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Volume II

Salah: Prayer and Purification

Learn the preparation, sequence and words of prayer one step at a time. Begin with wudu, continue to the salah guide, and use the recitation lessons to understand what you are saying. Individual prayer guides and purification questions are grouped separately so you can find the task you need. Each practical guide states its teaching approach and explains relevant differences. Salah, also called namaz or salat, is the Muslim prayer. These guides cover prayer in Islam in order, from wudu to the last words of the Islamic prayer.

The five daily prayers along the sun's path: Fajr at dawn before sunrise, Dhuhr just after midday, Asr in the afternoon, Maghrib at sunset and Isha at night.الفجرFajrالظهرDhuhrالعصرAsrالمغربMaghribالعشاءIsha
Five daily prayers, from dawn to night. Their times change with the place and the season; work out yours with the prayer times tool.

Start here

Prepare for prayer, learn the sequence, then learn individual prayers.

  1. 1Prepare for prayerHow to perform wudu: illustrated stepsReady to read
  2. 2Learn the sequenceHow to pray salah: learn the sequenceReady to read
  3. 3Learn individual prayersThe five daily prayers, night prayers and more
1

Start with wudu

How to perform wudu: illustrated stepsTen steps in order, illustrated, and what each of the four schools counts as required.Read the guide
2

Learn salah

3

Words within prayer

  1. Before the prayer

  2. Inside the prayer

  3. After the prayer

4

Individual prayers

The five daily prayers

Particular moments

5

Purification questions

Where the four schools differ

The wudu guide shows the Hanafi, Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali positions side by side, and lets you pick your own school. These are the points where they differ.

In wuduIntentionBismillahMouth and noseEarsOrderContinuity

What the four schools are, and why their scholars reach different answers: the four madhhabs explained.

Tools

The other volumes

Every guide in this volume 34