A Primer of Religious Knowledge — Page 39
M AU L M AU L A A N N A A H AK E E M NO OR-U D -DE E N H AK E E M NO OR-U D -DE E N R A R A 39 W a jib a t 1 of S al a t [Essentials of Prayers] 1. Reciting ُ اَلْحَمْد [ al h amdu— the opening chapter of the Holy Quran]. 2. After 2 اَلْحَمْدُ [ al h amdu ] the recitation of some S u rah [chap- ter of Holy Quran] or one long verse or three short verses. 3. Offering all the Ark a n [Components] of S al a t calmly, and attentively, this is called ta‘d i l-e-ark a n [proper carrying out of the components]. 4. Sitting down after two rak‘at in a S al a t composed of three or four rak‘at. This is called the first Qa‘dah. 5. Reciting at-ta h iyy a t in both Qa‘dahs [sitting postures] whether it be first or last. 6. In Jumu‘ah, the Eid prayers and Maghrib and ‘Ish a and morning S al a t, the Imam must do Qir’at [recitation of Holy Quran] in a loud voice. One who is offering S al a t by 1. From a practical point of view there is no difference between Far d [Obligatory] and W a jib [Essential]. 2. Al- H amd is a substitute for all words of Allah but apart from this no other words can serve as substitute for the words of al- H amd.