Prayer

Dress Requirements for Salah
For prayer to be valid the private areas must be covered with a loose garment so as not to show the privates. Therefore, a man should be covered loosely from the shoulders to the knees. It is prohibited for the lower garment to hang past the...
Discovered: The Prophet's Prayer in Hanifi books of fiqh
Placing of the hands "hands should be placed on the chest" (Aiynul Hidaya. page 350.) Raising hands both before and after Ruku. "know that Rafeedun before and after ruku is authentic and none of them is mansooqh (cancelled)" Anwar Shah Kashmir &...
Guidelines for Performing Tayammum
Tayammum is done as a substitution for water. The proof for this is Allaah’s saying: “…and you find no water, then perform Tayammum with good earth, wiping your faces and hands with it.” [Surah Al-Maa’idah: 6] And also the Prophet’s (sallAllaahu...
The Issue of ‘Raf al-yadayn’ (Raising the hands during prayer)
The Prophet ﷺ used to raise his hands for takbeerat al-ihram (the takbeer at the beginning of the prayer), sometimes whilst saying the takbeer, sometimes after it and sometimes before. (al-Bukhari and al-Nisaa’i)When he had finished reciting...
Common Mistakes in Prayer
The Clarified Ruling. Of. Mistakes Done In Salāt [PDF-Download]
Why is it that we can’t attach our feet to each other’s feet in Swalaah?
Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah was swalatu was salaamu ‘ala RasuliLlaahAmma ba’d Author: Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abdul Wahhaab al ‘AqiylReference: Audio tape …and from it is the saying of Anas, may Allaah be pleased with him, in a Sunnah from the Sunan...
18 Benefits of Prayer
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [d.751][In the Name of Allaah, the Compassionate, the Most Merciful...] In his excellent book, Zaad al-Ma'aad, in the section which includes the book, At-Tibb an-Nabawee, Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have...