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Requirements of Salat & The Errors in Prayer & Sutrah

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All the Fatawa below are from Permanent Committee and are in PDF format

The Qiblah

• Building the Ka`bah
• The Wisdom behind taking the Ka`bah as a Qiblah
• Facing the Qiblah
• Defining the Qiblah
• Marking lines on a straw mat of a Masjid to define rows

The Niyyah

• The ruling on making Niyyah before offering Salah
• Saying the Niyyah in prayer out loud
• Ruling on pronouncing the Niyyah
• Pronouncing the Niyyah
• Having two Niyyahs when offering a supererogatory prayer
• The Imam's Niyyah suffices the men and women behind him
• A person praying alone changing his Niyyah to be an Imam

The etiquette of Salah

• Excellence of walking to do obligatory acts such as during Hajj
• Coming late after hearing the Adhan
• Ruling on someone riding to go pray
• Ruling on saying "may Allah accept!" after the Salah
• Choosing a place in the Masjid to sit where none else can sit
• Ruling on reciting the Qur'an when hearing the Iqamah and using the Miswak before Salah
• Ruling on saying "Truly! Allah is with the patient" to the Imam while bowing
• Taking a Sutrah for Salah and dropping the excellence of the first row
• Standing to pray at the beginning or during the Adhan

Description of Salah

• Takbirat-ul-Ihram and raising hands during Takbir
• Pronouncing Takbir loudly by the Ma'mum
• Takbir on starting Salah and on Ruku`
• Saying Takbir to start join the Imam while bowing
• Raising Hands in Salah
• Holding the two hands and releasing them in Salah

Isti`adhah, Basmalah and Du`a'-ul-Istiftah

• When to say Du`a' Al-Istiftah
• Saying Basmalah loudly or secretly
• Du`a' Al-Istiftah as said between Takbir and recitation
• Saying Basmalah secretly and the its evidence
• Saying Basmalah secretly or loudly at the beginning of Salah
• Saying Basmalah in Salah as a Prophetic practice
• Whether saying Basmalah in Salah is in all Rak`ahs or only the first
• Ruling on reciting Basmalah during Salah
• Ruling on reciting Basmalah in Salah out loud
• Ruling on saying Basmalah after reciting Al-Fatihah in Salah and whether it is said loudly or secretly
• Saying Basmalah before each Surah or after Takbirat-ul-Ihram and whether it is a practice in the Qur'an or Sunnah
• Ruling on Isti`adhah in Salah
• Yawning during Salah

Reciting Qur'an during Salah

• Ruling on a Mu'mum reciting Al-Fatihah after saying "Amin" behind the Imam
• Ruling on a Mu'mum reciting Al-Fatihah
• Ruling on forgetting to recite Al-Fatihah
• Ruling on reciting only Al-Fatihah on all Salahs
• The length of recitation after reciting Al-Fatihah in Salah
• Ruling on reciting Qur'an according to its order in Salah and sufficiency of reciting Al-Fatihah during the last two Rak`ahs
• Ruling on reciting Qur'an according to its order in Salah
• The length of recitation when leading old men and the proper interval between Adhan and Iqamah
• Ruling on reciting secretly while offering prayers whose recitation should be out loud
• Ruling on a person praying alone raising the voice and ruling on praying Maghrib before its due time
• Ruling and evidence on Tajwid of Qur'an recitation in Salah
• Ruling on reciting the Qur'an with different modes in Salah
• The wisdom behind reciting a Surah after Al-Fatihah only during the first two Rak`ahs
• The Imam forgetting while reciting
• Reciting from the Mus-haf
• Ruling on someone unable to memorize Al-Fatihah and what to say instead
• Reciting Qudsi Hadith instead of the Qur'an in Salah
• Correcting the Imam during Salah
• Salah of a mute person
• Performing Salah in non-Arabic language
• Reciting two Surahs in one Rak`ah
• A Ma'mum's recitation of the Qur'an in Prayer
• Salah of the latecomer
• The Wisdom behind secret and loud Recitation
• Recitation on the Friday Fajr Prayer
• Optional Night Salah
• Saying 'Amin' in Salah

Ruku` and Sujud

• The Prophet's Ruku` and practices after Taslim
• What is to be said after standing up from Ruku`
• Sujud
• Being excused in prostrating
• Supplication said in Sujud
• Supplication said in Sujud-ul-Sahw and Sujud-ul-Tilawah
• Sitting between the Two Prostrations
• Jalsat-ul-Istirahah

The first Tashahhud

• Tashahhud as confirmed from the Prophet
• Dropping the first Tashahhud intentionally
• Dropping the first Tashahhud forgetfully
• Ma'mum following the Imam in Tashahhud
• Formula of Tashahhud
• The way of pronouncing Tashahhud
• Joining the Imam during the first Tashahhud of Maghrib Prayer
• The way of saying the first Tashahhud
• Supplication said after Tshahhud
• Invoking blessings on the Prophet during the Tashahhud
• The form of sending blessings on the Prophet in the Tashahhud
• Takbir in Salah

Makruh acts that distract a person during Salah

• Looking upward and closing the eyes
• Suppressing the urge to urinate or defecate
• Looking around during Salah
• Killing a serpent
• Answering the phone during Salah
• Saying "Al-hamdu lillah" upon sneezing in Salah
• Greeting the person offering Salah
• Tucking clothes
• Abscence of mind during Salah
• Placing one's hand on the mouth to block yawning

Qunut

The final Tashahhud

• Ma'mum abandoning saying Tashahhud while praying with the Imam
• Description of sitting between the two prostrations
• Whether Tawarruk sitting is obligatory or Sunnah
• Pointing with the index finger during Tashahud
• Reciting the last Tashahud after the Imam says Taslim
• Supplication said after the final Tashahhud

Invoking blessings on the Prophet

• Supplications of invoking blessings on the Prophet
• Obligation of invoking blessings on the Prophet in the final Tashahhud
• Al-Salah Al-Ibrahimiyyah or Salat-ul-Fatih
• Definition of Al-Salah Al-Ibrahimiyyah and Salat-ul-Fatih
• Adding the word "Sayyiduna" while sending blessings on the Prophet
• Validity of Salat-ul-Fatih

Reciting Taslim in Salah

• Reciting Taslim is obligatory
• The Mu'mum looking at the Imam when saying Taslim
• The Ma'mum leaving before the Imam
• Legislating Taslim to end the Salah
• The Imam departing from the right or left sides
• Wiping the face with hands after Salah

Taking Sutrah in Salah

Tranquil Submission

• Salah behind an Imam who is not in a state of tranquil submission
• Being hasty during the Subh Prayer

Nullifiers of Salah

• Laughing as a nullifier of Salah
• Ruling on laughing during Salah
• The claim of the excellence of a married man's Salah over that of a single man

Tasbih and Dhikr after Salah

• Saying supplications after the prescribed Salah
• Reciting Ayat-ul-Kursy and the Mu`awwidhatayn
• Remembering Allah using Misbahah
• Meaning of Tasbih
• Du`a' in a language other than Arabic
• Du`a' after offering Salah
• Greeting each other after Salah

Sujud-ul-Sahw

• Obligation of Sujud-ul-Sahw
• Description of Sujud-ul-Sahw
• Missing one Rak`ah and only realizing after Taslim
• Increase or Decrease in Salah
• The latecomer following the Imam in offering Sujud-ul-Sahw
• Increase or Decrease in Salah
• Forgetting one of the pillars of Salah
• Sujud as a pillar of Salah
• An Imam forgetting the first Tashahhud
• Performing Sujud-ul-Sahw before or after the Taslim
• Pronouncing Takbir on standing to make up for a missing part
• Sujud-ul-Sahw Supplications
• Prostration of the latecomer
• A Mu'mum saying Taslim before the Imam forgetfully
• Mamums' Sahw in Salah
• Sujud-ul-Sahw in a supererogatory Salah
• Sujud-ul-Tilawah during Salah
• Saying the Takbir for Sujud-ul-Tilawah
• Satan's insinuations during Salah
• Du`a' that repels insinuations during Salah
• Supererogatory Salah