What is NAZAM?
What is PRAYER?
What is SALAH?
The beauty of SALAH/NAMAZ really shines through! It’s such a fundamental part of Islam, acting as the basis for a Muslim’s relationship with Allah. When we pray and face the Kaaba in Mecca, it’s more than just going through the motions – it’s about making a genuine connection with the Divine. We’re recognizing the incredible power and wisdom of our Creator while humbly submitting to His will.
Starting our SALAH/NAMAZ involves taking a deep breath, and every movement brings us back to the idea of being mindful and present. When we lift our hands to our ears and say ‘Allahu Akbar’ – Allah is the Greatest – it’s a declaration of our understanding of His greatness and our own limitations. We recognize that He’s the one who grants us life, breath, and sustenance.
As we recite verses from the Quran, it goes beyond just repeating words – we’re actually having a conversation with Allah. It’s a moment where we seek guidance, comfort, and strength. The verses remind us of Allah’s promises and warnings, acting like a soothing balm for our souls, calming our fears and illuminating our path.
The physical aspects of SALAH/NAMAZ are reminders of our humility and submission as well. In Ruku, or bowing, we show our respect for Allah, acknowledging Him as our Creator and guide. And in Sujud, when our foreheads touch the ground, it symbolizes our total surrender to His will. In that vulnerable state, there’s a feeling of empowerment.
SALAH/NAMAZ isn’t just a physical act; it’s a spiritual journey filled with self-discovery, introspection, and growth. While we pray, we reflect on our values, priorities, and purpose. We’re encouraged to reflect on our actions, ask for forgiveness for our mistakes, and strive for self-improvement. Plus, we remember that we’re part of a community of believers, all seeking to live righteously.
The five daily prayers serve as milestones in our day, reminding us of our responsibilities. Fajr, the dawn prayer, sets the tone, giving us purpose and direction. Dhuhr, the midday prayer, is a reminder to take a breather from daily life and reconnect with Allah. Asr in the afternoon encourages reflection while seeking guidance. Maghrib, at sunset, reminds us of life’s fleeting nature and the need to make the most of our time, and Isha, during the night, offers a chance for contemplation and seeking forgiveness before we wind down.
In SALAH/NAMAZ, there’s peace, comfort, and solace. It creates a sense of belonging and connection to something greater than ourselves. It gives us purpose, reminding us that our lives aren’t just about this world but also about the Hereafter. When we pray, it’s not only about talking to Allah; it’s also about listening to Him, tuning into His wisdom and love.
As we wrap up our SALAH/NAMAZ, we take a moment to reflect. We ask Allah to accept our prayers, forgive our missteps, and guide us on the right path. We seek His protection from the whispers of Shaytan and ask for His blessings and mercy. In those moments, we’re filled with hope and optimism, knowing that Allah is always there for us, guiding and supporting us.
SALAH/NAMAZ is truly a gift from Allah; it draws us closer to Him and to ourselves. It serves as a reminder of our purpose, values, and responsibilities. It’s a source of strength, comfort, and guidance, reminding us that we’re not alone on this journey through life. When we pray, we’re not merely performing a ritual but rather living a life full of purpose, meaning, and connection – rooted in faith, hope, and love.
THE COMMAND OF “OBLIGATORY-MANDATORY PRAYER”
In Islam, obligatory prayer refers to the five daily prayers that Muslims are required to perform. These prayers are:
FAJR: Before dawn
DHUHR: After midday
ASR: In the afternoon
MAGHRIB: Just after sunset
ISHA: At night
In the Quran, there are many verses about Salah (Namaz / نماز). Allah Almighty has specified its importance, timings, and rulings in various places. Some of the important verses are:
Surah Al-Baqarah (2:43):
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَارْكَعُوا مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ
“And establish prayer and give zakat and bow with those who bow.”
“Namaz qayam karo, zakat do aur rukū karne walon ke sath rukū karo.”
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Surah Al-Baqarah (2:238):
حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا لِلَّهِ قَانِتِينَ
“Guard strictly the prayers, especially the middle prayer, and stand before Allah, devoutly obedient”.
“Sabhi namazon ki hifazat karo, khaaskar beech wali namaz ki, aur Allah ke liye adab ke sath khade ho.”
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Surah Al-Mu’minoon (23:1-2):
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ (١) الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ (٢)
“Indeed, the believers have succeeded – those who are humble in their prayers”.
“Beshak momin kamiyab ho gaye, jo apni namaz mein khushu ikhtiyar karte hain.”
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Surah Maryam (19:59):
فَخَلَفَ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ خَلْفٌ أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا
““Then after them came a generation who wasted their prayers and followed their desires, so they will suffer loss in the end.”
“Phir unke baad aisi nasal aayi jisne namaz zaya kar di aur apne khwahishat ki pairwi ki, to wo anjaam me nuqsan uthayenge.”
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Surah Al-Ankabut (29:45):
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ
“Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing”.
“Beshak namaz behayai aur burai se rokti hai.”
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Surah An-Nisa (4:103):
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا
“Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times”.
“Beshak namaz mominon par waqt ke paband hokar farz ki gayi hai.”
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4. How to Pray Each Salah (Step by Step)
Example: 2 Rak‘ah Prayer (FAJR)
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Niyyah
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Takbiratul Ihram → Raise hands: Allahu Akbar
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Surah al-Fatiha + another Surah (e.g. Ikhlas, Qadr)
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Ruku‘ with dhikr
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Sajdah (2 times) with dhikr
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Stand up for 2nd rak‘ah
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Surah al-Fatiha + another Surah
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Qunoot (optional but recommended)
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Ruku‘
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Sajdah (2 times)
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Tashahhud
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Salaam
✔ Prayer is complete.
4 Rak‘ah Prayers (Dhuhr, Asr, Isha):
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Same as Fajr but with 4 rak‘ahs.
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1st & 2nd rak‘ah → Surah-al-Fatiha + another Surah.
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3rd & 4th rak‘ah → Either Surah al-Fatiha or Tasbihat Arba‘a:
“Subhanallahi walhamdu lillahi wa la ilaha illallahu wallahu Akbar” (once is enough).
3 Rak‘ah Prayer (Maghrib):
- Same as 4 rak‘ah but only 3.
🕌 HERE WE ARE COMPLETE AZKAR OF SALAH
- Purity (Wuḍū’) is complete.
- Clothes & Place: pure; ‘awrah covered.
- Qiblah: face the Ka‘bah.
- Time: within the prayer time.
- Intention (Niyyah): in your heart (no fixed wording required).
(Man Standing Position)
(Women Standing Position)
Step 1– Opening (Takbir al-Ihram)
(Man Position for Opening Takbeer)
(Women Position for Opening Takbeer)
Raise hands to ears, then often keep hands at sides.
Arabic: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
Transliteration: Allāhu akbar
Meaning: “Allah is the Greatest.”
After: OPENING TAKBEER
Step 2 – 1st RAKAT
1st Surah:
سورة الفاتحة
Seeking Basmillah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-‘ālamīn
All praise is for Allah—Lord of the worlds.
الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Ar-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm
The Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Māliki yawmi d-dīn
Master of the Day of Judgment.
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
Iyyāka na‘budu wa iyyāka nasta‘īn
It is You we worship and You we ask for help.
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīm
Guide us to the straight path.
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ
Ṣirāṭa l-ladhīna an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ‘alayhim wa lā ḍ-ḍāllīn
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray.
2nd Surah:
القدر
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ
Innā anzalnāhu fī laylati l-qadr
Indeed, We sent it (the Qur’an) down during the Night of Decree.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ
Wa mā adrāka mā laylatu l-qadr
And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?
لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ
Laylatu l-qadri khayrun min alfi shahr
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ
Tanazzalu l-malā’ikatu wa r-rūḥu fīhā bi-idhni rabbihim min kulli amr
The angels and the Spirit (Gabriel) descend therein by permission of their Lord for every matter.
سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ
Salāmun hiya ḥattā maṭla‘i l-fajr
Peace it is until the emergence of dawn.
When you finish both Surah (Al FATIHA & Al QADR), say:
اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
Now bend until your hands reach your knees and say:
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subḥāna rabbiyal‑‘aẓīmi wa biḥamdih (or Subḥānallāh ×3).
English:
Glory be to my Lord, the Great, and praise be to Him.
then stand and say:
اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
سَمِعَ اللّٰهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ
Sami allahu liman hanidah
اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
Step 4 – Sujood (Prostration):
- Two Sajdahs in every rak‘ah on the turbah or earth.
- Forehead, palms, knees, and toes must touch the ground.
1st Sajdah:
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subḥāna rabbiyal‑a‘lā wa biḥamdih (or Subḥānallāh ×3).
English:
Glory be to my Lord, the Most High, and praise be to Him.
Now sit and say:
اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰهَ رَبِّي وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ
Astaghfiru llāha rabbī wa atūbu ilayh
اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
2nd Sajdah:
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subḥāna rabbiyal‑a‘lā wa biḥamdih (or Subḥānallāh ×3).
Head up and say:
اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
Now stand for the next rakʿah. say when rising after the second sujūd:
بِحَوْلِ اللّٰهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ أَقُومُ وَأَقْعُدُ
Bi ḥawli llāhi wa quwwatihi aqūmu wa aq‘ud
Step 5– 2nd Rakat
Now stand up for the 2nd RAKAT recite “SURAH-E-AL FATIHA” with the other surah.
2nd surah
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
قُلْ هُوَ ٱللّٰهُ أَحَدٌ • ٱللّٰهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ • لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ • وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
Say: He is Allah, the One.
Allah, the Eternal Refuge.
He neither begets nor is born.
And there is none equal to Him.
Step 6– QANUT
Qunūt is emphasized. Example short du‘ā’:
Arabic:
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Rabbana ātinā fid‑dunyā ḥasanah wa fil‑ākhirati ḥasanah waqinā ‘adhāban‑nār.
Step 7-8 RAKU & SAJDAHS
Now repeat Rakku and Sajdahs.
Step- 9 Tashahhud (After 2nd & Last Rak‘ah)
after 2nd sajdah sit for tashad sand say:
Atabic:
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، اَللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Transliteration:
Ash-hadu an lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah,
wa ash-hadu anna Muḥammadan ‘abduhu wa rasūluh,
Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammad.
English:
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, He is One and has no partner.
I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.
O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad.
Step 10– SALAAM
If the prayer is 2‑rakʿah, proceed now to Salām. If 3 or 4‑rakʿah, stand for the next rakʿah.
Ending the Prayer (Salām)
السَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
السَّلامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللّٰهِ الصَّالِحِينَ
السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
NOTE: Rakʿah 3 & 4 (What to Recite)
Either recite al‑Fātiḥah, or recite Tasbīḥāt al‑Arba‘a once (or thrice):
Arabic:
سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ، وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ، وَاللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ
Transliteration:
Subḥānallāh, wal‑ḥamdu lillāh, wa lā ilāha illā llāh, wa llāhu akbar.
Complete rukūʿ and sujūd as before. In the final sitting, read Tashahhud and then finish with Salām.
Step 11– TASBIH-E-FATIMA TUZ ZAHRA (s.a)
Tasbih of Fatimah al-Zahra (sa) (After Salah – Mustahab)
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34x Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)
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33x Alhamdulillah (All praise is for Allah)
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33x Subhanallah (Glory be to Allah)
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