Obligatory , Voluntary and disliked elements of the prayer

 Notes for this Lesson :

Notes : Huda Hussain

Obligatory, Voluntary and disliked elements of Prayer.

Obligatory Acts: Intention, standing position, Bowing, raising up after bowing, 2 prostration in each rakah, sitting between 2 prostration, sitting after last rakah, remaining in every state until one feels at rest.

Obligatory sayings: Takbeerat ul Ihram, Fatiha, Tasleem.

 Voluntary elements: saying surah afte surah fatiha, saying حمده لمن هللا سمع in standing position after raising up from bowing, saying takbeer other than takbeeratul Ihram, raising one’s voice in loud prayers (Fajr, Maghrib, Isha), Lowering one’s voice when reciting in day prayers (Dhur, Asr) ,saying salat . Tashahhud after اللهم صل.

 Effect of not performing obligatory elements: prayer will be broken if obligatory elements are omitted intentionally.

Effect of not performing voluntary elements: prayer will be valid.

Disliked elements of prayer: Looking around, lack of humility, prostrating over the head cover, looking at mobile phone during prayer, confusing other by reciting aloud, few movements during the prayer, moving ahead of the imam, crackling finger joints.

Hadith: Ayesha(R.A) asked prophet (S.A.W) about one’s looking here and there and he replied: “It is what Shatan steals from the prayer of any one of you”.

Effect of disliked elements: Reduce the reward.

Nullifiers of Prayer: No prostrating on one’s forehead, performing prayer without ablution or with invalid ablution, performing prayer hastily without feeling rest, Performing prayer in impure clothes or place, Performing in wrong direction, unnecessarily sitting on a chair or other object while performing prayer, eating, Drinking, Laughing, making an error in reciting surah fatiha.