe in Allah, in His angels, His scriptures,...
The Sixth Kalimah - Radi Kafr
  اَللّٰھُمَّ اِنِّیْ اَعُوْذُ بَکَ مِنْ اَنْ اُشْرِکَ بِکَ شَیْءًا وَّ اَنَا اَعْلَمُ بِہٰ وَ اَسْتَغْفِرُکَ لِمَا لَا اَوْلَمُ بِہٖ تُبْتُ عَنْہُ وَ تَبَرَّاْتُ مِنَ الْکُفْرِ وَ الشِّرْکِ وَالْکِذْبِ وَالْغِبَۃِ وَالْبِدْعَۃِ وَالنَّم...