A Primer of Religious Knowledge — Page 40
A PR I M E R OF R E L IGIO U S K NOW L E D GE A PR I M E R OF R E L IGIO U S K NOW L E D GE 40 oneself is allowed to do Qir’at [recitation of Holy Quran] quietly or audibly. 7. In Z uhr and ‘ A s r S al a ts, Qir’at is done quietly. 8. The Far d [Obligatory] and W a jib [Essential] that come in S al a t repeatedly must be carried out in the proper order. 9. The recitation of Qir’at in the first two obligatory [ Far d ] rak‘ a t is compulsory. 10. Offering Sal a m [salutation] at the end of S al a t. 11. Apart from that, reciting the supplication of Qun u t in the third rak‘at of Witr. Furthermore, saying ُ َہّٰللُّٰ اَکۡبَر ا [ All a hu Akbar —Allah is the Greatest] multiple times in the Eid prayers are also W a jib [Essential]. That is to say, three times before Qir’at in the first rak‘at and in the second rak‘at three times after Qir’at. From a ha d i th it is also learnt that it is permissible to say ُ َہّٰللُّٰ ا َ کۡبَر ا [ All a hu Akbar —Allah is the Greatest] seven times before Qir’at in the first rak‘at and five times before the Qir’at in the second rak‘at.