Salat - The Muslim Prayer Book — Page 54
54 S al a t —The Muslim Prayer Book some other prayers are recited. If it is not the final Qa‘dah , only Tashahhud is recited and after saying All a hu Akbar the next Rak‘at is started. ii. If the Prayer being performed is a two Rak‘ a t Prayer, the Qa‘dah after the second Rak‘at is the final Qa‘dah. iii. If it is a three Rak‘ a t Prayer, the Qa‘dah at the end of the third Rak‘at is the final Qa‘dah. iv. If it is a four Rak‘ a t Prayer the Qa‘dah at the end of the fourth Rak‘at is the final Qa‘dah. INDIVIDUAL PRAYER Even if Prayer is not offered in congregation but offered individually, it is offered exactly in the same way as when led by an Im a m , except that whatever the Im a m recites loudly, is not recited loudly by the individual worshipper. He recites everything silently, without raising his voice. For example, when he recites S u rah Al-F a ti h ah , or says All a hu Akbar , Sami‘all a hu liman H amidah and Assal a mu ‘Alaikum , he recites all of these silently. CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER Every Muslim is required to offer the Far d part of his Prayers in congregation. Mosques are built for the purpose of congregational Prayers. A Hadith tells us that the reward of a Prayer offered in congregation is twenty-seven times more than that offered individually. The Im a m should be chosen by the congregation, keeping in mind that to the best of their knowledge, he