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HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

Qiraah: reciting one or more verses from the Noble
Qur'an during the prayer, while standing upright.
Ruku: placing the palms of the hands over the kneecaps

and bending forward, keeping the head and back straight.
Sajdah: placing the nose, forehead, hands, knees and feet
on the ground.
Qadah akheerah as long as the recitation of tashahhud:
remaining seated after the completion of the prayer until the
recitation of Attahiyaat.
It will be useful here to further clarify certain of these
items.

What is satr al-awrat?

Those bodily parts of a responsible person which are
forbidden for him or her to uncover and show others and for
others to look upon while in prayer or any other time are
called awrat parts. A man's awrat parts for prayer are
between lower part of his navel and lower parts of his knees.
All parts of free women, except their hands and faces,
including their wrists, hanging parts of their hair and under

their feet are awrat for the prayer.

Ablution

A Muslim has to clean his or her body before beginning
the prayer. There are various obligatory elements to this:
- To wash the face once

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