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Topic: The 5 Daily Prayers

Posted By: want2know
Subject: The 5 Daily Prayers
Date Posted: 06 November 2010 at 1:03am

How many Rsk'ats are in the Fajr, Dhohr,

Asr, Maghrib. and Isha prayers. I'm trying to learn the units of prayers. Then I learned that there are Prayers done before and after the obligatory units of prayers. I am confused.

Replies:

Posted By: semar
Date Posted: 07 November 2010 at 12:14am

Salam/Peace

Fajr (morning before sunrise) 2 unit fard (obligatory), 2 unit sunah (optional) before only.

Dhuhr (noon) 4 unit fard (obligatory), 4 unit sunah (optional) before, 4 unit sunah (optional) after.

Asr (afternoon) 4 unit fard (obligatory), 2 unit sunah (optional) before only.

Maghrib (after sunset) 2 unit fard (obligatory), 2 unit sunah (optional) after only.

Isha (night) 4 unit fard (obligatory), 2 unit sunah (optional) before, 2 unit sunah (optional) after.

Fard (obligatory) means you have to do it, if don't you will get sin (not consider you've performed the prayer yet), if you do it you get reward.

Sunah (optional, recommended) means you don't have to do it, if you do it you get reward, if you don't, it's OK.

My suggestion for the beginning just to do the obligatory. After you are getting useed to it, you can add the optional. Just do it gradually, little by little.

For more info you get go to this link:

http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/pillars.shtml#POI2 - http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/pillars.shtml#POI2

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Salam/Peace,

Semar

"We are people who do not eat until we are hungry and do not eat to our fill." (Prophet Muhammad PBUH)

"1/3 of your stomach for food, 1/3 for water, 1/3 for air"

Posted By: want2know
Date Posted: 07 November 2010 at 5:30pm

Thanks,Semar. It's not confusing any more.

Posted By: want2know
Date Posted: 09 November 2010 at 3:57pm

Can someone Translalate the following Prayer into Arabic for me; it's a recitation from my prayers and it needs to be in Arabic. Thanks. Here are the words:"O Lord make me one who establish regular prayer, and also(raise such) among my offspring.O our Lord! And accept thou prayer. O Lord! Cover (us) with thy forgiveness---me, my parents and all believers on The Day that the Reckoning will be established." Jazakalla Khair.

Posted By: want2know
Date Posted: 09 November 2010 at 7:25pm

Could some please translate this prayer for me. It's called the Dua'ay Qanoot. I say this prayer at the very end and I would like to know what it says: "Allahhumma inn nasta 'eenuka wa nastagh firuks wa nu'minu bika wa nata wakkalu 'alai wa nusnee alaial khatr wa nashkora wa laa nak foroka man yaf joroka. Allaa huma iyya na' budo wa laka nus sal lee wa nasjodo wa illaika na'aa wa nah fid wa nurjoo rahmataka wa nakh sha' azaabaka inn 'azzbaka bil kuffari mulhiq." Jazakallah khair.

Posted By: Sign*Reader
Date Posted: 10 November 2010 at 1:44am

want2know wrote:

Can someone Translalate the following Prayer into Arabic for me; it's a recitation from my prayers and it needs to be in Arabic. Thanks. Here are the words:"O Lord make me one who establish regular prayer, and also(raise such) among my offspring.O our Lord! And accept thou prayer. O Lord! Cover (us) with thy forgiveness---me, my parents and all believers on The Day that the Reckoning will be established." Jazakalla Khair.

"rubbay jaalni maqeemussalaatay waamin zurriaatti rubbana wattakubbal dua rubbanugh firly wulay walay diyya waalill momineena yomul yaqoomul hissab"

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Kismet Domino: Faith/Courage/Liberty/Abundance/Selfishness/Immorality/Apathy/Bondage or extinction.

Posted By: Sign*Reader
Date Posted: 10 November 2010 at 1:51am

want2know wrote:

Could some please translate this prayer for me. It's called the Dua'ay Qanoot. I say this prayer at the very end and I would like to know what it says: "Allahhumma inn nasta 'eenuka wa nastagh firuks wa nu'minu bika wa nata wakkalu 'alai wa nusnee alaial khatr wa nashkora wa laa nak foroka man yaf joroka. Allaa huma iyya na' budo wa laka nus sal lee wa nasjodo wa illaika na'aa wa nah fid wa nurjoo rahmataka wa nakh sha' azaabaka inn 'azzbaka bil kuffari mulhiq." Jazakallah khair.

O' Allah ! I seek help from You, ask forgiveness from You, and believe in You and praise You for all the good things and are grateful to You and we part and break off with all those who disobedient to You. O Allah, You alone do we worship and pray exclusively to You and bow before You alone and we hasten eagerly towards You and fear Your severe punishment and hope for Your mercy, for Your severe punishment is surely to be meted out to the disbelievers.

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Kismet Domino: Faith/Courage/Liberty/Abundance/Selfishness/Immorality/Apathy/Bondage or extinction.

Posted By: want2know
Date Posted: 10 November 2010 at 6:48am

Jazallah khair, Sign*Reader. I had been skipping these parts of my pryer because ut was in Arabic. And I was rading the Dua'ay Qanoot prayer not knowing what it was saying.

Posted By: semar
Date Posted: 10 November 2010 at 9:14am

Salam/Peace,

Qunoot is optional, and some people who read it, they read it on prayer fajr only.

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Salam/Peace,

Semar

"We are people who do not eat until we are hungry and do not eat to our fill." (Prophet Muhammad PBUH)

"1/3 of your stomach for food, 1/3 for water, 1/3 for air"

Posted By: Sign*Reader
Date Posted: 10 November 2010 at 12:25pm

semar wrote:

Salam/Peace,

Qunoot is optional, and some people who read it, they read it on prayer fajr only.

The standard reading of Qanoot is in Witr that is Wajib( non obligatory but close ) remembrance ... the some people thing can not be standard in Fajr... People do do supplicate in all sorts at the time of great troubles but making it a standard is another matter! So keep as simple as per sunnah! Masalaama

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Kismet Domino: Faith/Courage/Liberty/Abundance/Selfishness/Immorality/Apathy/Bondage or extinction.

Posted By: Sign*Reader
Date Posted: 10 November 2010 at 12:52pm

semar wrote:

Salam/Peace

Fajr (morning before sunrise) 2 unit fard (obligatory), 2 unit sunah (optional) before only.
2 sunnah supererogatory/ recommended

Dhuhr (noon) 4 unit fard (obligatory), 4 unit sunah (optional) before, 4 unit sunah (optional) after.

optional are in supererogatory/ recommended category! after are 2 supererogatory & 2 units are optional nafal!

Asr (afternoon) 4 unit fard (obligatory), 2 unit sunah (optional) before only.

No sunnah at asr

Maghrib (after sunset) 2 unit fard (obligatory), 2 unit sunah (optional) after only.
It is 3 units fard not 2 ; 2 sunnah are supererogatory or recommended

Isha (night) 4 unit fard (obligatory), 2 unit sunah (optional) before, 2 unit sunah (optional) after.
2 after are sunnah supererogatory/ recommended and 3 Witr Wajibs

Fard (obligatory) means you have to do it, if don't you will get sin (not consider you've performed the prayer yet), if you do it you get reward.

Sunah (optional, recommended) means you don't have to do it, if you do it you get reward, if you don't, it's OK.

optional and recommended are in separate categories

My suggestion for the beginning just to do the obligatory. After you are getting useed to it, you can add the optional. Just do it gradually, little by little.

For more info you get go to this link:

http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/pillars.shtml#POI2 - http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/pillars.shtml#POI2

Hanafi School of Jurisprudence, I hope it helps! Masalaama

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Kismet Domino: Faith/Courage/Liberty/Abundance/Selfishness/Immorality/Apathy/Bondage or extinction.