Salat - The Muslim Prayer Book — Page 66
66 S al a t —The Muslim Prayer Book then this mistake can be rectified by offering the missed Prayer as soon as one remembers, or whenever possible. W A JIB PRAYERS The following Prayers are regarded as W a jib (necessary) Prayers: 1. Three Rak‘ a t of Vitr. 2. Two Rak‘ a t of ‘ I d ul-Fi t r and two Rak‘ a t of ‘ I d ul- A dha. 3. Two Rak‘ a t offered while performing the T aw a f of the Ka‘bah. If a person misses these Prayers intentionally, he is deemed to have committed a sin. However, if he misses a W a jib Prayer unintentionally, e. g. , through forgetfulness, he is not required to offer it as a Qa da Prayer. Qa da means offering of a missed Prayer. S AL A TUL-VITR Vitr literally means odd. There are three Rak‘ a t in this Prayer. It is offered after the ‘Ish a ’ Prayer. It is preferable to recite S u rah Al-A‘l a , S u rah Al-K a fir u n and S u rah Al-Ikhl as respectively in these Rak‘ a t. However, this is not necessary. Any S u rah or verses of the Holy Quran can be recited. In the third Rak‘at of Vitr , after performing the Ruk u‘ , Du‘ a’ i Qun u t should be recited which is as follows: ّٰا ﻠ َﻟ اﻧ ََُِّّﻬﻢ ﻌ َِﺎ َْﻧﺴﺘ �ْ ﺑ ﺆ ﻦ و ﺮک و ُِِﻨک ﻣ ُْﻧﺴﺘﻐﻔ ََََََُُِْْﻧ ﻧﺘﻮکﻞ و ََََََُّک و ُﻠﻴک ََََْﻧ ﻋ �ِْىن ا ري، ﻠﻴک َََْْ ََْخل ﻋ َو ﻻ و َْﻧﺸکَََُُﺮک ﻊ و ﺮک َُ ََُُخنَْﻠ َْﻧکﻔ