Salat - The Muslim Prayer Book — Page 84
84 S al a t —The Muslim Prayer Book laid on the table. 7. To continue the Prayer in spite of an urge to go to the toilet. 8. To pray in a cemetery while facing a grave. 9. To offer Prayer in very tight clothes so that one feels uncomfortable during the Prayer. 10. To pray in an unsuitable environment, e. g. , in a stable, goat’s pen or in a noisy market place. 11. To stand with one’s weight shifted on to one leg alone or to do things which are below the dignity of the Prayer. 12. To pray in an open place without a Sutra. A Sutra is an object placed before the worshipper to mark the boundary of his Prayer. 13. To nod when someone says Assal a mu ‘Alaikum during the Prayer. 14. To pray without washing one’s mouth after eating. 15. To change the order of S u rahs in the Prayer, i. e. to recite S u rahs which come later in the Quran in the first Rak‘at and the S u rahs which appear earlier in the Holy Quran, in the following Rak‘ a t. 16. To place hands under the forehead while in prostration. 17. To rest one’s belly on things during prostration. 18. To spread one’s forearms on the ground while performing Sajdah. 19. To recite Quranic verses during Ruk u‘ or Sajdah. 20. To go ahead of the Im a m , i. e. to go into the next posture before the Im a m.