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Salat or Namaz is the most important and a complete system of worship in Islam. Literal meaning of salat is DUA. Considering salat as insignificant or taking it lightly (Istekhfaf-e-Salat) is a major sin. Both Quran and Ahadeeth emphasize that the salat must be given top priority in our daily life and must never be taken as a lightly or secondary thing.
(A) Holy Quran: Establish salat and do not be among mushrikeen (Surah Rum, 30:31)
(B) Holy Quran: And woe to the worshippers (namazi), who are careless in their salat, (Surah Maun, 107:3-4)
(C) Hadeeth Holy Prophet (saw) : If salat is accepted by Allah, all good deeds will be accepted, & if salat is rejected, all good deeds will be rejected.
(D) Hadeeth 6th Imam (AS): One, who considers salat as insignificant, will not receive our shafaat.(Intercession)
A person, who offers salat, but does not care about the masail (rules and laws) of salat, is like one who considers salat as insignificant. For some persons, the lack of knowledge of some masail of salat, wudu and ghusl, may be an acceptable excuse, but for many other persons, the lack of knowledge is no excuse, and the Islamic sharia may require such persons, in some cases, even to repeat the salat of whole life with the correct method. Hence it is necessary for every Muslim to know and understand the masail of salat carefully so that he gains full benefit of this act of worship and he is also not considered as one who is careless about salat.
The Holy
Prophet (saw) said: "At the (appointed) time of every prayer (Salaat),
I hear a caller who calls and says: 'O children of Adam! keep up prayers
in order to extinguish the fire you have lit against yourselves (by
committing sins)." Mustadrak-ul-
Thirty-sixth Greater Sin: Omitting Prayer Intentionally
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THE INCORRECT PRAYERS
Imam Al-Baqir (a.s.) narrates: One day the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.w.)
was seated in the mosque when a person entered and began praying, but in
a manner such that neither did he perform his ruku’ (bowing), nor his
sujood (prostration) in a correct manner. Observing this, the Messenger
of Allah commented: “(This person) pecks as a crow pecks. Should he die
and the state of his prayers be as they are now, he shall surely not die
upon my religion.” (Al-Mahajjatul Baidha, Volume 1, Page 34) The Holy Prophet [s.a.w.w.]
said: "Be careful of the prayers, for, on the Day of Resurrection,
when Allah the Exalted, will bring the servant (for reckoning), the
first thing that He will ask him about will be the prayer. If one brings
it completely, he will be
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IMPORTANT POINTS OF SALAAT - Notes From Moulana Sadiq Hassan |
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Salat or Namaz is the most important and
a complete system of worship in Islam. Literal meaning of salat is
DUA. Considering salat as insignificant or taking it lightly (Istekhfaf-e-Salat)
is a major sin. Both Quran and Ahadeeth emphasize that the salat
must be given top priority in our daily life and must never be taken as a
lightly or secondary thing.
A person, who offers salat, but does not
care about the masail (rules and laws) of salat, is like one who considers
salat as insignificant. For some persons, the lack of knowledge of some
masail of salat, wudu and ghusl, may be an acceptable excuse, but for many
other persons, the lack of knowledge is no excuse, and the Islamic sharia
may require such persons, in some cases, even to repeat the salat of whole
life with the correct method. |
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Five conditions must be met before a wajib
salat can be considered as valid (sahih):
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Mubah means lawfully obtained. The
conditions of clothes, place and water (for wudu or ghusl) being mubah are
extremely important because salat becomes batil (invalid) if these things
are not mubah (lawfully obtained). If the income of a person is from haram
sources, then the clothes, place and water obtained from such income
automatically become haram and therefore salat offered using such things
is batil (invalid) in most of the cases.
Fiqh Lecture # 10 Maulana Sadiq Hasan,
Panjtan Ctr, Melbourne |
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In Tashahhud, it is wajib to pronounce the
word as "Muhammadan" and not as "Muhammadun" after the words "Ashhadu anna".
In Niyyat, the correct wording is "Qurbatan ILALLAH", and not as "Qurbatan ILLALLAH". However, salat is not affected even if this wording is pronounced incorrectly as long as the niyyat in your heart is to seek nearness (qurbat) of Allah, because the niyyat in your heart is wajib and rukn in salat and actual saying of that niyyat in words is not necessary. |
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Wearing of following types of items are
makrooh at anytime and during salat and will reduce the sawab of salat:
Four types of black dress are not makrooh anytime and during salat:
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In order to work out exact times for daily
salat, it is necessary to gain knowledge of the following times: Sunset,
Midnight, Dawn, Sunrise, Noon. Mujtahids differ on the definition of
Midnight. Scientists differ on the definition of Dawn. For places on earth
located 45 degrees above or 45 degrees below the Equator, it is very
difficult to determine Dawn time. Lecture #30 Maulana Sadiq Hasan, Panjtan Centre, Melbourne In olden days (when clocks were not invented), minarets were constructed in mosques with the purpose of going up the top of minaret and checking out the times of salat.
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SOME QUESTIONS & ANSWERS RELEVANT TO SALAAT Answer to the Question asked obtained from AyatullahAl-Uzama Sayyid Ali Al-Husaini Al-Seestani Dama Dhilluhu |
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Q) What is the ruling for a disabled person who offers prayers while remaining seated on the chair. Is it correct that such a person joining Namaz must in the beginning stand till Ruku of the 1st Rakaat & then perform all the actions while seated up to the end bowing wherever possible. Is it right for this person to lift the sajdagah & place it in the forehead while reciting the Dhikr of sujood or just bows more without sajdagah touching the forehead ? ( Sajdagah is on the small table infront of the Musalli all the time ) |
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A) Your question is general which requires a detailed reply as it would
apply individually according to his incapacitated position.
In short if he is unable to stand while praying, he should sit down, & if he is unable to sit, he should lie down. As long as a person is able to offer prayers standing, he should not sit down. For example, if the body of a person shakes, or moves when he stands, or he is obliged to lean on something, or to incline his body a bit, he should continue to offer prayers standing in whatever manner he can. But, if he cannot st& at all, he should sit upright, & offer prayers in that position. As long as he can sit, he should not offer prayers in a lying posture, & if he cannot sit straight, he should sit in any manner he can. & if he cannot sit at all, he should lie on his right side. If he also cannot lie on the left side then he should lie on his back with his feet facing Qibla. For example, as your question implies, a person is praying seated on a chair with a table in front of him on which is laid Mor (Sijdagah). As long as he is able to stand up he should do so & recite Takbiratul Ihram in a standing position & if he can continue standing up to recite the Qir’at he should continue to do so & perform Ruku & then sit down to perform Sajdah. If he cannot continue standing up he should sit down after reciting Takbiratul Ihram & perform Ruku in a sitting position. If he cannot stand up & recite Takbiratul Ihram then only he should recite Takbiratul Ihram in a sitting position. If he is offering prayers in a sitting position, & after reciting Hamd & Surah, he is able to stand up & perform Ruku, he should first stand up, & then perform Ruku. But if he cannot do so, he should perform Ruku while sitting. If a person cannot bow down for Ruku properly, he should lean on something & perform Ruku. & if he cannot perform Ruku even after he has leaned, he should bow down to the maximum extent he can, so that it could be customarily recognized as a Ruku. & if he cannot bend at all, he should make a sign for Ruku with his head. If a person is supposed to make a sign with his head for Ruku is unable to do so, he should close his eyes with the niyyat of Ruku, & then recite Zikr. & for rising from Ruku, he should open his eyes. & if he is unable to do even that, he should, as a precaution, make a niyyat of Ruku in his mind, & then make a sign of Ruku with his hands & recite Zikr. If a person cannot perform Ruku while standing, but can bend for it while sitting, he should offer prayers standing & should make a sign with his head for Ruku. & the recommended precaution is that he should offer another prayer in which he would sit down at the time of Ruku, & bow down for it. If a person cannot find something high on which he may place the mohr, or any other allowable thing, & if he cannot find any person who would raise the mohr etc. for him, then as precaution, he should raise it with his h& & do Sajdah on it. (As regards to raising the mohr with his h& & do Sajdah on it, Hujjatul Islam Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi has commented: The basis of your answer is correct; however, when I compared the statement in the Tawzihul Masa'il with what the Sayyid has written in Minhajus Salihiyn (which I consider to be more updated & comprehensive), it seems that the emphasis in the Minhaj is doing it by ishara rather than bring the muhr by h& to the forehead. In any case, the issue of bringing the muhr to the forehead is based on ihtiyat istihbabi, & not ihtiyat wujubi; and, therefore, I would go with the sajda by ishara as the first choice.) If a person cannot perform Sajdah at all, he should make a sign for it with his head, & if he cannot do even that, he should make a sign with his eyes. & if he cannot make a sign even with his eyes he should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, make a sign for Sajdah with his hands etc. & should make a niyyat for Sajdah in his mind, & recite the obligatory Zikr. |
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Paper # 25Q] Please, advise me the doubts in prayers which make the prayers void & there is no remedy for them? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A] The following doubts make prayers void:
1] Doubts about the number of Rak'ats
occurring in obligatory prayers which consist of 2 Rak'ats, like, Fajr
prayers, or prayers offered by a traveler. |
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Paper # 29Q. Please, advise me what are the things (or actions) while praying which would render the Namaz Makrooh? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. 1166. It is Makrooh that a person
in Namaz slightly turns his face towards right or left, an angle which
would not be construed as deviation from Qibla, otherwise Namaz will be
void. It is also Makrooh during prayers to shut the eyes or turn towards
right or left, & to play with one's beard & hands, & to cross the fingers
of one h& into those of another, & to spit. |
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Paper # 50PRAYERS Q] Kindly explain to me what does silently mean when the Mas’ala says that it is obligatory for a man & a woman to recite Sura al-Hamd & the other Surah SILENTLY in Dhuhr & Asr prayers & also what is the extent of the voice that should be raised or lowered by a man in the Fajr, Maghrib & Ishaa prayers? |
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A] In Salaatul Fajr, Maghrib & Ishaa (JAHR),
when reciting the two Surahs, a man is required to raise his voice to the
extent that the person next to him can hear what is being recited, as in
an ordinary conversation between two persons, while in the third Rak’ah of
Salaatul Maghrib & the third & fourth Rak’ah of Salaatul Ishaa & all four
Rak’ah of Salatul Dhuhr & Asr (IKHFAAT) the person should hear oneself
what is being recited. [For women, all their prayers are performed as
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Q] Is it recommended or obligatory for a man to recite Surah al-Hamd & the other Surah loudly while offering Fajr, Maghrib & Isha prayers. |
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A] It is Wajib, but he should not raise his voice unusually high, as if he were shouting, & if he does so his prayers will be void. |
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Q] Can a person take wages for teaching a person the act of prayers? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A] To take wages for teaching obligatory acts of prayers is Haraam, as a precaution, & taking wages for teaching Mustahab things is permissible. |
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53/25 Traveller |
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Q] As a result of expansion, some cities which used to comprise a number of townships, have become very big ones. Do you consider such cities as one (physically) or the old demarcations between its different neighborhoods should be observed? Say, you set out on a journey heading to some other destination, from the easternmost point. The time for prayer was due, while you were still within its boundaries, that is in the westernmost point. Do you perform your prayer tamam (in its entirety) or qasr (shortened form). Also, when you return to such a big city & the time for prayer was due, while you were in its outskirts, do you say your prayer qasr or tamam? & what is the ruling on fasting in such a situation? |
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A] As explained in the question, such a city is considered one, i.e. the rule of different towns is not applicable. Of course, the yardstick in calculating the distance is the definition of Musafir (traveler). If such a city is very big & it fulfils the definition, when the person embarks on his journey from his neighborhood, though it be inside the city, the rule of Musafir applies here. Thus, the distance is calculated from the approaches of the neighborhood of the Mukallaf. If the definition does not apply unless he gets out of the city, the end of the city should be the start of calculating the distance from the edge of tarakkhus (the point at the parameter of a town, when, for instance, Adhan “call of prayer” can be heard). |
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PRAYERS OF A
TRAVELLER If a traveler who wants to stay at a place for ten days,
has determined at the very outset, that during the period of ten days, he
will travel to surrounding places up to the limit of Tarakhkhus or more, &
if the period of his going & returning is so brief, that it cannot be
considered as infringement of his intention of staying there for 10 days,
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Paper # 62 CLOTHES IN PRAYER |
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Q.] If a person prays wearing dress which has been purchased with the money whose Khums has not been paid, is his prayers valid? |
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A.] If a person purchases a dress with the particular sum of money whose Khums has not been paid by him, then Namaz in that dress will amount to the Namaz in a dress which has been usurped. |
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Q] Is the validity of Namaz adversely affected if a person prays wearing a Najis pair of socks or cap? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A] If small dresses belonging to a person offering prayers, like his socks or scalp cap, which would not ordinarily cover his private parts, become Najis, & if they are not made of the parts of a carcass or an animal whose meat is Haraam to eat, the prayers offered with them will be in order. & there is also no objection if one offers prayers with a Najis ring. |
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Q) If a person prays with a Najis dress because of forgetfulness, is his/her prayer valid? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A) If a person forgets
that his body or dress is Najis, and remembers during Namaz, or after
completing Namaz, as an obligatory precaution, he should offer the prayers
again, if his/her forgetting was due to carelessness. And if the time has
lapsed, he should give its Qadha. If it was not due to carelessness, and he remembers after completing the Namaz, his Namaz is valid, but if he remembers during the Namaz, then he should act as explained below: If he has ample time at his disposal while offering prayers and he realizes during the prayers that his clothes are Najis, and he suspect that they may have been Najis before he started the prayers, he should wash it, or take it off (and in the case of body he should wash that Najasat off his body), provided that in so doing, his prayers does not become invalidated and continue his Namaz to its completion. But if he has no other dress to cover his private parts, or washing the dress or taking it off, or washing that Najasat off his body, may invalidate his Namaz, he should, as an obligatory precaution, repeat his Namaz with Pak clothes. In the event the time at his disposal is short, under the same circumstances explained above, he should complete his Namaz in the same state, and his Namaz will be valid. |
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Follow up Question. What is he required to do if he only doubts whether his body or dress is Pak? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A) If he doubts whether his body or dress is Pak, and if he did not find anything Najis after investigation, and prayed, his Namaz will be valid even if he learns after Namaz that his body or dress was actually Najis. But if he did not care to investigate, then as an obligatory precaution, he will repeat the prayers. If the time has lapsed, he will give its qadha. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Follow up Question. What is the status of his prayers if person washes his dress, and becomes sure that it has become Pak, and offers his prayers with it, but learns after the prayers that it had not become Pak? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A) His prayers are in order. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Q] Can a person in Namaz carry (not wearing) Najis things with him? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A] Yes, it is permissible for him to carry Najis things, like handkerchief, key & knife. Similarly , if he has a separate Najis dress which he is carrying, it will not affect the validity of his prayers. [Note: It does not include carrying carcass of a Mayta]
Wearing of following types of items are makrooh at anytime and during salat and will reduce the sawab of salat:
Four types of black dress are not makrooh anytime and during salat:
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