Introduction
The Virtues Of Prayer
Wudhu (Ablution)
Conditions for the Performance of Wudhu
Essential Acts of Wudhu
Voluntary Acts of Wudhu
How the Wudhu is performed
Important Points on Wudhu
Wiping Over the Socks
How Wiping Over the Socks is Done
When the Wiping Privilege Ceases
Matters which Invalidate the Wudhu
Ghusl (Total Bath)
Occasions when Ghusl is Required as an obligatory Act
Occasions for which Ghusl is preferred
Essential Requirements of Ghusl
How Ghusl is Performed
Acts Forbidden to Persons who are required to Perform Ghusl
Haidh (Menstruation)
Post-Childbirth Bleeding (Nifas)
Acts Forbidden to Women Experiencing Menstruation and Post-Childbirth Bleeding
At-Tayammum (Ablution Using The Earth)
Instances when At-Tayammum is Permitted
The Earth (Soil) to be used for At-Tayammaum
How to Perform At-Tayammum
Matters which Nullify At-Tayammum
The Timings Of The Obligatory Prayers Adhaan (Call To Prayer)
The Virtues of Adhaan
How the Adhaan is performed
What Someone Supplicates Upon Hearing the Adhaan
The Supplication after the Adhaan
IQAMAH Second Call to Prayer
Performance Of The Salaat
Conditions for the Prayer (Shuruud-Salaat)
Categories of the Acts of the Salaat
Pillars of the Salaat (Arkanu-S alaat)
Necessary Duties (Wajibatu-Salaat)
Preferred Acts of the Salaat (Sunna- nu-Salaat)
How The Salaat Is Performed
Performance of Fajr the Prayer
Performance of the Dhuhr Prayer
Performance of the Asr Prayer
Performance of the Maghrib Prayer
Performance of the Isha Prayer
Forgetfulness Prostrations (Sujuud

!!!!!!!!!!! PRAISE be to Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala1

) who ordained As-alaat (Prayer) as an
act of worship on His servants, and may the utmost peace and blessings of Allah
(subhanahu wa ta'ala) be upon His prophet who taught the Ummah (Muslim nation) how
best to perform the prayer.
!!!!!!!!!!! I do not intend to write along preface, but I merely wish to make a brief
explanation of my reasons for undertaking this work. It is natural that by virtue of its
importance, many books have been written in the past about Salaat by different Muslims
in different parts of the world - may Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) reward them all for their
efforts. And, while a large number of the works so far carried out on Salaat have
generally been well appreciated, it is however no secret also that many books on this
subject suffer serious shortcomings which notably may be summarized as follows:
1. Apparent lack of subject comprehensiveness in most books. While, certainly, no single
writer can comprehend a subject as wide as Salaat, but it is true that many books on this
subject only make scanty touch on it.
2. The unfortunate existence in many of the books of various matters such as recitations,
supplications and even acts purported to be part of the prayer but which cannot be
correctly traced to having been recited and/or performed by the Prophet (PBUH) or even
by his rightly guided Caliphs (successors).
3. The absence of arrangement and order in most books with regard to the various matters
relating to the prayer.
4. The virtual absence in most books of TRANSLITERATION to the various
supplications which a person needs to recite in the course of the prayer. Needless to say,

but, the importance of transliteration to the non-Arabic speaking Muslims cannot be over-
emphasized.

!!!!!!!!!!! In view of the foregoing that the thought of compiling a more appropriate treatise
on Salaat arose to me. And it is by the grace of Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala) that it is now
in our hands although I am quite conscious of how unequal I am to a subject such as this
one to which a man of much greater capabilities than myself was required. I am,
however, sustained by the conviction that the readers will overlook my shortcomings and
treat them with indulgence.
!!!!!!!!!!! In compiling this treatise, I have endeavored to touch over almost all the
important aspects of the prayer and there is perhaps no other book which provides such
an elaborate account of the subject although, as mentioned earlier. Salaat is just such a
wide subject that even this treatise is still in want of much other information on the same
but which, lnsha - Allah, shall be taken into account in the next reproduction.

 : Salaat Prayer is one of the main obligations which Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala has ordained on His servants. It is the first act of worship decreed on the Muslim Nation Ummah by Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala and was ordained on the night of the Prophet’s peace be upon him ascension to the seven heavens. It is the second of the five pillars of Islam after the proclamation of the “Shahada” the words of witness .