Page 92 - Basic Tenets of Islam
P. 92
BASIC TENETS OF ISLAM
The five daily prayers, with their fards (obligatory),
wajibs (compulsory) and sunnahs, consist of 40 rakats
(units), as follows:
Salat al-fajr (morning prayer): sunnah prayer consisting
of 2 rakats, fard prayer consisting of 2 rakats
Salat al-zuhr (noon prayer): initial sunnah prayer
consisting of 4 rakats, fard prayer consisting of 4 rakats, final
sunnah prayer consisting of 2 rakats
Salat al-'asr (afternoon prayer): sunnah prayer
consisting of 4 rakats, fard prayer consisting of 4 rakats
Salat al-maghrib (evening prayer): fard prayer
consisting of 3 rakats, sunnah prayer consisting of 2 rakats
Salat al-'isha (night prayer): initial sunnah prayer
consisting of 4 rakats, fard prayer consisting of 4 rakats, final
sunnah prayer consisting of 2 rakats and witr prayer
consisting of 3 rakats.
Muslims 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 believer
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.
90
