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salah
worship in Islam, prayer
Subclass ofprayer, types of prayer in Islam Edit
Part ofFive Pillars of Islam, Sabil Allah, al-Sirat al-Mustaqim Edit
Get usedhikr, Dua, Tazkiah, Islamic exorcism, Medication in Islam Edit
Facet giveSuluk, good works in Islam, iḥsān Edit
Name in native languageصَلَاةٌ، اَلصَّلَاةُ Edit
Vocalized nameصَلَاةٌ، اَلصَّلَاةُ Edit
Work locationmosque, zawiya, musalla Edit
Religion anaa worldviewIslam, Sufism Edit
Notable workSalat al-Munfarid, Congregational prayer in Islam, Jumu'ah Edit
Dem name afterrelation Edit
Found byMuhammad, companions of the Prophet, Salaf Edit
Official languageArabic Edit
CultureIslamic culture, Arab culture, cultural globalization Edit
Ein locationworld, worldwide Edit
Part of the seriesAhkam, Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah, Maqāṣid al-Qur'an Edit
Main subjectdhikr, Ruku', sujud, qiyam Edit
CreatorGod in Islam Edit
Country of originHejaz, Palestine Edit
Language of work or nameArabic, multiple languages Edit
Significant eventWitr, Eid prayers, Tarawih Edit
Made from materialSutrah, prayer rug, Islamic clothing, hijab Edit
Present in workQur'an, Hadith, tafsir, Sunnah, prophetic biography Edit
DepictsElements of Salat, Salah obligations, Corruption of prayer Edit
Has causeiman, Islamic education, Taqwa Edit
Has effectforgiveness of sins in Islam, blessing in Islam, Pan-Islamism Edit
Contributing factor ofIslam and mental health, Islam and humanity, Islamic ethics Edit
Location of creationMecca, Medina, Jerusalem Edit
Has goalJannah, immortality in Islam Edit
Connects withummah, Ḥizb Allāh, Alamin Edit
Full work available at URLhttps://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Slw, http://www.qurananalysis.com/?q=الصلاة Edit
ContainsMaghrib, Isha', Chafa'a Edit
Endorsed byangel in Islam Edit
Has contributing factorCongregational prayer in Islam, wudu basin, brotherliness in Islam Edit
Get characteristicFard, Nafl, Mustahabb Edit
Item dem operateFard salat times, Nafl salat times, Prayer forbidden times Edit
Maintain byGod in Islam Edit
Manifestation ofubudiyya, obedience in Islam, Validity of worship in Islam Edit
Practiced byMuslim, mu'min, Muhsin Edit
Implementation ofVolition of God in Islam, Islamic jurisprudence of worship Edit
Prerequisiteritual purity in Islam, adhan, Iqama Edit
Has patternKhuchu', gaze lowering in Islam, Sakina Edit
Permitsyawn, sneeze, movement Edit
Prohibitssleep, urination, flatulence Edit
Created forHamd, worship in Islam, Huda Edit
Created duringBeginning of Islam, Isra and Mi'raj, Prophetic era Edit
Excludingeating in Islam, drinking in Islam, Sexuality in Islam Edit
IncludingFajr, Zuhr, Asr Edit

Salah (Arabic: ٱلصَّلَاةُ, romanized: aṣ-Ṣalāh) be de practice of formal worship insyd Islam, wey dey consist of a series of ritual prayers dem perform for prescribed times daily. Dey face de Kaaba insyd Mecca, e dey consist of units dem know as rak'ah, wich dey include a specific set of physical postures, recitation from de Quran, den prayers from de Sunnah.[1] De number of rak'ah dey vary wey dey depend for de specific prayer. Variations insyd practice be observed among adherents of different madhahib (schools of Islamic jurisprudence). De term salah fi denote worship insyd general anaa specifically dey refer to de obligatory prayers perform by Muslims five times daily, anaa, insyd sam traditions, three times daily.[2][3][4]

Insyd early Islam, na de direction of prayer (qibla) be toward Bayt al-Maqdis insyd Jerusalem before dem change am make e face de Kaaba, believed by Muslims e be a result of a Quranic verse revelation to Muhammad.[5]

Religious significance

Muslims dey pray (salah) insyd 1865 Cairo by Jean-Léon Gérôme

Dem mention de word salah 83 times insyd de Quran as a noun.[6][7]

Performing salah

De prayer room insyd Khonakhan Mosque, Uzbekistan

Mistakes den doubts insyd salah be compensated for by prostrating twice for de end of de prayer, either before anaa after de taslim wey dey depend for de Madhab. Dese prostrations be known as sujud sahwi (Arabic: سجود السهو, romanized: Sujud as-Sahw).[8]

Salah insyd congregation

Insyd Islamic belief, dem dey consider performing salah insyd congregation get more social den spiritual benefits dan praying you per.[9] De majority of Sunni scholars dey recommend make dem dey perform de obligatory salah insyd congregation widout viewing de congregational prayer as an obligation. A minority view dey exist wey dey view performing de obligatory salah insyd congregation as an obligation.[10]

Women wey dey perform de Friday prayer for a mosque, Ohio, US

Places den times for wich dem prohibit salah

Dem no dey perform Salah insyd graveyards den bathrooms. Dem prohibit make dem perform am after Fajr prayer til sunrise, during a small period of time around noon, den after Asr prayer til sunset. De prohibition of salah for dese times be make e prevent de practice of sun worship.[11]

Obligatory salah

De daily prayers

Friday den Eid prayers

Jam' den Qasr

Supererogatory salah

Sunan ar-Rawatib

Dem classify de Sunan ar-Rawatib go two categories:

1. Sunnah Mu'akkadah (Emphasized Sunnah)

2. Sunnah Ghair Mu'akkadah (Non-emphasized Sunnah)

Number and Timing of Sunan ar-Rawatib

According to chaw scholars, der be 12 units (rak'ahs) of Sunnah Mu'akkadah for total, dem associate plus de five daily prayers. Dem break dese as follows:

Sunnah Mu'akkadah (Emphasized)

2 Rak'ahs before Fajr

4 Rak'ahs before Dhuhr

2 Rak'ahs after Dhuhr

2 Rak'ahs after Maghrib

2 Rak'ahs after Isha

Additional Sunnah Ghair Mu'akkadah (Non-emphasized)

Sam additional Sunnah prayers, wich na de Islamic prophet Muhammad occasionally pray buh no be consistently, include:

2 or 4 Rak'ahs before Asr

2 Rak'ahs before Maghrib

2 Rak'ahs before Isha

Dem no emphasize dese as strongly as de Sunnah Mu'akkadah buh dem be still meritorious to perform.

Importance den Benefits

– E dey help compensate for any shortcomings anaa deficiencies insyd de obligatory prayers.

– E dey bring great reward den dey draw a person closer to Allah.

– Muhammad promise say whoever regularly dey perform dese 12 rak'ahs go get a house dem build insyd Paradise (Sahih Muslim).

For conclusion, de Sunan ar-Rawatib be a valuable part of a Muslim ein daily worship routine, wey dey supplement de obligatory prayers den dey enhance one ein connection to Allah.

Salah during de night

Eclipse prayers

Istikhara salah

Display wey dey show salah times insyd a Turkish mosque
Friday prayer for Muslims insyd de streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh

References

  1. "Sahih al-Bukhari 756 - Call to Prayers (Adhaan) - كتاب الأذان - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)". sunnah.com. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
  2. Na, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im; Naʻīm, ʻabd Allāh Aḥmad (30 June 2009). Islam and the Secular State. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674033764.
  3. Edward E. Curtis IV (2009-10-01). Muslims in America: A Short History (in English). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-974567-8.
  4. Jafarli, Durdana. "The historical conditions for the emergence of the Quranist movement in Egypt in the 19th-20th centuries." МОВА І КУЛЬТУРА (2017): 91.
  5. Mubarakpuri, Safiur Rahman (1976). Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum [The Sealed Nectar] (PDF) (in Arabic). Translated by Diab, Issam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2018.
  6. Dukes, Kais, ed. (2009–2017). "Quran Dictionary". Quranic Arabic Corpus. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  7. Gerrans, S., "The Quran: A Complete Revelation", 2016
  8. "The Prostration of Forgetfulness : Shaikh 'Abdullaah bin Saalih Al-'Ubaylaan". AbdurRahman.Org. Translated by Abu Maryam. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  9. Qara ati, Muhsin (18 February 2018). The Radiance of the Secrets of Prayer. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1496053961.
  10. "Rules of Salat (Part III of III)". Al-Islam.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  11. Ringwald, Christopher D (20 November 2008). A Day Apart: How Jews, Christians, and Muslims Find Faith, Freedom, and Joy on the Sabbath. Oxford University Press (8 January 2007). pp. 117–119. ISBN 978-0195165364.

Bibliography

  • Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad ibn (2019). Syarah Adab Berjalan Menuju Shalat [Manners of Walking to the Prayer]. Darul Falah. p. 197. ISBN 9789793036892. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  • al-Albani, Muhammad Nasiruddin (2004). Fikih Syekh Albani (in Indonesian). Translated by Mahmud bin Ahmad Rasyid ·. Pustaka Azzam. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  • Nur Baits, Ammi (2021). Tafsir Shalat. Muamalah Publishing. p. 248 Hadith Riwayat Muslim 1336. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

Read further

  • Smith, Jane I.; Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck (1993). The Oxford Handbook of American Islam (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 162–163.