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Essentials of Prayer in Islam

The document discusses the essentials of prayer in Islam. It outlines the 7 conditions that must be fulfilled for a prayer to be valid, including purity, covering nakedness, facing the Qibla, correct time, intention, and the opening invocation. It also explains the 5 integrals, or obligatory acts, of prayer: standing, recitation, bowing, prostration, and the final sitting. It emphasizes that fulfilling all conditions and integrals is necessary for a complete and proper prayer.

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Essentials of Prayer in Islam

The document discusses the essentials of prayer in Islam. It outlines the 7 conditions that must be fulfilled for a prayer to be valid, including purity, covering nakedness, facing the Qibla, correct time, intention, and the opening invocation. It also explains the 5 integrals, or obligatory acts, of prayer: standing, recitation, bowing, prostration, and the final sitting. It emphasizes that fulfilling all conditions and integrals is necessary for a complete and proper prayer.

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{The Absolute

Essentials of Islam}
Faith, Worship, and Spirituality

Lesson Eight:
Faraz Rabbani

Prayer

Virtues of Prayer
Qur’an:
“Establish prayer for My
remembrance”
“Seek assistance in patience &
prayer”
Sunna:
Light
Purification
Best of works
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The Valid Prayer

Fulfilling conditions
Performing integrals
{difference?}
Seven + Five
Everything else: either necessary
(wajib) or recommended (sunna)

Facing Qibla
Time
Covering
Nakedness

Intention Conditions

Purity

Opening
Invocation The Obligatory Acts
of Prayer

Final Sitting

Standing
Integrals

Prostration
Recitation
Bowing

The Conditions
Purity

Covering Nakedness

Facing Qibla
Conditions for
Valid Prayer
Time

Intention

Opening Invocation

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Conditions 1-2: Purity and Free of Filth

(1) Purity
Wudu or Ghusl
(2) Free of Filth
Body, clothing, place of prayer
Exception: Excused amount

Conditions 3: Clothing Nakedness


(3) Clothing nakedness
For men: navel to knee
For women: everything except hands,
feet, face
Caution:
(a) Tight—disliked, even sinful
(b) Sunnas—loose, modest, dignified
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Conditions 4: Facing the Qibla

Two situations:
(a) Can see Kaaba: face directly
(b) Otherwise: face direction
What if unsure?
Reasoned judgment

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Condition 5: Time
Two conditions:
(a) actually entered
(b) believe it entered
Issues:
(1) reliable timetables
(2) learn how to tell
(3) on planes?
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Condition 6: Intention
definition: (1) resolve to perform an
act of obedience (2) and to draw
closer to Allah, (3) at the beginning
of the action
Issues:
(1) Obligatory prayer: specify
(2) Assume validity
(3) Pause—what, why, and magnify
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Condition 7: Opening Invocation

Say: Allahu Akbar

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The Integrals
Standing

Recitation

The Integrals of
Bowing
Prayer

Prostration

Final Sitting

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The Integrals: 1. Standing

Obligatory for obligatory and


necessary prayers
Sunnas: superior—full reward
When excused?
Two levels of hardship

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The Levels of Hardship

Slight hardship Undue hardship

No dispensation Basis for dispensation

Responsibility only to extent of


Entailed by moral responsibility
ability

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The Integrals: 2. Recitation

The Obligatory Recitation: One


verse—two rakats
Other: Necessary
Why?
“Recite whatever is easy of the
Qur’an.” [Q. 73.20]

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The Integrals: 3. Bowing

Minimum: hands reach knees


Optimum: description
Why?
“Bow and prostrate” [Q. 22.77]

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The Integrals: 4. Prostration

Minimum: place forehead—and what


is needed for it to be called a
‘prostration’
Optimum: description
Why?
“Bow and prostrate” [Q. 22.77]

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The Integrals: 5. Final Sitting

Duration of Tashahhud
Tashahhud: necessary

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The Necessary and Sunna Acts

What if ommitted?
(1) Necessary Left: valid, but
unsound—rectify, within time
(2) Sunna Left: valid and sound, but
lost reward—no rectification

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