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- Salat al-zuhr (noon prayer): initial sunnah prayer con-
sisting of 4 rakats, fard prayer consisting of 4 rakats, final
sunnah prayer consisting of 2 rakats
- Salat al-‘asr (afternoon prayer): sunnah prayer consist-
ing of 4 rakats, fard prayer consisting of 4 rakats
- Salat al-maghrib (evening prayer): fard prayer consist-
ing of 3 rakats, sunnah prayer consisting of 2 rakats
- Salat al-‘isha (night prayer): initial sunnah prayer con-
sisting of 4 rakats, fard prayer consisting of 4 rakats, final
sunnah prayer consisting of 2 rakats and witr prayer con-
sisting of 3 rakats.

64. How does one perform the prayer with
khushu’?
Performing the prayer with khushu’ means performing
this obligation through feeling an enormous awe of Allah, in
the consciousness of being in His presence and feeling His
majesty and greatness in one’s heart. In the prayer, a believ-
er who is aware that he is in the presence of Allah, the Lord of
the worlds, will experience that majesty and fear, and the
closeness he feels to Allah will be proportionate to that fear
and awe.
A believer who wishes to perform the obligation of the
prayer in a proper manner must take precautions against any-
thing that might prevent that state of the heart and try to
establish the requisite attention and concentration.
Allah tells us that when we stand in His presence we
must remember Him alone, praise Him and express His
Oneness, as the One Who is unfettered by any deficiency. The
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